Author Archive for Philip Churchill

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Microsoft Launch Windows Server 2016

At Ignite last week Microsoft announced the launch of Windows Server 2016. For those of you that wish to play, a 180 day trial is available from the TechNet Evaluation Centre. Also a webcast is planned for October 13th with a walkthrough of its new features with demos and early adopter stories, whilst additional demos and documentation […]

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CloudBerry Backup v4.7.1

Updated from version 4.6, CloudBerry Backup has been updated to version 4.7.1 with the following changes: New storage providers: NatApp object storage, Akaza, CenturyLink, Cisco, LeoNovus, SwiftStack, Zettagrid, Selectel, Zetta Ability to create and run MS SQL Server backup and restore plan in CLI Option to generate a detailed report for backup to OpenStack storage […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 293

Episode 293 of the Home Server Show podcast is available: “A whole lot of follow up on this episode. Circle, WiFi, Server to NAS, and a better look at Open Mesh with Mike Faucher. Jim Collison discusses cloud storage while Dave digs into his wiring closet. Also, some moving news.” You can catch the audio […]

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CloudBerry Backup 4.6 Released

Introducing CloudBerry Backup 4.6 The latest version comes with the following new features and updates: Support dynamic disks for Image-based backup Ability to create a bootable ISO for Image-based backup Support JSON for Keystone authentication Support dynamic disks for Image-based backup In previous versions of CloudBerry Backup you were not able to include dynamic disks […]

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Drive Bender Lives On

After our last story explaining why Anthony from Division-M made the decision to move away from his full time position at the company which produces Drive Bender. Anthony has been flooded with the community’s response. So the end result, in Anthony’s words: “Given the level of user support, it seems I had no other choice […]

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The Home Server show Podcast Episode 292

After a few weeks of absence, its time for another episode of the Home server Show podcast. Episode 292 is all about Circle, WiFi, and Networking: On this episode of Home Server Show I’ll unbox Circle while giving you a heads up about this new product. Listen in if you want to manage your wifi […]

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Update for auto-redirection of WS2012 R2 Essentials for Windows 10 client connector

Microsoft have updated their post on client connector availability for Windows 7, 8/8.1 and 10 joined to WHS2011 and Essentials 2012. The updated post highlights the availability of an update (3105885) to support auto-redirection of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for the Windows 10 client connector. Client Connector availability with Windows Home Server, Small Business […]

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Drive Bender Sales Suffer

Anthony from Division-M has made the difficult decision to move away from his full time position at the company. Using the company’s blog, Anthony stated the following: Unfortunately slowing Drive Bender sales and sluggish Cloud Xtender numbers have meant that ongoing development at the current pace is just not financially possible. The slowing Drive Bender sales […]

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Add-In: Lights-Out v1.6.1

Version 1.6.1 of Lights-Out has been released. This is primarily a bug fix update which fixes some Windows 10 issues. With added official support for Windows Server 2016 Essentials Technical Preview 3 and Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). Lights-Out for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Server Essentials 2012 (R2) Added support for Windows […]

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The Home Server Show Podcast Episode 291

Episode 291 of the Home Server Show podcast is up: It’s a battle between the Dell Inspiron micro 3050 and the HP Stream mini. We’ll talk about Media Center and if it’s better on Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 with these boxes. you can catch episode 291 here.