Windows Home Server

Today finally sees the announcement that Windows Home Server Power Pack 2, formally known as Snoqualmie, will be released tomorrow via Windows Update. Power Pack 2 is a minor release for Windows Home Server but it is also a "must have" update to Windows Home Server!

Following last weeks post about Windows Home Server being available on both TechNet and MSDN and then the subsequent disappearance of it because Microsoft were testing, I can now announce that Windows Home Server is available on both TechNet and MSDN and will be staying there – HONEST! 🙂

My friend and fellow MVP Ian Dixon (he of the DigitalLifestyle.com), has written an add-in for Windows Home Server called Media Center Health Monitor, which as it sounds, monitors the health of the Media Center or Centers (if you have more than one), and the Media Center’s do not even have to be associated with your Windows Home Server.

On Friday, Phillip Churchill over at MSWHS.com had an exclusive post that WHS Power Pack 2 would be released this coming Tuesday.

Tim Daleo returns to explain how to use the WHS BDBB Add-in to back up your Windows Home Server.

Dave over at the HomeServerShow.com has released the latest edition of his podcast, The Home Server Show, number 37.

This review concentrates on the latest version Perfect Disk 10 for Windows Home Server, which was released earlier this year.

Further to yesterday’s post, it appears that Windows Home Server is not quite yet ready to be on TechNet and MSDN and that it was just a test of the system.