The beta build of Drive Bender has had an update. Version 1.4.2.5 RC2 has the following change log: Bug fix: During a pool initialization or pool restore, Drive Bender can hang on Windows 8, Server 2012. Bug fix: On Windows 8 / Server 2012 (can also apply to older O/S’s), Windows can throw recycle bin […]
Microsoft and HP’s joint Coffee Coaching video series have just released four videos highlighting features in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The first 6 minute video is on Anywhere Access which tells us about Remote Web Access, the Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps and remote domain join: Quickly connect to the server and computers in […]
Alex from Covecube, the company behind StableBit DrivePool has posted a few pointers on his experience with the HP MicroServer N40L not supporting an eSATA port multiplier. With Alex’s tips and workaround you will be able to get a port multiplier working over the eSATA port on the HP MicroServer N40L – A great piece […]
If you are a windows Server 2012 Essentials user then don’t forget that the My Server for Windows Phone app is available from the Windows Phone Marketplace: “My Server for Windows Phone is an application designed to help you keep seamlessly connected to your server resources through Windows smart phones. With My Server, you can […]
A new release candidate has been released of the add-in Drive Bender. Version 1.4.2.0 has the following change log: Bug fix: During a pool repair and rebuild operation, duplicated files with specific attributes may not be discovered during the rebuild scan, and therefore not restored (note these duplicate files remain untouched). Update: The check disk […]
Andreas M has announced that his add-in Advanced Admin Console 2011 is now been made available for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. As announced two weeks ago a new release of the Advanced Admin Console 2011 AddIn is now available. This new release is fully compatible with Windows Server 2012 Essentials and also still supports earlier […]
CloudBerry Backup for WHS (v1, 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Server 2012 Essentials) has had an update. Version 3.1 has the following features: 1. Archive Amazon S3 data to Glacier. Amazon has recently released the functionality that allows easily archive the data from Amazon S3 to Glacier low cost storage. With the latest release […]
The add-in Archive Manager has been updated to version 2.10 “Archive Manager is a fully featured data management software tool allowing you to safe-guard your digital life. Archive Manager will backup, archive, and recover your entire digital life.” This latest version now includes integrated Microsoft Server Dashboard support for WHS 2011, Server 2012 Essentials, Storage […]
The Channel 9 network have a video on Windows Server 2012 File System Enhancements which takes a look at ReFS and Storage Spaces. For those of you using or thinking of using WS2012 Essentials then the part of this video on Storage Spaces is worth a view: Windows Server 2012 introduces two important new features, […]
Yang Cao again, program manager on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials team has written a blog post on using Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. In the post Yang explains why small business users would love Storage Spaces and goes on to explain how to configure, use and manage it. You can read the […]
