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One of the knocks on Windows Home Server (WHS) is that it contains the word 'Home' in its name. If that issue has kept you from selling or installing WHS in businesses, then check out the news from HP -- they have released WHS with a new name...
For more than a year I have been promoting the use of Windows Home Server as a local backup solution in a Small Business Server (SBS2003/SBS2008) environment (per these two blogs: blog1 , blog2 ). I already have WHS installed at most of my SBS customer...
I just stumbled across a new software product from Microsoft called SongSmith . I can see it now: WHS + SongSmith = Microsoft Karaoke Server!!!
If you are a Microsoft Partner, there will be a 5W/50 webinar entitled “Business Opportunities with Windows Home Server – Updated with PowerPack 2 Content” today at noon (EDT) given by Grey Lancaster and Kevin Royalty. If you think WHS...
Talk about a deal too good to refuse! Acer recently came out with their WHS server, that competes straight up with the HP MediaSmart Server. For the rest of this post, I will refer to it as the 'easyStore'. A week ago I stumbled on a deal through...
Microsoft released Power Pack 2 for Windows Home Server today ( KB 956587 ). This is a free update that offers several new features. It does require you to already have Power Pack 1 installed.
One of my mottos has always been: "You cannot have enough backup!". So, I am always investigating and testing backup software. When Microsoft first releasd Windows Home Server (WHS), I knew that this was a product I would be testing. Well, tonight...
I've been testing out the Windows 7 beta on one of my laptops this week. And following my own best practices, I made sure I installed the WHS connector on it and made several backups during my testing. So, yesterday I tried (unsuccessfully) to join...
Just a reminder to those of you who were on the WHS PowerPack 1 beta: Remember to uninstall PPK1 beta, and then after rebooting WHS, be sure to run Windows Update pull down the final release version of Power Pqck 1 ( KB944289 ). I love my WHS! (And it's...
I upgraded my Trend CSM 3.6 to their new Worry-Fress Business Security (WFBS) Advance 5.0 solution for SBS, and like the hero from the movie The Rocketeer , I can say, "I like it!". Without even digging into all the new features, I can say that...
For those of you using Trend Micro's Clent Server Messaging (CSM) suite for your SBS servers, you should know that Trend Micro on June 2, 2008 recently rebranded the CSM product to "Worry-Free Business Security Advanced (WFBS)" and released...
Endgaget posted "new" information about the data corruption problem with Windows Home Server. There are many replies posted at that site that would try to convince you that WHS is not only "not ready for prime time", but possibly will...
I had a nice surprise today while I was downloading and preparing to install Vista SP1 to my workstation. Normally I do not heed the warning to disable the antivirus program, but for some reason today I decided to do so. While Vista SP1 was busy installing...
Here's a list of helpful web sites for Windows Home Server information. This will get you started ... you're on your own after this! Microsoft's WHS WHS Microsoft Forum WHS Microsoft Team Blog Terry Walsh' We Got (WHS) Served Philip Churchill's...
[Edited 2-15-2008] I gave a 2 ½ hour presentation and demo on WHS to our local Tampa Bay SBS User Group. Plenty of good questions, several which I could not answer. I'm posting the feedback and responses I received on those questions in hopes it helps...
Why not? Simply install the WHS Connector CD from the SBS console, run the setup.exe program, enter your WHS server's password, and let it configure itself, and you're done. One piece of advice: I would suggest scheduling the SBS Backup utility...
After getting WHS up and running , I wanted to see what it would take to access WHS remotely. Because my router already forwards such ports as 443, 3389 and 4125 to my SBS Premium server, I was stepping into fairly unknown waters for me. As I tell people...
This will be a two part blog. In this first section, just quick comments about setting up Windows Home Server (WHS). In a follow-up blog, I'll identify what I did to make WHS accessible remotely, with SBS2003 / ISA2004 in the picture. Step 1: Setup...
This will be the first of many blogs, I'm sure, about the Windows Home Server (WHS). Much like my initial attraction to SBS back in the year 2000, I believe WHS will make a significant impact, not only in home scenarios, but in SOHO environments....