Earlier in the week we launched the second of a number of giveways for our readers to win a TWO year subscription to the HomeServerSync for Windows Home Server add-in from Tranquil PC. We have two subscription to giveaway in this round, and here are the winners plus an extra licence.
Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be giving away a total of 10 two year subscriptions to HomeServerSync, each worth a whopping £278 each, which means we are giving away £2780 just for you, our UWHS readers, thanks to our friends at Tranquil PC.
If you are not sure what HomeServerSync is, you should check out our review – part one and part two.
HomeServerSync has ten top features, and here are the next two:
3. Offsite Bulk Download
So you have 10s, 100s or even 1000?s GB of data safely backed up, and some disaster strikes your Home Server (perhaps theft). You can use the web service, or a new Home Server to get your files – but if you want all of the files and can’t wait for them all to come down the internet pipe, then you can request a Bulk Download. Selected folders or your whole backup (still encrypted) is put onto a USB HDD and is sent back to you.
4. Synchronise your Home Server and PCs
This innovative service provides a much needed facility to make your PCs truly mobile. Simply install the HomeServerSync desktop application onto your PC and after a few security steps, including entry of your Pre-Shared Key (PSK), you are ready to go.
The system works very simply – just select which folders on your PC should sync to which folders on your Home Server. Whether you are locally or remotely connected makes no difference, except for transfer speeds.
Home Server folder security is managed by the Home Server console as it is already.
So you can control which users can read or write to specific folders, or none at all.The HomeServerSync manager provides numerous controls to protect your files
– Sync direction (to Server only, from Server only or both directions)
– Versioning control
– File Deletion control
– Real time or scheduled syncOf course more than one user can update a Server Shared Folder. If used properly the HomeServerSync system means that multiple users can sync desktop PC folders with each other – with the data being stored on the Home Server too. This is ideal for remote family members or mobile workers.
So we asked you to give us some topic suggestions for the Windows Home Server Code Name Vail book I am currently writing, and we had a lot of very good ideas! I’m not going to tell MS Press about all of them otherwise they will want them all included in the book, and in the current writing timescales!
So, this giveaways three lucky winners, yes three as we had so many great suggestion are:
Ron D
Kory Klimoski
Malte Göller
Well done guys, I will be in touch momentarily to tell you how to get your 2 years subscriptions.
To those that didn’t win, don’t worry, we still have another FIVE 2 year subscriptions to give away over the next few weeks, and we will even include all those who entered this giveaway automatically for one of the other giveaways.
Stay tuned to UWHS for your chance to win.
