By on July 31st, 2009

Add-In: WHS Port Forward 1.0.0.9

WHS Port Forward is a new add-in by Alex Kuretz which allows the user to utilize the UPnP feature of Windows Home Server to open forwarded ports from their router to their Home Server

As Alex stats:

“This is useful if you have installed a 3rd party application that requires incoming access from the internet.”

The Add-In removes the need to assign a static IP address to your server or manually forward ports on your router by simply configuring the port you would like forwarded, Windows Home Server handles it for you.

WHS Port Forward 1.0.0.8

WHS Port Forward requires that your router supports UPnP and that Remote Access is enabled on your Home Server and will inform you if it does not.

More details are available from here.

add-ins • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 30th, 2009

WHS Video from Tech Ready 9

Tech Ready is a semi-annual internal technical conference for Microsoft employees and at Tech Ready 9 was Michael Gannotti who chatted with Vick from the Windows Home Server Team about WHS and PP3 in this great 8 minute video.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 30th, 2009

The Home Server Show Podcast #51

home_server_show_small

The Home Server Show podcast episode 51 is all about Live Mesh on Windows Home Server as well as the latest news and views. Details of a new add-in called WHS Port Forward are also debuted.

Catch episode 51 here.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 29th, 2009

Windows Home Server Saves Exam Papers

Small Business Server (SBS) specialist Sean Daniel has a great post on his blog about how Windows Home Server saves an exam, where a lady by the name of Janet lost her exam work when her home PC refused to boot.

You can read the full story here.

As Sean states:

“I remember when losing a hard drive was the end of the world, now, it’s just inconvenient.”

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 29th, 2009

The Pros and Cons of the MediaSmart LX195

hp1

Website Boing Boing Gadgets (we love that name!) has a review – "A day with HP’s MediaSmart LX195", which has a small list of the pros and cons of the Intel Atom powered Home Server, which may be useful to would be buyers.

Read it here.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 28th, 2009

Power Pack 3 – The Good and the Bad

A couple of weeks ago we told you that website "The Digital Media Zone" had posted a video looking at the features of Power Pack 3. As a follow up co-host Adam Thursby has now posted a review of PP3 with the good news – And the bad.

You can catch it here.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 28th, 2009

Backup WHS to the Cloud Using Live Mesh

Logo Mesh Logo

More Live Mesh tutorials, this one from The Home Server Show who explain to us how to backup to the cloud using Live Mesh on Windows Home Server and NTBackup which is part of WHS.

Read it here.

Tutorial • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 24th, 2009

Power Pack 3, TV Archiving and More

The Media center Show Logo

The Media Center Show podcast this week amongst other things chats to fellow MVP Andrew Edney about Power Pack 3, TV Archiving and where next for Windows Home Server.

The podcast is available from here.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 24th, 2009

The Green Windows Home Server?

They don’t come much greener than this.

The Green Home Server

Many thanks to Alexander Kent of Home Server Land for the pic.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story
By on July 24th, 2009

Power Pack 3 – The Features

Soren Kahlke  an IT Operations Manager has written about his installation experience and the features of the beta of Power Pack 3 after joining Microsoft Connect especially to test the latest Power Pack.

Soren takes us through what is new in PP3 and also has a great link for those of you who may be interested in learning more about the Libraries feature in Windows 7.

You can read the full post here.

News • Windows Home Server
Full Story