Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has quietly removed a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server, much to the frustration of channel partners who've been touting this particular feature of the product to customers.
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16.5.2008 Home Computer - Home Network - Home Server
In the 1960s & 70s the idea of a home computer was unheard of outside of science fiction circles. Before the late 1980s home networks were unheard of.
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2.12.2007 Home Server: The best kept secret ...
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.
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26.7.2007 Windows Home Server Preview
At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server (WHS) product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require.
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8.1.2007 New information on Windows Home Server
Joel Sider, Senior Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft Corp. provided some new information about Home Server.
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17.1.2007 Windows Home Server Blog
The Microsoft Home Server Team started Blogging, some interesting facts from the first posts.
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5.2.2007 Microsoft: Build Your Own Home Server
Microsoft this week released a beta software development kit for Windows Home Server, the company's newest operating system version for connecting multiple PCs and digital devices in a home.
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8.4.2007 Windows Home Server patch is out
Hewlett Packard now has its hands on the Windows Home Server (WHS) update for which it decided to delay its MediaSmart Home Server.
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20.9.2007 Windows Home Server goes on Sale in the US
Windows Home Server is finally available in the US! You can pick it up at
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11.10.2007 Serious Windows Home Server concerns
As is the case with my problems with the Xbox 360's Fall 2007 Dashboard Update, where I am having many issues that no one else seems to be having, I'm sort of hoping that what I'm seeing on Windows Home Server (WHS) lately is just me.
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22.12.2007 Windows Home Server - Now available on MSDN
A key benefit of Windows Home Server is the versatility and power it offers as a development platform. Even when Windows Home Server software was still in the beta stage, we published a software development kit (SDK) so that 3rd party developers could develop interesting add-ins for the product. See the original post, "Developers, Developers, Developers".
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25.3.2009 Microsoft home server rumours grow
Rumours that Microsoft is planning to unveil a home media server at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are starting to intensify.
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5.1.2007 Gates sees a home server in your future
LAS VEGAS--Having helped get PCs into most American's homes, Bill Gates now wants people to bring in a server.
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8.1.2007 Windows Home Server Press Release
Posted earrlier on Bink.nu, but here is the Microsoft's Official Press Release:
Bill Gates Unveils Windows Home Server at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show.
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9.1.2007 Microsoft to keep Windows Home Server simple
Bill Gates unveiled Windows Home Server last Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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12.1.2007 Windows Home Server Beta Screenshots
Our member, who wishes to remain anonymous, has kindly submitted a few screenshots of one of the latest beta's from Microsoft, Windows Home Server.
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17.2.2007 Microsoft unlocks Windows Home Server
As momentum grows around its new Windows Home Server line, which is due for release towards the end of this year, Microsoft is looking to keep the love flowing with its hardware partners, software developers and end users alike.
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31.3.2007 Windows Server for Consumers: Is There a Place in the Home?
With the near-ubiquity of network architecture as a fundamental part of nearly all computing and digital communications, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft would develop a SKU of Windows Server directed toward the consumer.
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27.5.2007 Windows Home Server, RC Next week?
I just got out of the Windows Home Server lunch session and wanted to get some quick info up for folks. If you aren't familiar with Windows Home Server you should check out the product page first
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8.6.2007 Windows Home Server Completed, Microsoft Says
On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had completed development of Windows Home Server, its upcoming OS for home servers, a new type of PC that will be made by various hardware manufacturers. In addition, Microsoft announced two new manufacturers that will be shipping home server hardware in time for the holiday season: Iomega and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Previously, Microsoft had highlighted other partners, such as Gateway, HP, LaCie, and Medion.
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21.7.2007 Could Windows Home Server be Microsofts iPhone?
Microsoft just might have a hit on its hands with Windows Home Server when the first Home Server models debut this fall.
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2.8.2007 Windows Home Server: About $150-250
The pricing of Windows Home Server hasnt been released, and it never officially will be. Officially, there is no retail version of Home Server, just the version made for the system builder/OEM channel.
