Archive for April, 2010

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The Home Server Show Podcast Bonus Episode 87

The Home Server Show podcast have a special edition available due to the public beta release of Vail. Bonus Show 87 has Jonas Svensson, Microsoft’s Home and Small Business Server Community Program Manager chatting to host Dave McCabe about Vail’s new features, which you can find here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]

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VAIL – The Tutorials

Since yesterdays announcement on the public availability of VAIL there has been many posts available across the internet. We wont mention them all, but here are the ones which we think are worthy of a mention: To install Vail from a USB flash drive – Check out the tutorials here and here. To install Vail […]

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How to Virtually Install Vail

To quickly have a look at Windows Home Server code name VAIL you can install it virtually using one of the virtualization software packages which are available. There are many options available which luckily for you all the details have been written up already by fellow WHS geeks. Program Name Paid or Free Guide Link […]

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Windows Home Server V2 (Vail) Part 1

ITS HERE! Your first chance to see the new public preview beta of Microsoft’s next Windows Home Server Codename “VAIL” released today. Over the next few days we will be bringing you an insight into the new OS day by day, starting with Installation, setup and the new dashboard which replaces the old console. Now […]

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Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail" Available

It’s always difficult to improve on something that is already a really good product, so it is always hard to follow that level of expectation – but it has in VAIL where it has been announced that as of right now is available for download as a preview beta release. Available from Microsoft’s Connect website  […]

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Accounting Firm Utilize WHS – A Case Study

“Microsoft Case Studies” highlights Bunten and Associates, a small accounting firm who incorporate a HP EX490 MediaSmart Server in their business. The case study explains how the firm utilize Windows Home Server amongst their Windows XP and Windows 7 workstations, which you can read about here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]

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TwonkyMedia Server 6.0 Beta

The first beta release of TwonkyMedia Server 6.0 is now available. With the most important new feature being aggregation, here’s the release notes: New in Version 6.0: Aggregation of TMS and WMC servers Auto update for PC versions File system eventing support for MAC Time seek support for MPEG, WMA and WMV content Active connections […]

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Instant Messaging from WHS

Openfire is a piece of software which enables you to have an instant messaging (IM) server running on a Home or Small business network, enabling you (in this case) to have Yahoo, AOL and Windows Live (MSN) running directly from Windows Home Server. HomeServerLand takes you step by step through the process of getting the […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 86

The Home Server Show podcast #86 takes a look at cloud services and your Windows Home Server. As well as the weeks Home Server news and views. You can catch it here. [tweetmeme only_single=”false”]

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A Look at AutoExit – The Add-In

ServeTheHome.com has a guide to using the AutoExit Add-in from ASoft. The guide takes you through the installation of the add-in plus it takes a look at the various features available too. AutoExit is a must-have Windows Home Server add-in for anyone using their WHS to manage multiple PC’s. The amount of electricity one can […]