Time for another episode of the Home Tech podcast:
“In the first of a 3 part Series on Virtualization, we will cover some of the VM setups of guys from our community. Not necessarily a how to but more of a show and tell, we hope to cover all things Virtualization for the Average Tech Guy.”
Its all on episode 119 of the Home Tech podcast.
Its that time for another episode of "The Home Server Show" podcast, and on this week’s edition:
“It’s a Microserver comparison show. How is WHS 2011 and S2012E running on the little server? Pick a version and Chris Kenney and John Stutsman have tested it! They join me on this episode for that and plenty of QNAP and NAS as well.”
You can find the WHS on MicroServer Shootout episode here.
The beta build of StableBit Scanner for users of WHS2011, SBS 2011 Essentials, Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials and WS2012 Essentials has been updated to version 2.4.0.2914 / 2915 BETA.
Here’s the change log for this latest release:
As always this release can be downloaded from here.
The Edge show from on Channel 9 gives the latest weekly news from Microsoft relevant for IT Professionals and a technical dive into various products and scenarios like Windows Server, Windows Azure, Private Cloud, and Consumerization of IT.
Edge Show 63 is on Windows Server 2012 Essentials:
Rick is joined by Colin Molina, Sr. Program Manager who stopped by the cramped Studio B at Channel 9 to talk about Windows Server 2012 Essentials. He gives us a walkthrough the server configuration and management tools as well as shows us remote web workplace and some new Windows Server 2012 Essentials apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8!
You can find the 23 minute Edge video here.
The Average Guy have posted episode 118 of the Home Tech podcast.
This week Microsoft MVP John Zajdler talks Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Western Digital Sentinel DX4000, WSE RemoteApp 2012, ownCloud and Plex.
Great stuff as usual, which you can find here.
Episode 122 of the BYOB podcast this week is about the new Xbox One, where Mike and Michael give their perspective and insight.
Interested? You can find this episode of the Build Your Own Box (BYOB) podcast here.
A user by the name of "tswalker" has written a series of 3 articles on converting the WD DX4000 from Western Digital to Windows Server 2012.
The 3 detailed posts explain how to create the image with included drivers to convert this great box from WD into a fully fledged server. Additional articles explain “how to program the LCD”, setting the fan speed and other important details related to converting the DX4000 to a nice Windows Server 2012 build.
You can read the articles here.
Technibble.com a resource for PC repair technician’s has a nice review of Windows Home Server.
Writer Tony Scarpelli explains how to set it up on in a clients network and is a nice review from a PC repair tech.
You can read Tony’s review here.
StableBit DrivePool have released version 2.0.0260 BETA for users of WS2012 Essentials which provides performance optimizations.
Here’s the full release notes for this version:
You can find the download here.
TechRepublic have a write up on Windows Server 2012 Essentials.
The article asks why you should consider WS2012e and why it is the Small Business Server (SBS) successor. Simplified administration and management as well as a client Launchpad which focuses on backup and shared access with Mac support.
An interesting read, which you can find here.
