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- Power Pack 1 - come and get it!July 21
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The team is pleased to announce that Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and is now available on the Microsoft Download Center!
The English version is available now and German, Spanish and French versions will be available on the Download Center soon. Windows Home Server customers who don’t download it on their own will receive Power Pack 1 via Windows Update in August, and the new Chinese and Japanese versions will RTM in August, too.
As many know, Power Pack 1 provides a range of new enhancements, including support for home computers running Windows Vista x64 editions, backup of home server Shared Folders, improvements to remote access, more efficient power consumption and better performance. And, of course, it delivers a fix for the data corruption bug. Documentation for Power Pack 1 (Build #1800, to those who have been part of the beta testing) is available here.
Our OEM partners will be updating their systems with Power Pack 1 and HP will release a software update for the
- And the survey says?July 14
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Family Feud was a television game show that featured two families (and in later years, celebrity teams) in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people.
Although there will be no 'kissing hosts' and 'loud buzzers', the Windows Home Server team is kicking off a purchaser survey. We want to better understand the usage, attitudes, and satisfaction of purchasers and regular users. If you are a current Windows Home Server system owner, we want to hear from you!
- Another (couple) Webinars scheduled...July 9
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After a successful start to our educational Home Server Webinar series on June 25th (over 350 attendees!), we've lined up a couple more sessions for July.
This time we'll be focusing on how to leverage the HP MediaSmart Server (and Windows Home Server) for digital photography. Learn from guest experts on recommended workflow, photo-focused features of the product, and maybe a few photography ‘tips and tricks’. We have two sessions scheduled for July 17 and July 22nd.
Here's a quick lineup of our guests:
- July 17: Reed Hoffman, of Blue Pixel (accomplished photographer and educator)
- July 22nd: Debbie Grossman and Philip Ryan of Popular Photography
To register for both events please visit our webcast page: www.windows.com/hpmediasmartwebinar. Please register early to secure your spot (we'll do our best to accomodate everyone this time round). ;-)
See you online!
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- Welcome to the new Windows Home Server MVPsJuly 2
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We have four new Windows Home Server MVPs, Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, as of July 1st. You can read about them by going to the MVP Awardees link, and selecting Windows Home Server, under the Server Solutions products, or just click here. The 4 new MVPs are:
- Alan Ball
- Henk Panneman
- Colin Hodgson
- Yoshihiro Okabe
Colin and Alan will be updating their profiles shortly ....
Welcome to the team!!
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- Ask the Home Server Guy, Home Server Show 7June 27
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Donavon over at Home Server Hacks has started a new "Ask the Home Server Guy" feature. In his words:
Send in your questions about anything and everything Windows Home Server related and I’ll do my best to answer them. Send your questions to ask@HomeServerGuy.com (note the spiffy new domain name).
Also - Home Server Show 7 went up this week, featuring Nick Asseloos, the author of the popular Add-In AutoExit2008
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