Microsoft has announced details of the upcoming release of Windows Home Server (WHS) Power Pack 1 (PP1), a major update to its recently-released home server product. WHS PP1 will include a number of new features, including support for x64-based Windows Vista clients. Power Pack 1, formerly code named "UR1", will ship in the first half of 2008 and be made available to existing customers of Windows Home Server via Windows Update and will have some great new functionality.
Windows Home Server Connector Software
When Power Pack 1 ships, the Windows Home Server Connector will be able to be installed on home computers running Windows Vista x64 editions.
Windows Home Server Data Backup
While adding a hard drive to Windows Home Server, a user will be presented with an option to use the hard drive for backing up the home server. Once this option is selected, the home server will appear in the Computers & Backup tab - where a user can decide what information they want to store on the new hard drive.
Remote Access
When adding/editing a user in the Home Server Console, in addition to enabling remote access for that user, there is now a drop down list box that will allow you to specify whether the user will have access to the computers tab, the shared folders tab, or both tabs when logged in with Windows Home Server Remote Access.
A new ‘Views’ drop-down list is added for the Shared Folders tab in remote access which allows the files in a shared folder to be displayed either as a list of files (‘Details’ view) or as thumbnails (‘Icons’ view).
File upload functionality has been improved for users of Internet Explorer 6 and 7. Users will be able to drag and drop multiple files directly into an upload area or select multiple files in the open file dialog for upload. Upload progress reporting has also been improved with the addition of a progress bar and individual file upload status and the ability to cancel a multiple upload has been added as well.
Home Computer Backups
If the backup database on the home server has a consistency error, you will be able to use a new "backup database repair wizard" to attempt to correct this error.
Finally, a new option has been added to the Windows Home Server Connector tray icon that allows the user to enable or disable the home computer from waking up for backup if it is in sleep or hibernation mode.
Media Sharing
Windows Media Player playlists pointing media files stored on a home server should now play correctly via Windows Media Connect when these playlists are copied over to a home server and shared out via media sharing.
Add-In Crashes
The Windows Home Server Console has been made more resilient to poorly written Home Server Add-Ins and should eventually load even if one or more installed Add-Ins is not functioning correctly.
More Languages Supported
Chinese and Japanese are now supported in Windows home Server.
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