Add-Ins

The Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector add-in which enables you to connect to your home, business, or storage server by using your Windows Phone 7 phone has now been released to the public.

In 2009 Home Server Land launched Add-in Central, a Windows Home Server v1 add-in and service designed to help discover and track useful add-ins right from within the Windows Home Server Console.

Tranquil PC has announced that any orders for their Leo HS4 made after July 5th 2011 will ship with an added bonus add-in. At no additional cost the AVA Media CD ripping Add In will be included in your bundled server.

Microsoft announced the Release Candidate version of the Windows Phone 7 Connector for Windows Home Server 2011. Some of you may remember Microsoft showcasing the app at this year’s CES show.

Yet another devastating hit to the Windows Home Server community was administered this week by ASUS.

Although Windows Home Server 2011 is still fairly new, some of you may have already converted to the new system, if so then you may want to start using a power management add-in — Lights-Out — that puts your server in sleep or hibernation mode at scheduled times.

It may come as annoyance when you install your new Windows Home Server 2011 platform and come to realize that you have no way of protecting it.

The folks brinking us the CloudBerry Backup add-in for WHS have released a new version for Windows Home Server v1. We are told that WHS 2011 and SBS 2011 Essentials versions will follow up shortly.