Microsoft has today announced that they will be releasing a minor update to Windows Server 2012 R2 (which includes WS2012 R2 Essentials) this Spring which will include minor UI enhancements and bug fixes, as well as previously-released monthly update rollups and security fixes. More info from the Windows Server Blog.
The pre-release version of My Movies 5 has been released with some important info. Here’s is the press release: My Movies 5 combines the functionality of the My Movies Collection Management, My Movies for Windows Media Center and My Movies Home and Essentials Server Solution into one combined product. This means that there now are […]
Website "Automated Home" have a review of the huge 8 bay Synology 1813+ NAS: The superb combination of its build quality, performance, flexibility, ease of use and expandability means the 1813+ gains the coveted Automated Home ‘Top Tech’ award. Only the fifth device in our 18 years on the web to do so. Enough said. […]
The beta release of Drive Bender has a new release. Version 2.0.2.9 beta has the following change log: [New Feature] Unified installer (Windows and WHS versions of the installer are now merged). [Bug Fix] Multiple instances of the balancing queue can be created causing a resource issue, and file balancing conflicts. [Bug Fix] Many interface […]
Episode 252 of the Home Server Show podcast talks Gen8 Microserver Firmware, Synology, Thecus and QNAP: This one has a little of everything. I’ve got a great panel of guests here to talk Servers, NAS, and everything in between. I’ll fill you in on a Server Essentials 2012 R2 build. John Stutsman fills us in […]
The Windows Server 2012 R2 Products and Editions Comparison is a PDF detailing the differences between Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter and Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and more 2012 R2 editions. You can download it from here.
If you would like to deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter with Windows Server Essentials Experience role in an existing Active Directory environment then the Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog have a post just for you. The post takes us through the necessary steps to get this configured, which you […]
Episode 140 of the BYOB podcast is about the iHomeserver add-in for WHS users: I am joined by special guest Ed from Bizmodeller, Director and Lead Developer of iHomeserver. Ed talks in depth about his new upcoming version as well as key features of the existing version. iHomeserver has always an outstanding product addressing a […]
EaseUS have launched their Partition Magic software enabling you to resize disk partitions on Windows Server 2012, 2008 and 2003 including Windows Home Server v1, WHS2011 and WS2012 Essentials. Available for $159, here is the details on EaseUS Partition Master Server: EaseUS, a leading provider of affordable data backup, disaster recovery and storage management solutions, […]
Episode 251 of the Home Server Show podcast is up, and this week its on Drive Extender replacements: A couple of guys talking storage for Windows Home Server and Essentials. Are you interested in a Drive Extender type replacement? That’s the subject on episode 251. John Zajdler and Chris Courtney join to talk Drive Bender, […]