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22.8.2007 Windows Home server Evaluation Comming Soon!
With the closing of the Code2Fame Challenge for Windows Home Server, the Connect site has been updated so that beta participants can no longer download the Release Candidate (RC) version of the software.
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28.8.2007 Windows Home Server Web Site
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.
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13.9.2007 Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
Microsoft is offering a 4 month trial of Windows Home Server for evaluation purposes.
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3.11.2007 Building a Windows Home Server - the easy way!
So, youre thinking about building your own home server based on Microsofts latest OS, Windows Home Server and want some pointers as to the best hardware to use. Youve come to the right place!
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19.11.2007 avast! Windows Home Server Edition
avast! antivirus WHS Edition has the same ICSA Certified scan engine as all avast! antivirus products, offering best-in-class protection against the latest and legacy virus, malware, trojan and spyware risks.
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23.12.2007 Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
Microsoft has just released Power Pack 1 for their Windows Home Server software. Similar to a service pack for other versions of Windows, the Power Pack includes a number of bug fixes and improvements designed to enhance the overall experience the consumer has with the software.
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21.7.2008 Microsoft Says Home Server Ready For Liftoff
Now that Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has released a fix for the data corruption bug in Windows Home Server, channel partners are hoping Microsoft will embark on an advertising and marketing blitzkrieg to show consumers that having a server in the home can, in fact, make their lives easier.
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24.7.2008 Microsoft to unveil Windows Home Server at CES
Microsoft is definitely going to talk at long last about its plans for Windows Home Server (code-named Quattro) at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, according to my sources.
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4.1.2007Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Windows® Home Server will automatically backup your home computers to the home server and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an
individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution backs up only the data that has not already been backed
up. Even if you have several copies of the same data on different computers, the data is backed up only once on your home server and your home server
keeps track of what data was stored on each home computer on each day. This makes it efficient in the time it takes for backups to complete and the
amount of space that is used on your home server.
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21.11.2007Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
Microsoft has quietly removed a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server, much to the frustration of channel partners
who've been touting this particular feature of the product to customers.
In January at CES, Microsoft
announced Home Server Power Pack 1 and said it would not only fix a number of
minor issues in the software, but also give users the ability to perform full Home Server data backups on external storage devices, including the
backup database. PP1 is due for release in the second half of the year.
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16.05.2008Microsoft Partners Eagerly Awaiting Windows Home Server
Microsoft's partners are
chomping at the bit to get
their hands on Windows Home
Server, but some feel it's
going to make its biggest
initial splash with tech-savvy
users.
Due to launch this fall,
Windows Home Server connects
multiple PCs in the same
household, and stores,
manages, backs up and protects
digital audio, video and
photos.
In addition to centralized
storage and backup, Windows
Home Server also lets users
access their digital content
remotely, and is built on the
secure platform of Windows
Server 2003, says Joel Sider,
senior product manager in the
Windows Home Server group at
Microsoft.
Although Windows Home
Server is designed to be easy
to install and use, the
software fits well into the
toolbox of home integrators,
who can wrap it into a smart
home solution along with home
automation and networking
technologies, Sider noted...
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04.08.2007Windows Home Server hits Release Candidate beta milestone
On June 12, Microsoft
http://connect.microsoft.com/W
indowsHomeServer>made
available for download the
Release Candidate (RC)
near-final test build of
Windows Home Server.
According to Microsoft,
there are currently more than
100,000 Windows Home Server
beta registrants. As of the RC
build, Microsoft is making the
Windows Home Server code
available to any existing or
future beta-program
participant.
Windows
Home Server is designed to act
as a central hub for storage
of music, photos, and other
files. It will include
automatic backup and restore,
as well as remote file-access
capabilities...
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12.06.2007More info on Windows Home Server
Gizmodo has
an
interesting post that mentions a couple points often overlooked about Windows Home Server.
