Episode 202 of "The Home Server Show" podcast is up, and this week: “Tim Barrett joins us to talk more Essentials, SBS, and what the death of Windows Home Server means to the SBS side of the business. Also, what to do with Essentials when faced with no Exchange server. Cloud or no? Is it […]
The Supersite For Windows takes us through the options available when configuring PC backups on WS 2012 Essentials. “When you connect a PC to Windows Server 2012 by installing the Connector software, a few different things happen behind the scenes. Key among these is configuring centralized backup for the PC, and while you can’t change […]
If you are a CloudBerry Backup user and thinking of using Amazon Glacier with it, then the guys at CloudBerry Lab has written up a great tutorial for you. The guide takes you through the sign-up process for the super cheap Amazon Glacier archival service and setting it up with CloudBerry Backup. Access Identifiers are […]
Version 1.3.7.9 BETA of Drive Bender has been released with some minor fixes from the previous beta: Bug fix: The settings option is missing in the 1378 build. Bug fix: When using the "drive swap feature" the newly added drive retained its drive letter. Update: A number of changes to how mount points are mounted […]
Lights-Out Mobile has been released in the Windows Phone marketplace. Lights-Out Mobile works with Lights-Out on Windows Home Server, Small Business Server 2011 Essentials or Windows Server 2012 Essentials. You can manage multiple servers and your computers with this application: Wake-up, save energy, shutdown or reboot. More info on Lights-Out Mobile can be […]
It seems more people are experiencing slow performance when using The new feature Storage Spaces which is in Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and WS2012e. One user by the name of David Trounce in a thread on the TechNet forums is stating that the performance issue is being caused by controller configuration and is suggesting […]
Yet another post from Paul Thurrott on WS 2012 Essentials. And this time Paul is sharing his experiences with migrating to the RTM version of Essentials from both WHS 2011 and the Beta/RC version of Essentials. Lots of information and notes from Paul, which you can read here.
The beta release of Drive Bender for users of WHS 2011 and SBS Essentials 2011 has had an update. Version 1.3.7.8 BETA has the following changes: Bug fix: The activation dialog could randomly request a user name and password. Bug fix: When enumerating a folder that is linked to a folder outside of the pool, […]
Drive Bender are having beers at the DB HQ – Its a Friday Bender. The guys have 100 licences up for grabs at $10 a go, but hurry because once all 100 licences have gone normal pricing resumes. Drive Bender for Windows is state of the art, single point storage pool technology for all versions […]
There’s a great tutorial on WeGotServed for owners of the HP MediaSmart Server who want to upgrade it to WS 2012 Essentials. We are shown how to make up a VGA cable so we can access the bios on the MediaSmart Server, and then taken through the process of installing WS 2012 Essentials onto the […]
