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  • Weekly Round-up

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Lots of great news and blog posts about Windows Home Server appeared over the last week. I thought I would summarize a few things and provide some of my favorite blog links from the past week. Windows Home Server Futures What's Next for Windows...

  • Building Add-ins

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    How do you build Add-ins? Awfully hard for me to say. That's kind of like asking how you should build a Windows application. Oh, wait, it's exactly like asking how you should build a Windows application. However, I can provide some general guidelines...

  • The Broadband Conundrum

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    I have always wondered what it was (is) like to be one of the last ones to get access to electricity or to be able to have a telephone line at your house. I own a piece of property that got access to electricity in 1940, telephone lines didn't come until...

  • Home Server Checklist

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    I sometimes get asked the question: " What is the difference between a home server and a network attached storage (NAS) device?" First off, Microsoft is focused on the development of a feature rich and powerful home server software solution, where...

  • Why Doesn't Windows Home Server do foo?

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    When someone asks "Why doesn't Windows Home Server do Foo?" a response of "because" goes just about as well as it does when my son asks "Why can't I just eat chocolate for dinner?" This post is an attempt to generically answer the "why not" questions by explaining the process my team used to plan Windows Home Server.

  • Target Market for Windows Home Server

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    When we set out to prove a business case for building Windows Home Server we scoured all of the existing secondary research data and decided to focus on households with a broadband connection with 2 or more "active" PCs that are sharing the internet connection...

  • CTP Gets the Greenlight

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Great news! Today we're broadly rolling out a new test build of Windows Home Server - a Community Technology Preview (CTP.) If you've been following Home Server press coverage, or seen the subtle hints from the team in postings to the forums , you knew...

  • Developers, Developers, Developers

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Today we are announcing the availability of the Windows Home Server SDK. You can access it here . As I stated in my Channel 9 video interview (and in this post ) in January, enabling developers to build on Windows Home Server is an important goal for...

  • Windows Home Server System Builder Software Price Decrease

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    On November 1, Microsoft will introduce a 30% price reduction of the Windows Home Server software for the System Builder channel.  After a successful year in the market, Microsoft is reducing the price of the System Builder version of Windows Home...

  • Windows Home Server - September Updates

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    As with most Microsoft products, updates to Windows Home Server will be delivered throughout the lifecycle of the product. Tomorrow - September 25th, Microsoft will release our first update for Windows Home Server. This update will enhance the usability...

  • Release Candidate goes live!

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    That's right...we've reached another important product milestone! The highly anticipated Windows Home Server Release Candidate is available today. The product team has been logging long hours and doing heroic work to finalize this new and improved build...

  • Usernames and Passwords

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    One of the struggles in building Windows Home Server has been trying to figure out a simple and easy way to deal with usernames (or "Logon names") and passwords, so that accessing information within your home and from outside your home is easy yet secure...

  • Entomophobia

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    According to Wikipedia, Entomophobia is defined as the abnormal fear of or aversion to insects and similar arthropods, and even other "bugs", such as worms. Commonly, this condition might be referred to as the "Fear of insects or bugs". This condition...

  • 3,2,1...ignition!

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Today is Windows Home Server launch day! We're announcing a number of things. First, the HP MediaSmart Server is now on sale on leading retailer sites, such as Amazon , Best Buy , Buy.com, Circuit City and Comp USA . (Officially pre-order, but shipping...

  • HP MediaSmart Server EX485 and EX487

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    The Windows Home Server team is excited to see the introduction of the next round of home servers from Hewlett Packard. Here are some links to some web articles and blog posts about the new home servers from HP powered by Windows Home Server: We...

  • More than 1 Home Server - Let’s Sync up!

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    I recently saw a post from Donavon West at Home Server Hacks titled, Syncing Two Windows Home Servers . Donavon wrote up an excellent “how to”. I was able to replicate his 3-step process with my own home servers. With the recent introduction of the...

  • CES 2009 - Windows Home Server Hardware News

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    We are super excited by the overall reception of Windows Home Server in the market. Lots of progress has been made in this new product category that Microsoft established less than 2 years ago with the initial unveiling of the Windows Home Server software...

  • Update on the way...

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Hi all. Next week on Tuesday, Nov 27 we will release a new update for Windows Home Server software. This is a scheduled update - part of the ongoing process of continually enhancing the customer experience with Windows Home Server. The new functionality...

  • The best kept secret ...

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Windows Home Server was a secret for a long time. We had over 1,000 internal testers at Microsoft prior to announcing the product at CES 2007, some of these people used the product for over a year without leaking anything about it. I remember the early...

  • February 2009 Update for Windows Home Server

    Posted over 5 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Today the Windows Home Server team is releasing a small update to the product. This update improves the process by which the Windows Home Server Connector Software gets updated. Additionally, this update resolves certain issues that could occur when restoring...

  • WebGuide

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    The Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server teams are excited to have Doug Berrett join Microsoft. At CEDIA Expo we announced WebGuide for Windows Media Center is now available free from http://www.asciiexpress.com The press release about all of...

  • More info on November 2008 update ...

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    After installing the November 2008 update on your home server, your home server will be rebooted and you should see the Version Information incremented to 6.0.1800.24 in the Windows Home Server Console - Settings - Resources page for several of the components...

  • Belinea Home Server

    Posted over 6 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    The Belinea o.center Home Server from MaxData is now available for sale in Europe. You can find out more information at http://www.amazon.de/belinea or by visiting the MaxData web site – http://www.maxdata.com . And, they even created a translated version...

  • The last one ...

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    Today we opened up the Windows Home Server Beta program to everybody and anybody that wants to take a look, test it, or sleep well at night knowing that their PCs are automatically being backed up every night. Sign up and you are in!! http://connect...

  • Windows Home Server Web Site

    Posted over 7 years ago
    by Qblogger}
    The Windows Home Server web site was updated today to a new look and feel, and over the next few weeks/months additional content, links and other great stuff will be added to the site. The new look and feel and site map is close to being finalized. The...