At Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Canada today the company’s Tami Reller announced that Windows 8 is "on track" to be Released to Manufacturing (RTM) in the first week on August and available in retail stores (General Availability) at the end of October 2012. The Windows Server Blog also announced that Windows Server 2012 is […]
Episode 91 of the BYOB podcast is up: “WHS2011 is dead! Server 2012 essentials, Windows 8’s amazing deal,AMD does it still blow? Intel 330 SSD, iOS Podcast app, WD has Routers?! Gigabyte and Thunderbolt…wonder twin powers activate! Welcome to the BYOB Podcast!” You can find episode 91 here.
With the announcement this week that Windows Home Server as we currently know it will not make another version, ars technica took up the story with a history of its success (and failures), which makes an interesting read. You can find it here.
The Digital Lifestyle blog has a link to a script by Ken Warren for Version 1 Home Server users. The command script you can run on your WHS to check all the drives individually with the chkdsk command, something which is normally tricky with Drive Pooling. You can get the details here.
StableBit Scanner for WHS 2011, SBS 2011 Essentials and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials has been updated to version 2.0.1.2467 to fix an error when notifications were coming up for disconnected disks. Notifications were coming up for disks that were disconnected. More information on StableBit Scanner is available from here.
Microsoft have just published a downloadable FAQ on Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The 6 page PDF asks such questions such as: Why did Microsoft change the name of Windows Small Business Server Essentials to Windows Server Essentials? Who are the target customers for Windows Server 2012 Essentials? What is included with Windows Server 2012 Essentials? […]
Microsoft have also just published the following information regarding Windows Home Server: Q: Will there be a next version of Windows Home Server? A: No. Windows Home Server has seen its greatest success in small office/home office (SOHO) environments and among the technology enthusiast community. For this reason, Microsoft is combining the features that were […]
Microsoft have today announced that there will only be a single SKU for the upcoming Small Business Server 8 (SBS8). This is part of a larger shift on behalf of Microsoft who want fewer SKUs across their product range. (like Windows 8 which will only come in two versions compared to Windows 7’s six.) So […]
Paul Thurrott explains how to enable file history in Windows 8. Now why is this relevant to Home Server users you may be asking? Since the next version of Home Server (in what ever form it takes) will be based on Server 2012 it is good to know how to use the File History feature […]
StorageReview.com have a review of the LaCie 5big Office + running Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. The specs, design, features, connectivity and performance are all taken a look at: “LaCie has done a good job with the 5big Office +, leveraging a great existing 5-bay design, this time deploying Windows Storage Server instead of […]
