Thanks to our correspondent Andrew Edney who is at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2008) we have some pictures and information for you direct from the event in Las Vegas. Really cool are all of the columns outside the South Hall entrance are wrapped in WHS advertisements. Andrew says apart from the biggest news about […]
British magazine Personal Computer World has an online review of the HP MediaSmart Server EX470. They state its “Slow off the starting blocks, but HP’s Windows Home Server interface is polished”. Read the review here.
Windows Home Server Power Pack Announced Courtesy of enthusiast site Channel 10 is a video with Todd Headrick from the Home Server team explaining some details on Power Pack 1.
Today at CES 2008 in Las Vegas Microsoft announced details on Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (PP1). Formally known as UR1 or Update Release 1, PP1 will be available for free via Windows Update/Microsoft Update when it becomes available in the first half of this year (2008). So why a Power Pack? This minor […]
In a soon-to-be-published research report, Forrester Research analyst J.P. Gownder figures that home servers (not just those running Microsoft’s home server product) will reach 4.5 million households by 2012. That’s up from just 190,000 such servers last year. Gownder said “That’s a pretty good growth rate,” , though he added that “it’s still a niche […]
Over at CNET, a guy by the name of Greg Hoza posted this under a thread for 2008 predictions on their forums: I predict that (qualifying): For families with more than 2 computers in the home that the WINDOWS HOME SERVER will become as common as the IPod. I say this in light of the […]
Windows Home Server has been hard to find on retail shelves, but Microsoft product manager Joel Sider has stated that HP’s MediaSmart Server will be available in the US at Circuit City stores this week and is expected to be on Best Buy shelves later in the month.
The Windows Home Server Team Blog have details on Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, the first minor release for WHS that will ship in the first half of this year (2008).More details later today. In the meantime, check out the post here.
The German Home Server Blog has the details that developer Alexander Köplinger has updated his add-in OnTheFlyUnzipper for January (2008). The add-in allows you to zip up (or rar) hundreds of files together and upload them to your Windows Home Server. The add-in will then automatically uncompress the files. Saving you time, bandwidth and of […]
We Got Served has a tutorial on how to integrate Windows Update Services v3 (WSUS) into Windows Home Server. WSUS is a local copy of Windows Update/Microsoft Update that is stored on the server and automatically installs the updates to all the other machines on your network. The tutorial is written by Windows Small Business […]
