By on July 16th, 2011

Add-In: Magic WOL 1.2.715.1

The add-in Magic WOL has been updated to version 1.2.715.1

Magic WOL Web-Interface

Magic WOL is a clientless Wake On Lan solution for WHS V1 for waking up computers for RDP. Not only is it accessible from the WHS console and the remote website, but it easily allows you to manage devices in your network that are not connected to WHS.

Magic WOL Main Settings

This latest version is the first version with computer scheduling, which allows you to configure computers both inside and outside of the WHS client pool to wake up at a specified time, daily or one time only.  This release also includes the updates and patches from the recent maintenance release version 1.1.

Magic WOL Wakeup-Timers

Magic WOL is available to try free for 30 days after which it will cost you just $7. More details on Magic WOL are available from here.

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By on July 15th, 2011

Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector Released

Microsoft has announced the release of the Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011.

Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector Albums

The add-in which we have written about before allows you to connect to your server using your Windows Phone 7 phone to perform remote server management tasks such as viewing alerts, managing users and start and stopping backups.

Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector Alerts

As the announcement states:

The Phone connecter requires both a server sided add-in which you can download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=214671 , and a Windows Phone 7 Application which can be downloaded through the market place on your phone or via your PC when you have your phone linked to the Zune client via http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=214673&clcid=0x409 OR search for My Home Server to find the application.

For further information you can access the Windows 7 Phone Connector help site on TechNet at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh319881.aspx

From the The Official SBS Blog and the Windows Home Server Blog.

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By on July 15th, 2011

CloudBerry Backup – A Users Review

A CloudBerry Backup user by the name of Alex Harden gives his opinion of the online backup solution for Windows Home Server users:

CloudBerry Backup for Aurora

Cloudberry transferred the folder structure and files without putting them in containers. I was able to navigate the folders and see the pictures from the S3 web console. Very cool.

As I finish this entry, Cloudberry is plugging away at the initial backup and all indications are that it will work even better than my old solution! Recommended.

You can read Alex’s full account here.

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By on July 15th, 2011

Installing WHS 2011

"How To Install Windows Home Server 2011" is an article by David McCabe which takes us back to basics on installing wHS 2011.

Installing WHS 2011 Date and Time

From the hardware requirements to update settings, you can read Dave’s article here.

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By on July 14th, 2011

The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 143

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Episode 143 of The Home Server Show podcast is up and this week has Dan Reynolds from KeepVault chatting about their new update and pricing plan structure. And that of course is with the weeks Home Server news and the views from Dave and the guys.

Episode 143 can be found here.

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By on July 14th, 2011

Add-in Central Discontinued

The WHS v1 add-in “Add-in Central” is no longer.

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In a blog post, the add-ins creators at HomeServerLand stated that from time to time it is necessary to discontinue products and services for a number of reasons and that the add-in would be discontinued as of July 15, 2011. Existing users are being asked to uninstall it if they still have the add-in installed.

Although they haven’t commented if Add-in Central would be updated for WHS 2011, they did state that now v1 has been replaced by version 2 of WHS that they will be focusing on the future of that platform instead.

Add-in Central helped discover, track and update useful add-ins right from within the Windows Home Server Console and will be sadly missed.

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By on July 14th, 2011

WD Brings New Hardware for Windows Storage Server

Western Digital have announced that they will be providing a small office storage server product which will include Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials  as the operating system.

WD Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

Thomas Gallivan, WD’s vice president of marketing for SMB branded products had the following to say:

"By combining Microsoft’s platform with WD’s strength in the storage market, the two organizations bring extraordinary synergies that boost productivity and efficiency for small business. With this, WD will offer storage solutions for small business that provides centralized, online shared storage capable of meeting the storage requirements of the small business owners in today’s fast paced business environment."

Whilst aimed at the small business owner, this is great news for Windows Home Server enthusiasts as it could be a foot hold on the ladder to seeing another hardware provider for WHS 2011 in the future.

More details are available in WDs press release and in the following Vision Keynote Video from the 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

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By on July 13th, 2011

PCSpecialist Home Server PCs Update

UK based PCSpecialist.co.uk have re-vamped their Windows Home server range and now offer more case choices as well as an intelligent configurator to help you better choose the components you require.

PCSpecialist Home Server PCs

The price of Windows Home Server 2011 has also been reduced in line with Microsoft’s recent price reduction.

The Home Server PC range:

  • Uses the Intel® H61 chipset & socket 1155.
  • Windows Home Server 2011 Operating System.
  • Mini-ITX yet supports RAID, USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0!
  • Supports 2nd generation Intel® Core™ Processor Technology for best performance.

More details are available from here.

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By on July 13th, 2011

DVBLink – No Program Names in EPG Fix

If you are running version 4 beta 1 of DVBLink then you may or may have experienced an issue where the EPG data does not contain any program names. The good news for us is that the guys have released a patch containing a .dll file which should fix this empty program names issue.

More details including the download are available from here.

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By on July 13th, 2011

Add-In: StableBit DrivePool Build 1925

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StableBit DrivePool currently at stage M2 (Milestone 2) of the beta process has a new build available.

Build 1925 of the DE replacement add-in includes the following changes:

  • When moving a file within a pooled folder, if the destination already existed there was a chance that the move could fail because it would try to switch the pool part that the file was on.

More details on StableBit DrivePool are available from here.

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