This week saw the release of another Vail article from the MS Engineering team – this one on the Vail Launchpad.
The article begins:
Hi there! We are on to our second edition of Vail Engineering blogs, and this time we are talking about Launchpad – what it is, how it can be extended and why developers should care about it. I also want to point out that we got pretty good response to Vail SDK with some of our MVPs covering it pretty well by now. You can check out some of these very informational posts here:
http://asoftblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/developing-an-add-in-for-vail/
To read the full article, click here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/homeserver/archive/2010/05/24/test.aspx
It’s worth a read, especially if you are interesting in building your own add-ins.
We have talked about the Vail Launchpad here: What is the Windows Home Server Vail Launchpad

I am sure the future uses of Launchpad will make it a great hit but I do not like having to "Sign in" (even if it remembers you) to back up a PC or access Shared Folders. I miss the little green house!