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.

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!

HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L - New Model, Same £100 Cashback

A few weeks back we posted the news of HP’s all new ProLiant MicroServer and followed up with even better news that the small footprint server was now certified for use with Windows Home Server 2011. We know hundreds of you have already picked up the MicroServer, thanks in part to a wildly successful cashback promotion that HP ran for a number of months. The good news is that it’s back, and the brand new model is now eligible.

How to: Back Up Your OS X Lion Apple Mac to Windows Home Server

As many users know, Mac OS X Lion will no longer backup to a Windows (SMB/CIFS) shared folder when using Time Machine. Only HFS+J formatted USB drives and AFP shares will work. Luckily, an open source package exists that provides support for AFP and Bonjour on Windows Home Server, called Netatalk. Though it was originally developed for Unix systems, it is possible to load a very small Linux virtual machine (<384MB of space) which will host Netatalk, and be configured to run at startup like a service. Follow this guide and you’ll be able to backup your Mac once again to Windows Home Server.

Using OS X Lion Server as a Home Server (Part 8 - Profile Manager and Apple Macs)

In this part of the series, we’re going to walk through Apple’s Profile Manager – a powerful configuration tool that allows remote configuration of a vast array of client features and settings. We’ll walk through how to register your Apple computers with Profile Manager and how those machines (and indeed, the user accounts running on them) can be configured to provide a personalised, tailored experience for your users. Need to rock some parental controls for the kids? On all of the Macs in the house? At once? Profile Manager is your friend.