Category: Windows Home Server

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 122

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.

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SBS 2011 Essentials RC Available

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 […]

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Updated WHS2011 SDK Available

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: […]

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Windows Home Server 2011 Shadow Copies

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 […]

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Vail is Windows Home Server 2011 – RC Available Now

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 […]

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Add-In: WHS Outlook, Quicken and QuickBooks

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.

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RC (Release Candidate) of Vail Imminent

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 […]

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A Sluggish Home Server

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 […]

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Add-In: Feedsource for Windows Home Server 1.0.0.19

Add-In that publishes secure Really Simple Syndication (“RSS”) feeds for Shared Folders through the Remote Access web site. Authorized users can access the Feedsource RSS feeds from inside or outside the home network to view new and changed files in Shared Folders using any RSS reader that supports authenticated feeds Features Authenticated RSS feeds for […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 121

Episode 121 of "The Home Server show" podcast is available, which this week is about Update Release 2 for WHS V1. Including the weeks news plus Dave’s crazy thoughts on the future of Windows Home Server, you can catch this weeks episode here.