TechRepublic have a write up on Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The article asks why you should consider WS2012e and why it is the Small Business Server (SBS) successor. Simplified administration and management as well as a client Launchpad which focuses on backup and shared access with Mac support. An interesting read, which you can find [...]
An update is available for StableBit DrivePool for users of WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Version 1.3.2.7553 RC has the following change: Fixed folders not showing up in the StableBit DrivePool overview tab due to inconsistent shared folder registry keys. This release can be downloaded from here.
WSE RemoteApp 2012 is yet another add-in from the Office Maven for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Here’s what it can do: WSE RemoteApp 2012 makes it possible for administrators to deliver remote applications (referred to as “RemoteApp programs” or simply “RemoteApps“) to their users. Specifically, WSE RemoteApp 2012 enables a straightforward publishing process that allows [...]
WSE Office 2012 is an add-in from the Office Maven for Windows Server 2012 Essentials which provides individual user-level access to Microsoft Office application from your server: WSE Office 2012 can run a server-installed copy of each of the Microsoft Office applications from any computer just as if they were running directly on the local [...]
WSE Quicken 2012 is another add-in from the Office Maven for Windows Server 2012 Essentials which provides individual user-level access to Intuit’s Quicken application from your server. Here’s the details: WSE Quicken 2012 can run a server-installed copy of Quicken from any computer just as if it were running directly on the local computer. Quicken [...]
The Office Maven have released WSE QuickBooks 2012 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials which provides individual user-level access to Intuit’s QuickBooks application from your server. Here’s the blurb: WSE QuickBooks 2012 can run a server-installed copy of QuickBooks from any computer just as if it were running directly on the local computer. QuickBooks runs in [...]
Episode 121 of the BYOB podcast is up: “Kevin Schoonover joins the BYOB crew this week for an all rants n raves episode. Some new cloud storage services. PlayOn” You can catch episode 121 here.
Version 2.0.0.256 beta of StableBit DrivePool adds some major new back-end features, improved read striping and a new Performance UI: The new performance UI lets you see exactly what’s happening on the pool, at a glance. It shows you the most important information in real time. Read striping is a feature in DrivePool that is [...]
The beta release of StableBit DrivePool for WS2012 Essentials has had an update. Version 2.0.0.256 beta has the following change log: [D] Read striping will now take into account the speed of the disks when deciding which disk to read from. It now uses an adaptive algorithm that will passively measure the speed of each [...]
A short 19 minute episode of The Home Server Show this week. Episode 224 has Jim Collison live from the Drobo Meetup, which you can find here.
