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Add-in Update: Serviio v0.5.2.0

By on June 30, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

Serviio for Windows Home Server allows the management and optional installation of the open-source DLNA media server, Serviio.

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DataCore DriveHarmony Beta Ready for Download

By on June 2, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, News, Windows Home Server

DataCore have been in touch to let us know that their initial beta release of DataCore DriveHarmony is ready for testing. With the add-in competing with DriveBender and StableBit DrivePool the only question is… which one is right for you?

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Add-in: Exchange Defender for Windows SBS Essentials

By on May 26, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, Small Business

Vlad Mazek’s hosted Exchange solution, ExchangeDefender for Windows SBS Essentials, just won the award for the first dedicated add-in for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

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WHS2WHS: Data Migration Tool Released for Windows Home Server 2011 Upgrades

By on May 24, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

If you’ve been thinking of upgrading from Windows Home Server v1 to Windows Home Server 2011, you may be aware that there’s no easy strategy for migrating your data from your old home server to new. To help with the migration planning, a new data migration tool has just been released. WHS2WHS is designed to help users with separate WHS v1 and WHS 2011 hardware plan, and partially automate the data transfer from Windows Home Server v1′s Drive Extender Storage Pool to WHS 2011′s shared folders.

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Intel to Offer Rapid Storage Technology Add-in for Home & Small Business Servers?

By on May 23, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, News, Windows Home Server

A recent blog post by Tranquil PC appears to suggest that Intel are preparing an integrated home and small business server add-in for managing motherboards equipped with Rapid Storage Technology. Intel RST is storage management, pooling and protection feature, shipped with specific motherboards and chipsets and supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configurations.

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First “Breckenridge” Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials Hardware Launched By Tranquil PC

By on May 19, 2011 in Hardware, News, Small Business

Following last month’s launch of the Windows Home Server 2011-powered Leo HS4 Home Server, Tranquil PC have today announced the forthcoming availability of the world’s first server running Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials (codenamed “Breckenridge” during development).

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Microsoft and HP Announce Windows SBS 2011 Essentials & ProLiant MicroServer Partnership

By on May 19, 2011 in Hardware, News, Small Business, Windows SBS 2011 Essentials

Yesterday we brought you news of HP and Microsoft teaming up to bring Windows SBS 2011 Essentials to the HP ProLiant Microserver next month.Microsoft’s Michael Leworthy and HP’s Brad Kirby discuss the partnership in this video from Microsoft Tech-Ed and demo three new features from the platform.

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Add-in Update: Drive Bender v1.1.3.3

By on May 19, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, Windows Home Server

It’s been a busy week in Windows Home Server 2011 Storage Management. First we had news of the forthcoming DataCore DriveHarmony Beta, a couple of updates released for StableBit DrivePool and today we hear news of a Beta 3 update for Drive Bender. If you’re interested in testing all three, I hope you’re keeping up!

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HP ProLiant MicroServer to Ship With Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

By on May 18, 2011 in News, Windows Home Server, Windows SBS 2011 Essentials

HP this week announced that the HP ProLiant MicroServer will be available to purchase with Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, delivering a low-cost, simple to manage server solution for businesses up to 25 seats. We’re also hearing a refreshed model is being prepared for release in the late Summer.

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Discover DataCore DriveHarmony at Microsoft TechEd

By on May 12, 2011 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, News, Windows Home Server

Next week sees North America’s technorati descend on Atlanta for Microsoft’s TechEd developer conference. If you’re a home server enthusiast attending the event, then be sure to check out DataCore’s booth (1629), as they’ll be talking about their upcoming DataCore DriveHarmony storage management add-in for WHS 2011.

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