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Add-in Update: Lights-Out Service Pack 2 Beta Refresh

A refresh of Lights-Out Service Pack 2 Beta was released this week for Windows Home Server v1 and WHS 2011. The power management add-in allows you to place your server in sleep or hibernation mode at scheduled times

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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.

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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.

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Add-in Update: ISO Mounter v1.20

Back in November, Jim reviewed ISO Mounter – it’s an add-in for Windows Home Server v1 and 2011 which allows you to mount ISO files (DVD and CD images) stored on your server so they can be viewed directly through the server’s folder share on all of your PC’s and laptops. A brand new version of the add-in has just hit the streets – here’s what you can expect.

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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.

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How to: Install Windows Server Update Services on Windows Home Server 2011 (Part 3)

In the first part of this How To guide, we installed Windows Server Update Services on Windows Home Server 2011. Then in the second part, we set up our network computers to work with WSUS. With those two steps done, you can configure WSUS to support update delivery on your network computers.

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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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How to: Install Windows Server Update Services on Windows Home Server 2011 (Part 1)

Are you responsible for the administration of your family’s computer systems? Would you like to push Microsoft’s OS updates to your home computers and reboot them automatically from a central location (like your home server?) If you answered yes to these questions, WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) may be the answer.

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Is Storage Spaces the New Drive Extender? Is Windows 8 Client the New Windows Home Server?

There’s been much cooing across Windows enthusiast sites over the last few days with the leaking of a number of screenshots from an internal build of Windows 8 (8158). The screenshots outline the new Storage Spaces feature, previously disclosed by Microsoft earlier in the year. The leak has caused several commenters to proclaim the return of Windows Home Server’s v1′s Drive Extender feature, which may be true more in spirit than in architecture. But the more interesting question is whether the feature will be present in Windows 8 Server alone, or whether we’ll see improved storage pooling sneak into Windows 8 Client.

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Add-in Update: LDisk v2.0.3

LDisk for Windows Home Server v1 and Windows Home Server 2011 adds iSCSI Target Storage capability to your Windows Home Server. Using LDisk, you can create a single appliance to provide all your storage and backup needs.

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