On Friday, Microsoft released what looks like a pretty useful collection of tools for maintaining and troubleshooting your home server. The Windows Home Server Toolkit v1 contains three separate components:
- Error Reporting
The Error Reporting tool collects log files from your home computer and sends them to Microsoft. These log files are useful to Microsoft Support when troubleshooting problems you may encounter with Windows Home Server. - Windows Home Server Connector Troubleshooter
The Windows Home Server Connector Troubleshooter is a program that runs on your home computer to help troubleshoot problems you may encounter while installing the Connector software. The Connector Troubleshooter runs a series of tests to check the most common Connector Setup problems, and then it recommends possible solutions. - Windows Home Server Toolkit Add-in
You can also use the Troubleshooter to install a Windows Home Server Toolkit Add-in on your home server. With this Add-in, you can run troubleshooting tasks from the Windows Home Server Console Settings page.
By the looks of it, this seems to be a useful install.
Download: Microsoft.com
Update: A Readme file has now been posted for the WHS Toolkit on the MS Forums. Microsoft’s Michael Elizarov is also seeking feedback and feature requests on the toolkit, which you can send through via this link.
