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By on September 07th, 2012

Add-In: Health Report for WS 2012 Essentials

Microsoft have released Health Report, an add-in for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34599 Generating a system health report was one of the popular customer requests in early Beta review. With "Health Report" you will see a automatically generated report that summarizes the health of your server and can be sent to a specified email allowing […]

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By on September 06th, 2012

Skip Domain Join on WS 2012 Essentials with a Registry Key

If you are running Windows Server 2012 Essentials then any connected PC which is running Pro/Enterprise/Ultimate SKUs of Windows 7/8 will automatically be joined to the domain. Not so good for us previous Home Server users – But there is now a temporary workaround thanks to a registry key. Before we continue remember this only […]

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By on September 06th, 2012

Windows Storage Server 2012 Evaluation Available

Microsoft have published evaluation editions of Windows Storage Server 2012 in their Download Centre. Windows Storage Server 2012 is Microsoft’s advanced storage and file serving solution which is available as a 3.3 GB ISO file. You can download the eval from here.

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By on September 05th, 2012

Why Users Will not Flock to WS 2012 Essentials

Paul Thurrott gives us his opinion on WHS 2011 and Windows Server 2012 Essentials and why he thinks average consumers or very small businesses will not flock to Microsoft’s latest solution: …I don’t think average consumers or very small businesses will flock to this solution any more than they did to WHS. Though inexpensive by […]

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By on September 04th, 2012

Add-In: My Movies for WHS 2011 v2.12 (Build 2)

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 has had an update. Version 2.12 (Build 2) has the following change: Fix: Issue with incorrect disc sorting More information on My Movies for Windows Home Server is available from here.

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By on September 03rd, 2012

Windows Server 2012 Arrives Tomorrow

Windows Server 2012 arrives tomorrow September 4th as it RTM’s worldwide. And to celebrate be sure to play the "Save the Date" game to win prizes on launch day. Also tomorrow at 8:00AM PST Microsoft President Satya Nadella presents a keynote on Windows Server 2012 which will certainly be worth a watch. And a week […]

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By on September 01st, 2012

Add-In: My Movies for WHS 2011 v2.13 PR1

My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 have a new pre-release version available. Version 2.13 PR1 has the following change: Added: Option to use external storage devices instead of only internal storage. More information on My Movies for Windows Home Server is available from here.

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By on September 01st, 2012

Free eBook: Introducing Windows Server 2012 RTM Edition

Mitch Tulloch and the Windows Server team have released a new updated version of the FREE e-Book for IT professionals: Introducing Windows Server 2012 RTM Edition. This 256-page eBook has 5 chapters of detailed technical content: Building a foundation for Private Cloud Understand the latest improvements that takes Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V beyond basic […]

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By on September 01st, 2012

20% Off Online Backup Service CrashPlan

CrashPlan are currently offering a 20% off back to school special on their online backup service. CrashPlan is an ideal solution for Home Server users to back up their data to the cloud. Through to September 8th they are offering 20% off their plans. For example their individual unlimited backup plan is normally $49.99 but […]

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By on August 31st, 2012

Understanding Windows 8 Storage Spaces

Blogger Tim Anderson helps us understand Windows 8 Storage Spaces, a confusing but powerful new feature in Microsoft’s next operating system: “Storage Spaces is a way of virtualising disk drives. You manage physical drives in a pool of storage, and allocate virtual drives from that pool. The virtual drives can be bigger than the actual […]

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