The Recorded TV Manager add-in for Windows Home Server has been updated to build 3.9.2. This latest build is a maintenance update which fixes some minor problems and further improves error handling for more stability. It also has some necessary adjustments to better coexist with WHS PP3 and provides for full support of WTV files. […]
Microsoft Small Business Specialists MPECS Inc. have installed Windows Home Server Vail on an Intel SS4200-EHW NAS box. Using an Intel Celeron 420 CPU, a 2GB Kingston ram stick and a 500GB Seagate ES.2 drive from their spare parts bin – It’s amazing what you can put into a NAS box! More details here.
If you are a Vail add-in developer then the Tentacle Software Blog has a post on how to reset columns in the dashboard back to their defaults, which is handy if you are going to turn a column on (or off), or change the sort order. You can read the post here.
With some ISPs blocking remote access ports, HomeServerLand has posted a further short video on your options available. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvMYK76GPV0&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] From contacting your ISP for a request to unblock the necessary ports to using alternative ports to access your server. all your options are highlighted in this 1 minute video.
With Microsoft currently promoting the Vail SDK, they have placed a document on the Microsoft Connect website which gives an overview of the “Vail” Dashboard primarily when compared to v1 Admin Console. The audience for this document is anyone who has already developed addins for Windows Home Server or who is just starting to get […]
Dileep, the Development Lead on the Windows Home Server team introduces the WHS Vail SDK on the engineering teams blog. There is a lot of information to digest in Vail and SDK in particular. Hence we are taking this opportunity to do a series of blog posts to talk about the various extensibility points of […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7uWUn2Rxr4&hl=en_GB&fs=1&] If you are experiencing remote access problems on WHS then do you have Universal Plug and Play setup and configured on your router. HomeServerLand explains UPnP and Port Forwarding in a short video which you can find here.
Sam Wood from Tentacle Software has a list of 3 guides on using the Software Development Kit for Vail. The new SDK in Sam’s words is "pure awesome", and he provides his top 10 of awesomeness which includes: Core Add-Ins in Vail can be extended by adding your own tabs Core providers in Vail can […]
the INQUIRER has a review of Windows Home Server Vail in which reviewer Kelvyn Taylor gives his first impressions. By concentrating on making it [Vail] a backup and media streaming platform with a highly customisable interface, it could become much more attractive to manufacturers, although everything’s relative and there are still only a handful of […]
Lance Canaday and "DieHard" talk about the Time Traveler add-in amongst many other things in episode 89 of The Home Server Show podcast, which you can find here.
