Windows Home Server Add-Ins

WHS on Facebook

Chris Bickerstaff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:02:23 GMT

Author: Felix Kollmann

Version: Alpha CTP1

Class: Community

Description:

Windows Home Server on Facebook is the first integration of the Microsoft Windows Home Server with Facebook. Share your favorite WHS to your friends and recommend add-ins. Got a new hard drive? Let your friends know!

Privacy: Please note that none of the data is stored at Facebook! This is not how Facebook Apps (esp. this one) work.

Redec Syslog Beta2

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:22:00 GMT

Author: Redec

Version: 0.1 Beta 2

Class: Community

Description:

Syslog by Redec is a syslog receiver which integrates nicely into the Windows Home Server console. This add-in is currently in beta and supports the Syslog standard which us supported by a wide variety of devices, hardware and software across multiple platforms.

Home Server SMART

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:44:55 GMT

Version: 1.0.1

Category: Disk Management

Author: Dojo North Software

Website: http://www.dojonorthsoftware.net

Class: Community

Description:
Home Server SMART is a Windows Home Server (WHS) add-in that enables you to monitor the health of most of your hard disks attached to WHS. Home Server SMART examines the S.M.A.R.T. data exposed by your disks and determines the health of the disk. If problems are detected, Home Server SMART informs you which attribute(s) are critical or problematic, and it presents a summary of problems found. If the problems are serious, Home Server SMART will make a recommendation to you that you replace the disk.

Support: Forum

AdminiMe 2010

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:33:57 GMT

Version: 1.0.1153

Author: ASoft

Class: Commercial

AdminiMe has 99.99% functionalities enabled in the unregistered version but it is recommended to register a small license fee and support the development. (costs 8$/8Euro*/8GBP/800Yen). *-taxes
It shows a nag-screen in the unregistered version and mails don't contain details of the problems, only the console does.

Description:

This add-in constantly monitors the Windows Home Server, hardware, software, notifications and more.

Multilingual UI (supports German, French, Japanese).
A console that shows a lot of information:
CPU Usage (in total or per processor)
Upload & Download speed of the network traffic
Memory usage
Total Disk usage
Current Time
System Uptime
Longest Uptime
Total Uptime
# of starts, First start, Last start
Detailed information on the storage (activity, temperature, disk space)
All the files that have sessions open by users
The logging of all events that occurred
Ability to create shortcuts to applications
Shortcuts to important system tools: Event Viewer, Performance Monitor, Task Manager, Remote desktop
Run box (like the Run dialog functionality in the Windows Menu)
Automatically shut down the server when no clients are connected
Send a mail in case of problems
Monitoring:
CPU (monitors the average usage over a certain amount of time)
Memory (Memory usage)
Harddisks (Disk space monitoring, disk temperature monitoring)
System Event Log (Problems reported in the Event Viewer are monitored)
WHS Events (Warning / Errors)
Failed Remote Access
Attempts System (warns if the system has been running non-stop for x amount of days, improper shutdown)

Support: Forums

ScanIt

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:41:04 GMT

Version: 0.0.0.1

Category: Home Server Utilities

Author: CompuGeek Software

Website: www.compugeeksoftware.com

Class: Community

Description:

This an add-in for people that have HP Scanners or HP multi-function printers attached to their WHS. The author originally made this because he needed a fast way to scan images using his USB attached HP PSC device. This does require you to install the HP drivers and software on the WHS so the add-in can use the scanning engine. It may work with non-HP devices but you’ll have to install the manufacturer's drivers and software (instead of HP’s).

Support: Given the sheer number of different scanners and printers; support is limited to the forums.

SageTV Media Server for Windows Home Server

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:14:24 GMT

Version: 6.6.2

Author: SageTV

Class: Commercial (15 day trial)

Description:

Digital entertainment software for your Windows Home Server - enjoy TV/PVR, Online Video, Music and Photos on any TV, PC or Mac screen at home or away from home with SageTV Placeshifter.

SageTV is designed to be your "always on" digital entertainment hub that's accessible at home or over a broadband connection. Put any Video, Music or Photos onto your SageTV Media Server and enjoy them on any TV, PC or Mac screen.

Enjoy all your TV, Video, Music or Photos anytime, anywhere using SageTV Placeshifter to connect to your Windows Home Server from any broadband connection
Connect your TVs at home to SageTV on Windows Home Server with SageTV HD Theater
Handles nearly every Video, Music and Photo format
Works with Cable, Satellite and Broadcast TV around the world including NTSC, ATSC, PAL and DVB

Support: Forums

Windows Home Server Toolkit Add-in

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:28:18 GMT

Version: 1.1.0 (6.0.1800.0)

Author: Microsoft Corporation

Class: Community

Description:

The Windows Home Server Toolkit is a collection of tools that help you troubleshoot issues with Windows Home Server. With this Add-in, you can run troubleshooting tasks from the Windows Home Server Console Settings page.

Support: Forums

D-Link D-ViewCam

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:32:21 GMT

Version: 1.0.0

Author: D-Link Corporation

Class: Community

Requirements: D-Link Network Cameras (DCS-920, DCS-1100, DCS-1130 or DCS-2121)

Description:

The D-Link D-ViewCam is a software add-in for Windows Home Server that provides instant access to your live camera feeds and all the surveillance video already saved to your server. Compatible with the D-Link Network Cameras models DCS-920, DCS-1100, DCS-1130 and DCS-2121, this add-in allows users to easily manage their recording, streaming, and camera settings - all within the Windows Home Server administrative Console. Manage and access up to 4 live camera feeds from home or even remotely via the web.

