We start with home server hardware. The first release of Windows Home Server in 2007 shipped on a variety of hardware that you could pick up from your local Best Buy, PC World or favourite online store. Fast forward to Windows Home Server 2011, and dedicated hardware is more difficult to find. So you’re left with the choice to either purchase an off the shelf PC or small server (such as HP’s excellent ProLiant MicroServer) and install the Windows Home Server 2011 software, or build your own. If you don’t fancy a build project, then skip to Chapter 4 for installation goodness. Otherwise, grab your screwdriver and spirit of adventure and come with me!
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Windows Home Server 2011 Step By Step – Part 1: What Is a Home Server?
Before we get into the finer details of life with Windows Home Server, we should take a step back and ask a pretty important question. Just what is a home server? Ask a hundred people in the street, and you’ll find many blank faces and the odd comedian who’ll ask you if it has something to do with household chores.
How To: Map A Windows Home Server 2011 Network Location To a Windows 7 Client
Do you find navigating to Windows Home Server’s shared folders an arduous chore? Take a look at how Windows 7 allows you to create a direct link to network resources. This direct link is known as a ‘Network Location’ in the Windows Explorer application. A network location is similar to a mapped network drive without assigning a drive letter. Or you can think of it as a network resource shortcut.
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.
How To: Move A Windows Home Server 2011 Shared Folder
When you install a new hard disk drive in your home server, you will want to designate what that drive is used for. Do NOT attempt to move the data using the Windows Home Server’s Explorer application. Microsoft provides a wizard to move the data via the Dashboard application exactly for this purpose. To demonstrate how this wizard works, I will be moving my Client Backup Folder from a 250GB drive to a 1TB drive. Let’s get started.
How To: Remove A Windows Home Server 2011 Client Backup
Windows Home Server 2011 will automatically manage your network client backups based on the backup retention policy, but occasionally you may need to trim the number of backups stored on your server. This ‘how to’ will demonstrate the process.
How To: Preserve A Windows Home Server Client Backup Indefinitely
One of the best features of Windows Home Server 2011 is its ability to backup all of the computers in the home. It would be great to keep every backup of every client computer forever. But, this is not practical because you will quickly run out of space on your server. So, WHS automatically manages your backups based on a default backup retention policy. Here is how you can keep one or two backups longer than what the backup retention policy allows.
How to: Install Windows Server Update Services on Windows Home Server 2011 (Part 2)
In the first part of this How To guide, we installed Windows Server Update Services on Windows Home Server 2011. Now it’s time to configure our network computers to work with WSUS. From there, in the final part of the series, we’ll complete our WSUS configuration on the server.
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