Beginning tomorrow, November 1, Microsoft introduces a 30% price reduction on the Windows Home Server software after a successful year on the market. Although there is no recommended price set by Microsoft, this will bring the price down to approximately $120 in the US and £80 in the UK – A great saving. Microsoft say […]
PDC2008 has just finished and next week WinHEC 2008 takes place between November 4th-7th in California at the Los Angeles Convention Center and this year the event for industry professionals has 2 sessions dedicated to Windows Home Server. “Design Considerations for Building a Windows Home Server – CON-T577” takes place on Thursday November 06 2008 […]
It was announced yesterday at the end of one of the WHS sessions at PDC2008, that Live Mesh would be available within the Windows Home Server product. The WHS Team blog stated in a post: The Windows Home Server and Windows Live Mesh teams are working closely together to define and develop a set of […]
The 2nd video on Windows Home server from PDC2008 is now available. "Exposing Connected Home Services to the Internet Via Windows Home Server" was co-presented by Brendan Grant and Doug Berrett. In this video we are shown how to leverage the Remote Access platform in WHS to expose on-premises services running in the connected home […]
WhatPC has a 5 page article which takes a look at Windows Home Server. The writer Alan Stevens documents his experience with a HP MediaSmart Server, looking at the hardware, software and the Power Pack 1 update. Read it here.
If you are interested in developing for Windows Home server and were not able to attend PDC2008 then Microsoft’s Channel 9 website are hosting the video from the events session "Developing Connected Home Applications and Services for Windows Home Server". In the video cast which lasts for just over an hour, CJ Saretto and […]
The Home Server Show #22 interviews CJ Saretto, Mark Pendergrast, Brendan Grant and Jonas Svensson from the Windows Home Server team, who took the time out of their schedule whilst at PDC2008 to be interviewed by the shows host David McCabe. The 18 minute podcast is available from here.
We have posted in the past details on how to install SqueezeCenter on Windows Home Server, one of the most used network audio players. SqueezeCenter from Logitech is a powerful and free Open Source software that will power any Squeezebox, Transporter or a software MP3 player on your network. Another tutorial bought to my attention […]
Website Geeks to Do! has a review of Windows Home server which although basic, should be a refresher to those of us in the know. In conclusion the article states: …if you have a multi-PC home network, or a home business, this is a robust backup solution. While it can be expensive, the extra features […]
Whilst browsing the forums of MediaSmartServer.net I came across a post on how to setup Windows Home Server and a Sony Playstation 3. The tutorial explains how to get them integrated and working together, which you can read here.