Windows Home Server only backs up
one instance of a file that appears across your system. So think of it this way, if you are using WHS to backup your 5 Dell XPS laptops (lucky you),
each freshly formatted with Vista and holding all of your MP3s, the amount of storage required to back them up isn't going to be much bigger than the
amount of space required to backup one of them. Read more about the disk system
here (pdf).
Another cool feature with Home Server is sharing the printers across your home network. Seems
like I could run a small Kinko's out of my house and I was always at the wrong computer to print what I needed; text at the photo printer, pictures
at the laser printer. Now all my printers are shared across the network - even available to visitors.
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06.11.2007Backup feature surprisingly removed from Windows Home Server refresh
Testers of a forthcoming service pack for Windows Home Server were the first to discover that a feature they'd come to rely upon had been removed
from the product -- as it turns out, intentionally...
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17.05.2008Windows 7: Windows Backup Overview
Windows Backup Windows Backup allows you to make copies of data files and also create a system image which includes your system settings, programs
and files. In Windows 7, you can choose your custom location for the data backup and whether or not to include the system image during backup.
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18.01.2009Windows Home Server & OneNote
As some of you might know Windows Home Server (WHS) is a new product released from Microsoft that allows you to have a server at home. WHS does a
variety of things like backup all of your computers and makes sure you have your files on all of your machines and integrates with many other apps.
It is really cool and of course some people out there are interested in storing their notebooks up on WHS and they have been asking to see if this is
possible.
This is possible and you can store your files on your machine so it would be on a remote share in your house.
Something like
\whsNotebookShare and then you can open that in OneNote on all of
your computers in your house and you will have a nice little shared notebook.
As of mid-December we have been getting a few
reports that there is a problem where WHS will corrupt OneNote files...
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13.12.2007Microsoft: Build Your Own Home Server
Microsoft this week released a
beta software development kit
for Windows Home Server, the
company's newest operating
system version for connecting
multiple PCs and digital
devices in a home. The SDK
will enable developers to
build custom applications for
Home Server, which could range
from system protection and
home security to media
sharing...
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07.04.2007Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
Microsoft is offering a 4 month trial of Windows Home Server for evaluation purposes. The Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit includes a
Windows Home Server Installation DVD, a Windows Home Server Connector CD and a Home Computer Restore CD. A backup is recommended prior to installation
as the setup process for server installation will erase any existing data. Microsoft provides the minimum specifications, which aren’t very high
at all, and minimum requirements on the website below. The software giant also notes that a wireless connection between Windows Home Server and the
network is not supported, although home computers connected wirelessly to the wireless router can access the Home Server.
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04.11.2007Backup More Than 1GB per Second Using SQL2008 Backup Compression
Backup Compression in SQL2008 performs very well and it is easy to use. You could either use With Compression along with the Backup command or
simply enable default backup compression through sp_configure by setting backup compression default value to 1. It is very convenient for backups of
large databases in our customer lab environment.
A few things you could do to make the backup compression perform better. The
hardware we used is 32way HP
Superdome and
StorageWorks
XP12000 disk
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03.03.2008Microsoft Finishes Windows Home Server
Microsoft on Monday announced
that Windows Home Server has
been released to
manufacturing, with systems
using the new operating system
expected to go on sale this
fall. Home Server, code-named
"Quattro," is designed
for easily linking together
multiple computers in a home
network and sharing media...
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16.07.2007Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 BETA Includes enhancements for Win 7-based computers
Update: It appears that Microsoft has removed the blog post regarding the Power Pack 3 Beta.
Windows Home Server Team: We
are pleased to announce the Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta which improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media
Center by providing the following new features: Backup and restore of computers running
Windows 7,
Windows 7 Libraries integration,
enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for
netbook computers.
If you are running Windows 7 on your home computer and are a current Windows Home Server user, we need your help!
Important : You will need to sign up as a beta participant of the Windows Home Server program on
Microsoft Connect in order to download the Power Pack 3 Beta.
