We Got Served

Get those final bugs in….!
(The official WHS Microsoft site has been updated with new words and more funky family pictures).

Looks like Fujitsu-Siemens will be joining the roster of OEMs supplying Windows Home Server hardware at launch, according to German website, PC Games Hardware.
In a preview to next month’s IFA in Berlin (the World’s largest consumer electronics fair), the site reports that the company will be launching a 500Gb WHS system under the Scaleo brand, [...]

TiVo never really caught on here in the UK, as it was up against some stiff competition against the Sky+ STB/DVR – however, I know that some of you guys in the US are all over TiVo, so you’ll be happy to hear that a WHS user called Rob is working on a TiVo Publisher [...]

Andrew Grant’s written an excellent “How To” guide on using his Whiist add-in to create a website, hosted on your Windows Home Server, that friends and family around the world can access remotely.
The guide is a great introduction to Whiist and discusses some of the options in Whiist, the files that compose your website, and [...]

Looks like the server upgrade here went without a hitch overnight, and as a result, things are a bit faster around here. (And I can keep up with the growing traffic to the site without getting charged through the nose!).

If you have attempted to access your home server remotely from a computer that hasn’t had the WHS Connector software installed (your work PC for example) then you will have encountered a warning page in your browser stating that there’s a problem with your website’s security certificate. Phillip Churchill has more details and a potential [...]

Scott Hanselman has an extensive interview online with Windows Home Server General Manager, Charlie Kindel at his website.
They discuss:
Project Codename: Quattro
Drive Extender Technology vs RAID
Add-Ins (and plug for WGS)
Livenode.com Development
Remote Access Security
Port 80 Blocking Workarounds
WHS Security Certification
Backup Technology
Balancing Storage
WHS Hardware Requirements
Systembuilder SKU Availability
WHS vs the Competition
Well worth 30 minutes of your life if [...]

I’ve been having a few bandwidth/server space issues with my webhost (1 and 1) recently, and was surprised to see they’re actually running a two-tier system, in that new customers are actually getting twice the server space and transfer allowance that they give to their existing, loyal customers for the same price. Cue many [...]

Softpedia has put two and two together and has indeed made four. They pick up on Todd H’s recent post to the Windows Home Server Blog rallying the troops to enter Code2Fame, noting that the deadline for add-in entries is towards the end of August.
They write:
“On June 12, the Release Candidate of Windows Home Server [...]

Whilst a number of companies have announced software support for Windows Home Server, only F-Secure have formally announced that they will be developing a bespoke anti-virus product for Windows Home Server.
However, a post back in April on Avast’s support forums uncovered a planned release of an Avast anti-virus product for WHS. A member of Avast’s [...]

Speaking of supporting non-English languages, Christoph and Lars over at the MS Homeserver Blog have been doing a brilliant job of supporting the German Windows Home Server community over the past few months. I really hope their work gets recognised by the WHS Team at some point in the future.
Today they’ve posted a German [...]

With the RC1 release of Windows Home Server, we’re very close to seeing the final version which will be released later in the year. We are, of course, still waiting for key details such as release date and pricing to be announced. Another big announcement we’re waiting for is which languages Windows Home Server will [...]