Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Migration – Keys to Success is a blog from the Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog. Their article explains the 16 step process to help you successfully migrate from a previous Windows Server SKU, Small Business Server SKU, or a Windows Server Essentials SKU current in Product Lifecycle […]
The Lifespan of Storage Media is a info graphic from CrashPlan highlighting the lifespan of different media formats. From the humble Zip Disk of 1994 lasting just 2 to 10 years to the Solid State Drives from 1999 onwards lasting 51 to 100 years plus this info graphic has computer, audio, video and photo media […]
Episode 256 of the Home Server Show podcast is all about home automation: I’m departing from server talk for the week to talk with Kevin Schoonover about SmartThings. This is a Home Automation company that makes Z-Wave hubs and devices to interact with your home. Use them to alert, automate, and inform. Find out all […]
Drive Bender have released a new update to their beta build. Version 2.0.3.6 beta has the following change log: [Bug fix] When starting, a single drive can take a number of minutes to load. This delay can the result in a number of system services failing to start. [Bug fix] With the "Dark" theme, disabled […]
Its backup awareness week 2014 and to start the celebrations online backup provider KeepVault are offering a 45% limited-time discount. The discount applies to pricing for Windows Home Server 2011, WHS Original and Server Essentials. More details for WHS users can be found here and for Server essentials users here.
The beta build of Drive Bender has a new release. Version 2.0.3.4 beta has the following change log: [Updated feature] Updated driver to the release driver. [Bug fix] When attempting to delete a file that the user does not have permission to delete, the driver is now reporting the error correctly under Windows 8 and […]
With Microsoft Press leaving oreilly.com, the guys are offering 60% off ALL eBooks from Microsoft Press for one week only. With such titles as Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out: Configuration, Storage, & Essentials for just $7.99 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out: Configuration, Storage, & Essentials for just $19.20 plus many more. Just […]
Pre release 4 for My Movies 5 has just been released with the following change log: Added: Access to API through marking on service. To take care of existing customers using the API. Change: The requirement to have same username/password on server and client machines is no longer a requirement.BR} Change: Windows Defender and Essentials […]
The CloudBerry Blog explains that new in version 3.8 of CloudBerry Backup is a new feature, Cloud to Local Backup: With Cloud to Local Backup functionality comes valuable ability to automate transfer of any kind of data kept in the cloud to a local or network drive. Their blog post explains how to use this […]
What is an average server? The answer could be on episode 255 of the Home Server Show podcast: We talk about enthusiast sized servers all the time but how about something a little more normal? John Stutsman, Christopher Courtney, and Chris Kenney all join in to discuss what could possibly be an “average” server. You […]
