Tag:drive extender

Last week saw the news that Microsoft was removing Drive Extender from the next version of Windows Home Server, and since then the community has been up in arms! The How-To Geek has posted an article on 9 alternatives to DE.

In a clever piece of marketing, Drobo are offering discounts to Windows Home Server users who are unhappy with the news about Drive Extender being removed.

Following yesterdays shocking announcement about the removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server Code Name Vail, Paul Thurrot has posted more information about the reason for the removal – and he got more information than the MVPs did!

Following yesterdays shock announcement from Microsoft about the removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server Code Name Vail and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Tranquil PC has announced that they are still committed to Windows Home Server.

Dave at the guys over at the Home Server Show have just released show 114 and surprise surprise it’s all about the shock Drive Extender announcement from Microsoft.

Today, in a bit of a shock announcement, Microsoft told the world that Drive Extender, one of the main components of Windows Home Server V1, has been removed from Windows Home Server Code Name Vail and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

Windows Home Server Vail has a new version of Drive Extender and Mark Vayman from the WHS team has posted some more information about it in the forums.

One of our readers, Guillaume Boudreau contacted us yesterday to let us know of a project he has been working on called Greyhole.