Update Rollup 2 (UR2) for Windows Server 2012 Essentials has been released. UR2 fixes 3 major issues and also adds support for the Port Bonjour feature of Mac connector to Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Here’s the issues which are now resolved: Issue 1 – Assume that you have the Microsoft Office 365 Integration feature enabled […]
My Movies Home and Essentials Server Solution has a pre-release version for users of WHS2011 and WS2012 Essentials. Version 2.14 PR1 has the following change log: Added: Title merge functionality, to better handle copying multi-disc titles. Fix: If a copied disc was not first disc of a title, the online location got added to the […]
The beta build of StableBit Scanner for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials and WS2012 Essentials has been updated to version 2.4.0.2926 / 2927 BETA. This release only has the 1 fix: Fixed a bug in the UI causing excessive CPU consumption. You can download this beta release from here.
With the popularity of the HP ProLiant MicroServer, HP today announced a new generation of the MicroServer named Gen8. Available in 2 configurations the G1610T model comes with a 2 Core Intel Celeron G1610T processor (2.3 GHz, 2MB, 35W) and 2GB RAM for $449, whilst the $529 G2020T model comes with the beefier 2 core […]
4SYSOPS have a three part series looking at WS2012 Essentials and how it fits as a modern SMB IT solution. The first part of the series covers installation and transmogrification, (which you can find here.) Part 2 looks at cloud integration with Office 365 and on premises systems. When published part 3 will look at […]
Episode 124 of the BYOB podcast is up: “This week BYOB joins Jim Collision from the average guy network to talk about using VM’s in the home environment. Mike talks briefly about his first round with Haswell. A special thanks to Jim for hosting and recording the show.” You can find it here.
The Jwolf Tech Broadcast have a 11 minute video on his personal WHS project using some server components with an Intel i3: “As the need for mass storage increases more and more people are looking into NAS units and home servers. Having built my own home server I wanted to give a review of my […]
Paul Thurrott has a review on the next release of WS2012 Essentials. Known as Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 Paul has reviewed the Preview version on his site, Supersite for Windows. Cloud related changes and integrated Office 365 are in this release. As are connecting Windows Phones, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices: “These devices can […]
The beta build of StableBit Scanner for WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials and Windows Server 2012 Essentials has been updated. Version 2.4.0.2922 / 2923 has the following change log: Disk temperature will now be reported in either Celsius or Fahrenheit (see Scanner Settings -> Heat). It defaults to your regional […]
It’s time for another episode of "The Home Server Show" podcast, and on this week’s episode: “I finally join the Microserver club and we will talk about my new purchase and everything that has leaked about the new Microserver Gen8 server. One forum member has an exclusive find about the new member to the Microserver […]
