Windows 7 and WHS – A Match made in Heaven

Today’s a big day as Windows 7 has hit General Availability (GA) and is now available for purchase by the masses.

Windows 7 includes an improved Backup and Restore Center, which integrates well with Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 (PP3), with Home Server being the best way to backup off course as its a setup and forget routine instead of a manual backup process.

Although currently in beta, PP3 will suppress the Windows 7 Action Center Backup warnings and you will no longer receive a notification to back up your computer when its being handled by WHS.

PP3 also adds the Music, Photos and Videos shared folders on your home server to Windows 7 Libraries making the content available in Windows Explorer, Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player and other applications that use Windows 7 Libraries. This allows you to quickly access all your content in one organized place that is always available, searchable and expandable. You can also search a specific library without having to know where the files are stored.

And remember if you are doing an upgrade to Windows 7 make sure that you do a manual backup of your PC from within the Windows Home Server console, Computers & Backup, Backup Now and naming the backup something like "Pre 7 Backup".

P.S. If you would like to watch the live Windows 7 launch event from New York with Steve Ballmer it will be available from here today (Oct 22) at 8 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT

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