The Week in Review – Sunday's Summery

What was going on this week at mswhs.com? Here’s your chance to catch-up if you missed something!

• Web Review Roundup
  • Five more reviews from around the World Wide Web regarding our Windows Home Server: Microsoft’s Windows Vista Blog has a post entitled Rolling out Windows Home Server with a HP MediaSmart Server, which details using Vista with the HP MediaSmart Server. PC World Magazine online has an article…
• WHS Uses Xceed
  • Top-of-the-line COM and .NET software component company Xceed used Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Chart for .NET  in WHS and had this to say in a press release: Xceed’s components figure in the client-side and the server-side of Windows Home Server, providing both UI elements and data manipulation…
• New Windows Home Server Website
  • A welcome to new site MyHomeServer.com dedicated to following the home server revolution. I practically like their tutorial, Upgrading the RAM on your HP MediaSmart Server. Welcome aboard guys!
• Sync WHS
  • SyncToy is now available as version 2.0 Beta for download from the Microsoft Download Center. SyncToy allows you to synchronize folders between your home computers and your Windows Home Server by creating multiple folder pairs that you can keep synchronized.I use it to synchronize my photos and…
• Vista SP1 RC Faster with Windows Home Server
  • Good news for those of you that are using Windows Vista on client machines with Windows Home Server. The release candidate (RC) of Windows Vista SP1 is available via Microsoft Connect to beta testers, and to subscribers to TechNet and MDSN.  In addition, the RC will be available to the public next…
• WHS Real Time Test and Tips
  • Two sites for you today that have information on how Windows Home Server has saved their day and some usability tips too. First up is WindowsObserver.Com with a real time test: “Well, I woke up this morning to a dead computer.  Actually it was not so much dead as it was locked up (screens were…
• Omwave Release Omserver in France
  • We Got Served has the details that French manufacturer Omwave has released a WHS product named Omserver. The unit can even be rack mounted if required and is available in configurations from 1TB to 4TB. The units are available in France for €960 for the base configuration.More details from We Got…
• Stay-At-Home Servers Book Upgraded to Full Version
  • As discussed in our last post the book at Stay-At-Home Servers has now had pages added to it, and is now the complete 24 page version. The same as what will be available to buy at Amazon.
• Would you need a Home Server if you were, say, a better mother?
  • The Windows Server Solutions division of Redmond’s Microsoft is producing a 24-page children’s book, Mommy, Why Is There a Server in the House? that will be sold on Amazon.com.While Microsoft plans to distribute the children’s book at events, it hopes that people will purchase a copy on…
• Add-In: Client Info Updated
  • Eric Maurer has released a new version of the add-in Client Info which enables you to see hardware information about your home server and all client computers; including processor, memory, IP address, drive size, drive temp, and if a drive SMART failure is predicted. Changes to this new version…
• Virtual Windows Home Server

  If you are like me and enjoy testing the different features of Windows Home Server and all the different add-ins available for it then it is a good idea to set up another copy of WHS in a testing environment. One way of doing this is within a virtual machine that allows you to install a […]

• What Could be Added to Windows Home Server?
  • A podcaster has posted what he thinks should be included in WHS. The 8 minute video can be viewed from above or from here with details on what he thinks are the potentially missed opportunity with Microsoft’s Windows Home Server product. 
• Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?
  • How do you market a Windows Home Server to the consumer? Microsoft have started a tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign called “Stay-At-Home Servers” taking over from where the “Center for Digital Amnesia Awareness” left off. Using a video debate show called “America’s Talking” being…

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