Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server Vail August Preview Available for Testers – Brings Client Connector for Mac with Time Machine Support

Microsoft has released an August Preview refresh build of Windows Home Server ‘Vail’ which is their excellent home computers, data backup and network managements operating system. This release has lots of updates and good news for Mac owners. Not only does Vail support and improved look ( new green color scheme instead of the old blue ), a lot of features are being implemented along with a new client connector for Mac OS X. The server folders and hard drive portion in the Dashboard has also gotten a new summary tab.104[3]

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 announced

imageWindows Home Server Power Pack 2 has been announced on its official Team Blog. I myself don’t use it regularly but find it really useful for home network management and backup. Power Pack 2 is like a Service Pack but contains new features along with bug fixes. It’ll be released on 24th of March via Automatic Update. The list of updates includes: