Welcome to Windows Home Server 2011 – Step by Step and for many of you, to the Windows Home Server platform itself. If you’re new to WHS, I hope this book will help you quickly discover how easy it is to install, configure and use Windows Home Server, and how useful its features are in both the home and small business environments. Whether you’re interested in streaming music, video and photos around your home and beyond, seeking an easy way to share files with friends and colleagues, or simply looking for an easy way to protect your PCs and Macs, you’ll learn that Windows Home Server can play an essential role at the heart of your network.
Using OS X Lion Server as a Home Server Is Now an eBook - Grab It Now!
I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who’s taken time out to read and comment on We Got Served’s OS X Lion Server series, Using OS X Lion Server as a Home Server. It’s been our longest feature series to date (13 parts and still only half way through), and has received hundreds of comments from readers interested in experimenting with a Mac Home Server.
Over the last few months, I’ve had quite a few comments asking for the series to be presented in full in PDF or eBook format – now it’s here!
By Terry Walsh on January 12, 2012 @ 10:33 pm
Filed under: Apple Mac, How to Guides, Mac OS X Server, News.
WGS’ New eBook “Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step” Is Now Available
Following the release in December of our popular Using OS X Lion Server at Home eBook, we were asked a question, “Why haven’t you done a guide to Windows Home Server”? We couldn’t think of a smart enough answer, so got to work writing one over Christmas…. and it’s ready for release! Authored by Microsoft Windows Home Server MVPs Terry Walsh and Jim Clark, Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step is WGS’ comprehensive guide to Microsoft’s home server platform, covering hardware, software, add-ins, apps, tips, tricks, advice, support and a whole lot more.
How to: Install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011
I missed this back in October, but the Tinkertry site has an excellent walkthrough on installing Microsoft’s free Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011. As you’ll know, Microsoft currently blocks the installation of their Security Essentials application on WHS, so Forefront Client Security is the next best thing.
Home Server SMART 2012
Home Server Smart 2012 is a disk health reporting add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. The add-in monitors your server’s hard disks at user-defined intervals for errors and issues, raising alerts and issuing email notifications when problems are detected.
The $249 HP MicroServer & Windows Home Server 2011 Combo is Back
Grab it before it expires – especially if you missed it twice before.
How To: Install Windows Home Server 2011 Updates via the Dashboard
Recently, while I was configuring the AWIECO RemoteLauncher add-in, I stumbled upon some hidden functionality built into the Windows Home Server 2011 Dashboard application. Normally, I have no alerts present in Information and Alerts area of my dashboard. So, imagine my surprise when an Alert flashed up recently.
Get 20% Off Using OS X Lion Server at Home (This Weekend Only)
Our Using OS X Lion Server at Home series and eBook has been surprisingly popular – it seems that many WGS readers are planning, or have bought and are configuring Apple’s OS X Lion Server for use as a home server. With a paucity of information out there on working through Lion Server’s (sometimes quirky) configuration and setup, I hope the guide has been useful to everyone whose taken a look at it so far.
For those who haven’t checked it out, and are thinking about a switch then this weekend, we’re running a special 20% discount on all sales of the Using OS X Lion Server at Home eBook!
CES 2012: Synology Announces DiskStation Manager 4.0 Beta
A brand new OS beta for Synology with a host of features including cloud synchronization, new mobile apps and support for Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
CES 2012: Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless Mashes Mobile Storage With a 4G LTE Hotspot
Need a 4G hotspot? Need mobile storage? Don’t need to carry two devices? Then the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless was designed for you.
CES 2012: BabyPing Takes Baby Monitoring to the Network with Mobile Apps
Hot on the heels of the Samsung Wi-Fi Baby Monitor announced at CES this week, a new division of Y-Cam has just launched BabyPing – a wireless video baby monitor with mobile apps and a few tricks up its sleeve.
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How to: Install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011
I missed this back in October, but the Tinkertry site has an excellent walkthrough on installing Microsoft’s free Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011. As you’ll know, Microsoft currently blocks the installation of their Security Essentials application on WHS, so Forefront Client Security is the next best thing.
Home Server SMART 2012
Home Server Smart 2012 is a disk health reporting add-in for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. The add-in monitors your server’s hard disks at user-defined intervals for errors and issues, raising alerts and issuing email notifications when problems are detected.
Add-in Update: LDisk 2.0.0.6 Release Candidate
InteliSAN have announced the release of the LDisk Release Candidate. v2.0.0.6 of the add-in, which brings iSCSI support to Windows Home Server v1, WHS 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.
Add-in Update: Serviio for Windows Home Server v0.6.1
Serviio for Windows Home Server is a free DLNA/UPnP Media Server for streaming content to networked PCs, TVs, Blu-Ray Players, Game Consoles and more. It allows you to serve up a wide range of media file formats (videos, music, pictures) to an ever wider range of devices.
Windows Home Server 2011 Finally Gets Anti-Virus Protection
As soon as Windows Home Server 2011 was released last year, one of the first applications requested by the community was a dedicated anti-virus client. Vendors who had previously supported WHS v1 have not upgraded their software to support the newer release, but the good news is that G-Data Internet Security for HomeServer is here to protect you, your home server and a few of your PCs.
CES 2012: Sony’s HomeShare Speakers, Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System to Support Apple’s AirPlay
If you’re thinking of spreading your audio around the home, Sonos and Logitech’s Squeezebox may have been your favoured options. But perhaps it’s time to give Sony’s HomeShare system a second chance – whilst the first iteration resolutely avoided support for Apple’s AirPlay, the electronics giant has now bowed to the inevitable and built in support for Cupertino’s streaming technology.
CES 2012: Samsung’s Optical Smart Hub Fuses Network Storage With DVD Burning
Things that make you go “Hmmm…” Samsung’s Optical SMART Hub SE-208BW is a study in kooky convergence, marrying an external DVD burner with optional network attached storage.
CES 2012:Acer Apes Apple With AcerCloud. Not iCloud, Okay?
At CES, the year of the Cloud service continues, this time with Acer whose AcerCloud file-synchronisation service will ship with new PCs and Android devices in Quarter 2 2012. Just don’t mention iCloud, okay?
CES 2012: LaCie Delivers New Thunderbolt Storage Lines
LaCie today announced two new additions to its range of Thunderbolt storage products, in the shape of the 2big Thunderbolt Series and eSATA Thunderbolt Series, the latter allowing users to connect external eSATA drives to new Macs via its Thunderbolt connection.
Could HP Be Planning a More Powerful ProLiant MicroServer?
You’ve seen the HP ProLiant MicroServer by now. It’s taken a grip of the home and small business server market for sure this year, courtesy of the original N36L in 2010 and refreshed N40L model this year. But look carefully at HP’s Maintenance and Service Guide for the MicroServer, and you’ll see the company has apparently been testing a much more powerful version of the model.
Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step – Introduction
Welcome to Windows Home Server 2011 – Step by Step and for many of you, to the Windows Home Server platform itself. If you’re new to WHS, I hope this book will help you quickly discover how easy it is to install, configure and use Windows Home Server, and how useful its features are in both the home and small business environments. Whether you’re interested in streaming music, video and photos around your home and beyond, seeking an easy way to share files with friends and colleagues, or simply looking for an easy way to protect your PCs and Macs, you’ll learn that Windows Home Server can play an essential role at the heart of your network.
WGS’ New eBook “Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step” Is Now Available
Following the release in December of our popular Using OS X Lion Server at Home eBook, we were asked a question, “Why haven’t you done a guide to Windows Home Server”? We couldn’t think of a smart enough answer, so got to work writing one over Christmas…. and it’s ready for release! Authored by Microsoft Windows Home Server MVPs Terry Walsh and Jim Clark, Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step is WGS’ comprehensive guide to Microsoft’s home server platform, covering hardware, software, add-ins, apps, tips, tricks, advice, support and a whole lot more.
How To: Install Windows Home Server 2011 Updates via the Dashboard
Recently, while I was configuring the AWIECO RemoteLauncher add-in, I stumbled upon some hidden functionality built into the Windows Home Server 2011 Dashboard application. Normally, I have no alerts present in Information and Alerts area of my dashboard. So, imagine my surprise when an Alert flashed up recently.
Get 20% Off Using OS X Lion Server at Home (This Weekend Only)
Our Using OS X Lion Server at Home series and eBook has been surprisingly popular – it seems that many WGS readers are planning, or have bought and are configuring Apple’s OS X Lion Server for use as a home server. With a paucity of information out there on working through Lion Server’s (sometimes quirky) configuration and setup, I hope the guide has been useful to everyone whose taken a look at it so far.
For those who haven’t checked it out, and are thinking about a switch then this weekend, we’re running a special 20% discount on all sales of the Using OS X Lion Server at Home eBook!
CES 2012: NETGEAR WN2500RP Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender
NETGEAR today launched its all-new WN2500RP Universal Dual-Band WiFi Range Extender, designed to boot wireless networking ranges around the home.
CES 2012: Synology Announces DiskStation Manager 4.0 Beta
A brand new OS beta for Synology with a host of features including cloud synchronization, new mobile apps and support for Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
CES 2012: New Products From QNAP
Coming from QNAP: new Turbo NAS models, video surveillance systems, and more.
QNAP Announces Their New V3.6 Beta NAS Management Software
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CES 2012: Samsung’s Optical Smart Hub Fuses Network Storage With DVD Burning
Things that make you go “Hmmm…” Samsung’s Optical SMART Hub SE-208BW is a study in kooky convergence, marrying an external DVD burner with optional network attached storage.
CES 2012: TP-LINK’s First NAS Revealed, TL-NS210 Coming Q3 2012
TP-LINK have announced their first foray into the world of Network Attached Storage. The budget specialist’s TL-NS210, a dual bay device, is set to ship in Q3.
CES 2012: Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless Mashes Mobile Storage With a 4G LTE Hotspot
Need a 4G hotspot? Need mobile storage? Don’t need to carry two devices? Then the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless was designed for you.
CES 2012: Buffalo Joins in 820.11ac Speed Race With Forthcoming AirStation WZR-1750H
The standard is not yet finalised, but the networking vendors are already previewing their new 802.11 ac routers. Coming towards the end of the year will be Buffalo’s new AirStation WZR-1750H router and WLI-TX4-1300H Media Bridge.
CES 2012: D-Link Unveils Two New High Performance Routers
If you thought the humble router has had its time when it comes to feature innovation, then CES 2012 has proved there’s life in the network-horse yet. D-Link today unveiled a pair of routers which the networking geeks may well take to their hearts.
CES 2012: D-Link’s All-in-One Mobile Companion Promises Sharing, Streaming and Power on the Move
At CES today, networking specialist D-Link announced an innovative tech solution for travellers. The DIR-505 All-in-One Mobile Companion is a device offering network connectivity, local file sharing as well as power for your devices when you’re away from home.
CES 2012: Sony’s HomeShare Speakers, Blu-ray Disc Home Theater System to Support Apple’s AirPlay
If you’re thinking of spreading your audio around the home, Sonos and Logitech’s Squeezebox may have been your favoured options. But perhaps it’s time to give Sony’s HomeShare system a second chance – whilst the first iteration resolutely avoided support for Apple’s AirPlay, the electronics giant has now bowed to the inevitable and built in support for Cupertino’s streaming technology.
Software Review: TuneUp Utilities 2012
TuneUp Utilities 2012 is one of those Swiss Army Knife utility programs that does a bit of everything to improve various performance parameters, troubleshoot various computer problems, and personalize your PC. If it can take care of some of those mundane tasks automatically for me, I could be happy!
Hands On: Snoop-de-dupe Add-in for WHS 2011
Got duplicate files on your server? Weed them out with Snoop-de-dupe.
Hands On: Lite-On eSEU206 External Slim Blu-ray Disc Combo
The last portable optical drive review I wrote was almost two years for the Lite-On eTAU208 DVD/CD Rewritable Drive. For a cost of only $50, you had a very compact DVD/CD optical drive you could hook up to a USB 2.0 port of any computer. A lot has changed since then and Lite-On is back with a BD capable version in the form of the eSEU206 Optical Drive.
Hands On: iTwin
The USB Drive Reinvented – that’s the bold claim of iTwin, a USB dongle for Mac and PC which allows remote connection of two computers without the need for the usual network headaches. Plug one iTwin into your first computer at home, the second into the remote computer, share files and folders. Remote file sharing for the masses? Sounds too good to be true? Let’s find out.
Hands On: BytePac Hard Drive Protection Kit
If you are looking for an external HD enclosure, some HD storage boxes, and you want to be green, Convar has the product for you.
Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step – Introduction
Welcome to Windows Home Server 2011 – Step by Step and for many of you, to the Windows Home Server platform itself. If you’re new to WHS, I hope this book will help you quickly discover how easy it is to install, configure and use Windows Home Server, and how useful its features are in both the home and small business environments. Whether you’re interested in streaming music, video and photos around your home and beyond, seeking an easy way to share files with friends and colleagues, or simply looking for an easy way to protect your PCs and Macs, you’ll learn that Windows Home Server can play an essential role at the heart of your network.
How to: Install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011
I missed this back in October, but the Tinkertry site has an excellent walkthrough on installing Microsoft’s free Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011. As you’ll know, Microsoft currently blocks the installation of their Security Essentials application on WHS, so Forefront Client Security is the next best thing.
The $249 HP MicroServer & Windows Home Server 2011 Combo is Back
Grab it before it expires – especially if you missed it twice before.
How To: Install Windows Home Server 2011 Updates via the Dashboard
Recently, while I was configuring the AWIECO RemoteLauncher add-in, I stumbled upon some hidden functionality built into the Windows Home Server 2011 Dashboard application. Normally, I have no alerts present in Information and Alerts area of my dashboard. So, imagine my surprise when an Alert flashed up recently.
Proxure’s KeepVault Acquired By Security Specialist AuthenTec
Mobile and network security specialist AuthenTec today announced the acquisition of Proxure Inc., developers of KeepVault, the online backup and storage service. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but AuthenTec have pledged to maintain continuity of service for new and existing subscribers.
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