Keen amateur photographer and Microsoft employee Sean Daniel tells us why he shall be using the new Windows Home Server 2011. Sean tells us that removing DE was a very tough decision, but why he agrees with its removal given what he knows (and he should know more than all of us since he works […]
The add-in AWIECO RemoteLauncher is now available for Windows Home Sever 2011 RC and Small Business Server 2011 Essentials RC. The free add-in enables you to manage your server remotely and enables you to access predefined System Tools like: Windows Explorer Commandline Event Viewer Services Control Panel Computer Manager Device Manager Registry Editor Task Manager […]
The Home Server Show podcast this week is naturally all about the availability of the Release Candidate of Windows Home Server 2011. Plus of course the weeks news and views from Dave and the gang on all things Home Server. Episode 122 is available from here.
With all the excitement of Windows Home Server 2011 RC being released yesterday it nearly slipped under our radar that the RC of Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (also known as codename Aurora) also became available too. Ideal as a first server for small businesses with up to 25 users, you can learn more by […]
With the RC release of Windows Home Server 2011 also comes an updated Windows Server Solutions SDK which provides tools and information to help developers develop their add-ins, and extend the functionality of Windows Home Server 2011. You can find the SDK documentation on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513877.aspx Using the Windows Server Solutions SDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg513988.aspx API reference: […]
Windows Home Server 2011 now includes a Previous Version feature which enables users to recover files which they may have accidently deleted. Also known as Shadow Copies this OS feature is enabled for shared folders by default and are created twice a day at 06:00 and 13:00 hours. If you now accidently delete a file […]
Today sees the availability of the RC (Release Candidate) of Windows Home Server Vail and the final name of the product has been released too. Drum roll please: “Windows Home Server 2011” With Windows Home Server 2011 RC now being available, it means that RTM (Release To Manufacture) is not to far away, and we […]
The add-ins WHS Outlook, WHS Quicken and WHS QuickBooks have had an update. The update is to address an issue that arose from the Microsoft Windows Home Server Update Rollup 2 (KB981089), and address the issue where these add-ins had problems with web access. More information is available from HomeServerLand.
The Windows Home Server Team yesterday posted a tweet on Twitter stating that they had signed off on the final RC (Release Candidate) of Vail, with a link pointing to the Windows Home Server page on the Microsoft Connect beta site. The link has since been removed and website Winrumors are also predicting that the […]
A blogger was building a decent Windows Home Server using spare parts from around the house when upon installing SyncToy and mapping his network drives to his existing WHS he noticed things were running a bit sluggish: Not sure where to go I poked around through device manager. In the ATA controllers section I saw […]
