Announced back in February StableBit DrivePool for Windows Home Server 2011 is now in open beta. StableBit DrivePool is an add-in replacement for Drive Extender, which as we know was removed in WHS 2011, and provides the following features: Combine all your hard drives into one big storage pool (except the system drive with the [...]
Windows guru Paul Thurrott has announced on Twitter that Microsoft announced to him that a Windows Phone integration add-in for WHS 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2011 Essentials would be available in 3-4 weeks time. Great news for Windows Phone users! Just shortly after, Paul also tweeted that Windows Home Server hardware would [...]
Family Diary is a suit of applications to allow you to set up a database of appointments and contacts for family and friends. Currently the suit consists of the Windows Service, a Windows client application, an Outlook Add-in, a Windows Phone 7 application and a Windows Home Server Add-in. All the applications in the Family [...]
Transfer-Manager is an add-in for WHS2011 which enables you to make your Home Server the central transfer station for all your up and download needs. The add-in is currently in beta and a new build is released every Sunday with new bug fixes and new functions. Build 0.5.410 from the 8th May adds the following [...]
My Movies for Windows Media Center and it’s associated My Movies Collection Management service have both been updated to version 4. With My Movies you can manage your movie collection and browse and watch by genre and rating and with the WHS add-in you can automatically copy and index your movies or CDs onto Home [...]
A new add-in by the name of Snoop-de-dupe was released today for WHS v1 users. Snoop-de-dupe watches your server in real-time and notifies you when duplicate files appear on the server. You then have the option to either delete the duplicate, create a hard-link to save HDD space (available in WHS/SBS 2011 only), or to [...]
CloudBerry Labs have released a new version of their add-in CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server for v1 users. Versions for WHS2011 and SBS 2011 Essentials will follow next week. Here’s what’s new in version 2.1.1: Long paths support – backup path longer than 260 symbols Custom credentials for network locations Memory Management Improvements More [...]
A new version of the add-in Integrity Checker is available for WHS v1 and WHS2011. Integrity Checker is an invaluable tool for the server administrator; quietly, efficiently, and automatically watching for new data arriving on the server. As data arrives, Integrity Checker generates, and attaches, a SHA1 integrity hash for each file which can later [...]
The UPS management add-in Grid Junction has had an update. Version 1.6 includes the following changes: Improved existing communication protocols User interface enhancements Improved scripting support with GJ client Added additional UPS hardware support More details on Grid Junction are available from here.
The Advanced Alerting and Reporting add-in for Windows Home Server has had an update. Version 1.5.0.7 of Remote Notification is a minor update comprised mostly of a small bug fix plus several new statistics added to the Daily Reports. Here is what’s new: Bug: Client Health errors in Daily Reports now correctly display Red instead [...]
