Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Paul Thurrott Recommends WHS 2011

Windows guru Paul Thurrott is all for WHS2011 after originally adopting a "wait and see" approach. After DE was pulled from Home Server Paul asked himself if he could ever recommend a version of WHS in which Drive Extender was removed and would he also use such a product himself. Well a few months on […]

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Advanced Admin Console 2011 Available Shortly

Andreas M developer of popular add-ins Advanced Admin Console and Update History has just announced that the public beta of Advanced Admin Console 2011 for WHS2011 is just around the corner. The bits will be available for download from this site (http://www.home-server-addins.com) later this week. Everyone who contacted me regarding the beta test will be […]

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Add-In: Advanced Admin Console 0.5.4

Version 0.5.4 of Advanced Admin Console is available for download. This maintenance release which fixes a number of minor bugs and one major bug in the update discovery mechanism which prevented Japanese and Chinese users from being notified when an update was available. In addition, a possible conflict with other AddIns has been resolved. This […]

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Good Riddance to Drive Extender

One Windows Home Server user says good bye and good riddance to Drive Extender (DE). An interesting read from a WHS enthusiast on why they are happy DE is no longer, which you can read here.

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 124

This weeks Home Server Show podcast is a mammoth one. As well as the weeks Home Server news the BYOB Podcast crew join the guys to talk storage, RAID and backups. You can catch episode 124 here.

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DVBLink Version 3.2.1 Available

DVBLogic have just released version 3.2.1 of DVBLink. This latest version fixed some streaming issues on both the IPad and the IPhone and now has an option to backup and restore the channel settings amongst many other fixes and enhancements: General Added: Portuguese language Added: Server and source channel settings backup and restore functionality Added: […]

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Add-In: CloudBerry Backup for WHS 2.0

CloudBerry Backup for WHS has an update available. Version 2.0 enables you to: Backup your data locally to local disks, SAN, NAS and remote file shares, useful if you like to backup only a subset of your data to the cloud for advanced protection but also like to keep your data locally for fast access […]

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Add-In: Remote Notification 1.5.0.1

The add-in which keeps you up to date on the status of your Home Server no matter where you are has had an update. Remote Notification (version 1.5.0.1) includes the following features: Receive your Home Server health alerts in your email inbox Receive your Home Server health alerts on your mobile phone Control the health […]

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The WHS Homepage Reengineered

Gordon Schmidt who is an active member specifically in the Windows Home Server space is re-engineering the WHS homepage (both yourservername.homeserver.com/home/default.aspx & yourservername.homeserver.com/remote/default.aspx). His goal is to be as creative as he and his 2 younger brothers can be and offer more functionality and customization to the end-user for these these two web pages. Its […]

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Add-In: AWIECO WakeOnLAN 0.9.0 RC

AWIECO WakeOnLAN for Windows Home Server 2011 RC and Small Business Server 2011 Essentials RC is out. This add-in enables you to remotely turn on or off a computer attached to your network. This latest 0.9.0 RC version includes the following changes: Improved: Windows Home Server 2011 RC support Improved: Client shut down over Launchpad […]