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Windows Home Server - Canadians Put More Importance on Photos Stored On Their PC Than Their Financial Information
Last month, Microsoft Canada reported survey results by Ipsos Reid that found Canadians value personal information but aren't taking measures to keep it secure.  Zibb.com and a few other online outlets picked up the story.  Read it here . Sadly, Read More...
Windows Home Server - Photography web page launched
If your photography is your passion, Windows Home Server is a better way to store, organize, protect and access your digital pictures. In the March issue of Picture Business Magazine there is a brief article titled, "Microsoft's Data Protection Plan". Read More...
February 2009 Update for Windows Home Server
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 Read More...
January, 2009 Update for Windows Home Server
Today the Windows Home Server team is releasing a small update to the product. The update improves the capability of Windows Home Server to repair abnormalities detected in the home computer backup database. The update should be automatically downloaded Read More...
Home-based Businesses
Windows Home Server was designed for consumers and home-based businesses. In our recent customer satisfaction survey conducted in North America and Europe, we discovered that 25% of the early purchasers of Windows Home Server are running a business out Read More...
Windows 7 and Windows Home Server
The Windows Home Server team is excited to see the progress and excitement around the public beta release of Windows 7 . From the Windows 7 Beta Download " How to Backup a PC " page, you will see this important note near the bottom of the page. Note : Read More...
HP MediaSmart Server EX485 and EX487
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 Got Served Read More...
Home Server Checklist
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 most Read More...
Image-based Backup
J.D Biersdorfer from the New York Times did an article for the Personal Tech column entitled " Backing Up is Not So Hard " which outlines the difference between file-based and image-based backup software. One of the core features of Windows Home Server Read More...
Updated Technical Briefs for Windows Home Server
The technical briefs and other documents for Windows Home Server have been updated to incorporate new and changed functionality with Windows Home Server Power Pack 1. Technical Briefs are "Level 200" documents designed for a more technical audience as Read More...
You Have Five Minutes to Get Out of Your House. What Would You Save?
A coworker recently forwarded me a program that he heard on Puget Sound Public Radio .  This call-in radio show was based on the following premise, "Pretend you had five minutes to get out of the house. What would you save? Your family and pets Read More...
Fun in the sun... the ultimate Windows Home Server product bundle
The Windows Home Server marketing team in Germany recently kicked off an awareness campaign for journalists. "Sun protection and data protection, before you go on vacation, buy a Windows Home Server system to backup your data and save all your vacation Read More...
When you wish upon a star...
Yesterday the Innoventions Dream Home became the latest attraction at Disneyland. Located in Tomorrowland, the Dream Home delivers on "Walt's vision for showcasing cutting-edge technologies that make life better and easier." The Dream Home is a collaboration Read More...
Windows Home Server saves my bacon...again
Last December, I posted a story to my personal blog titled " Windows Home Server is actually useful! " where I had an opportunity to benefit from the power of Windows Home Server's home computer backup and restore capability myself. In that Read More...
Apple Home Server?
I knew it wouldn’t take long for someone to figure out that the Apple Mac Mini is an interesting platform for running Windows Home Server. The Home Server Hacks blog has a detailed step-by-step document of how to re-purpose a Mac Mini to act as a home Read More...
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