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17.07.2009Windows 7 to allow PC backups to network share
Windows Complete
PC Backup is an image based backup tool where you could take a backup of your entire system and restore it later. Currently in Vista, the backed
up image cannot be saved in a network share as in
Windows Home Server. This requires to write the backup to DVD(s) or to an external hard drive.
With Windows 7,
Long has discovered one can
directly backup to a network share! I guess now’s a good a time as any to buy a NAS device. :)
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10.11.2008Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit Available
Can't wait to centralize and showcase your family's memories and media? Order the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit today. You're just a
few clicks away from a new digital life.
What will you receive?
- Windows Home Server Installation DVD
- Windows Home Server Connector CD
- Home Computer Restore CD
Are you ready?
This software is
intended for evaluation purposes only. In order to preserve your existing data, you must backup prior to installation. The setup process for server
installation will erase any existing data.
To install the Windows Home Server 120-Day Evaluation Kit, you
need...
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02.11.2007Windows Home Server - Media Sharing
This Technical Brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Media Sharing. Learn about configuring your
home server to share photos, music and videos with your home computers and media playback devices attached to your home network.
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09.11.2007Windows Home Server System Builder Software Price Decrease
Windows Home Server Team: 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 Server to provide
additional value to the system builder community and further promote the home server category. Momentum for Windows Home Server remains strong.
During the first year, Windows Home Server has been embraced by System Builders in over 50 countries. The list of hardware partners continues to grow
and third-party software developers have released or have announced more than 60 Add-in programs extending Windows Home Servers capabilities. Thanks
for all of the great support over the last year, and we look forward to working with you all in continuing to grow the home server marketplace!
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01.11.2008Windows Server for Consumers: Is There a Place in the Home?
With the near-ubiquity of
network architecture as a
fundamental part of nearly all
computing and digital
communications, it was only a
matter of time before
Microsoft would develop a SKU
of Windows Server directed
toward the consumer. BetaNews
spoke with Windows Home Server
group product manager Joel
Sider, in an effort to pin
down how thoroughly Microsoft
has actually planned for the
repercussions of marketing
Windows Server for the home
user...
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26.05.2007New information on Windows Home Server
Joel Sider, Senior Product
Manager, Windows Server PR
Microsoft Corp. provided some
new information about Home
Server
Here is what
he said:
Windows
Home Server is built on
Windows Server technology, but
it also includes a great deal
of new technology for simple
backup/restore of multiple PCs
in the home, easy addition of
new storage, and a highly
intuitive console to
administer backups, shared
folders, storage, users and
network health.
Windows Home Server is
designed to work in broadband
connected households that
already have a broadband
router / firewall device. A
Windows Home Server device
plugs in on the inside of the
house and is initially
protected by a users' router
/ firewall device.
Additionally, it is built on
the proven technologies of
Windows Server and uses the
software firewall technologies
built into Windows Server to
provide an additional level of
protection. It will be updated
by Automatic Updates from MS.
Also, remote access to Home
Server is via HTTPS, only uses
necessary ports, and is
disabled by default.
We are working with
Microsoft OneCare and leading
anti-virus providers to help
them develop solutions
specific to Windows Home
Server.
HP is our
launch partner for Windows
Home Server and will be
shipping the MediaSmart
Server, powered by Windows
Home Server, later this year.
We anticipate other OEMs will
follow. At CES, AMD, Inventec
and Quanta demonstrated Home
Server hardware reference
designs, providing a preview
of potential Home Server
hardware form factors.
HP will set the price
for MediaSmart Server and is
not yet disclosing specifics.
Storage capacity will be the
primary factor for OEM
pricing. Microsoft anticipates
that Home Server product
pricing will be in the range
of a low-end PC.
We
are considering the
possibilities of making Home
Server available to system
builders or do it
yourself-ers.'
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17.01.2007Microsoft struggles to fix data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Microsoft still has not issued a fix for a problem within Windows Home Server that will leave some files corrupted if edited on a networked PC and
saved to the home server...
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