Support: Forums

Conflict Resolver

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:06:34 GMT

Version: 1.1.0

Category: Home Server Utilities

Author: undercoverblogger.be

Website: www.undercoverblogger.be

Class: Community

Requirements: Power Pack 2

Description:

The Windows Home Server Conflict Resolver Add-in comes in handy when you are trying to figure out how safe your files are on a Windows Home Server. It uses the tombstones that keep track of all the files on a Home Server and searches for the actual files. It checks every file for availability and readability. When files are considered unsafe, missing and / or corrupt, causing file conflicts in Windows Home Server, you can try to resolve them with this Add-In.

History:

v1.1

Implemented 'The Stamp Icon' by JasonMFC from http://www.homeserverland.com
(Hopefully) fixed bug where very large files were being marked as corrupt
Improved user experience with checkboxes
Implemented debug mode that is accessible by pressing F3

v1.0

Support for One, two and multiple disk(s) setup
Changed name from Windows Home Server Risk Assessment to Windows Home Server Conflict Resolver

Support: Forums

CloudBerry Online Backup

Alexander Kent (HSL) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:59:58 GMT

Version: 1.3.93

Category: Backup Management

Author: CloudBerry Labs

Class: Commerical

Description:

CloudBerry Online Backup for Windows Home Server provides a powerful Backup and Restore program designed to leverage Amazon S3 storage to make your disaster recovery plan simple, reliable, and affordable.

Windows Home Server is a great way to protect your data. However you are still vulnerable to physical disk failures and inadvertent deletions. As a result your data might be lost forever. CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server provides you with another level of protection by copying your data to secure online storage powered by Amazon S3

Features:

Easy installation and configuration
Seemlesly integrates with WHS control panel
Default backup plan is designed to quickly start WHS data backup
Scheduling capabilities
Data encryption
Data retention schedule
Secure online storage
Data versioning
Differential backup
The ability to restore to a particular date
Backup verification

WHS Health

Chris Bickerstaff — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:47:19 GMT

Version: 1.0.0.10

Category:

Author: Nigel Wilks & Alex Kuretz

Website: www.mediasmartserver.net

Class: Community

Product Type: WHS

Requirements:

Description:

WHS Health is a set of Web Pages formatted especially for viewing on the iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The pages read the data from the health.xml file that is generated on your Home Server beginning with Power Pack 3, renders them into an easy to read format, and provides useful details about the state of your Windows Home Server.

Support: Support Forums

Squeezebox Server for WHS

Chris Bickerstaff — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:11:10 GMT

Version: 7.4

Category:

Author: Logitech

Website: www.logitechsqueezebox.com

Class: Media Management

Product Type:

Requirements:

Description:

Performs a clean install of the Squeezebox Server software, allowing easy detection and configuration of Logitech Squeezebox devices with your home server.

Squeezebox Server Features

Allows playback of your music library through Logitech Squeezebox and Transporter
Automatically imports iTunes library and playlists (Windows and Mac), and metadata tags
Browse and search by title, artist, album or genre
Control your players, manage playlists, & even view album art from your web browser
Shuffle and repeat albums or songs
Supports multiple synchronized players
Supports MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and more
Supports MP3 & WMA Internet radio
Create & manage custom alarm clocks of your favorite playlist, station, or nature sounds
Create, save, and import .pls, .cue and .m3u playlist files
Displays current date and time when not playing
Open protocol and command line API - easy to control from other applications
Expandable through 3rd party plug-ins and skins
Cross platform Open Source software, written in Perl (GPL)
Listen from any computer using an MP3 software player (Winamp or iTunes

Added two new services:

Facebook - Connect to Facebook on your Squeezebox to share music recommendations with friends.
Flickr - View photos on your Squeezebox (Squeezebox Duet and Radio only).

Support: Support Forums

WHS Directory Watcher

Chris Bickerstaff — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:57:03 GMT

Version: 1.0.0.0

Category: Home Server Utilities

Author: Daniel Buschke

Website: www.dbuschke.de

Class: Community

Product Type: WHS

Requirements:

Description:

It is possible with this add-in to monitor any folder on the home server, e.g. if, for memories of the finished downloads, or storage of files in user directories. Because a watched folder monitored at the same time all subdirectories, people can store files in their user directory and you will be notified by email about it. (it will give people who operate as data exchange with their friends) Can you not reach your email account, so you can retrieve the feed on the public website with all the changes.

Support: Support Forums

Wordpress Installer for WHS

Chris Bickerstaff — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:45:07 GMT

Version: 0.0.5

Category: Website & Internet Services

Author: Nigel Wilks

Website: www.mediasmartserver.net

Class: Community

Product Type: WHS

Requirements:

PHP and Mysql either by manual or by Add-In

Description:

Wordpress Installer for WHS will install the necessary files to install Wordpress on Windows Home Server based systems.
This Add-In includes Wordpress, freely available from http://wordpress.org/download/ but has been compiled into
a Windows Home Server Add-In to make an it easy and convenient to install.

Support: Support Forums

P80

Chris Bickerstaff — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:18:28 GMT

Version: 2.6.6

Category: Network Management

Author: Kris Rodenhausen

Website: snowdins.wordpress.com

Class: Community

Product Type: WHS

Requirements:

.NET Framework 3.5 is required, AutoExit 2009 is required for full function

Description:

(The name comes from Port 80) It's a website that you can view via your homepage.It gives a central overview of various kinds of information that you normally would need to query from all kinds of places (via WHS Console, via RDP,.).It provides a lot of information into one compact website, this also has the advantage that it can be viewed using a web enabled mobile phone.

You can now use your mobile phone to shut down/reboot/. your machines too! (Of course you need to have AutoExit 2008R2 or 2009 installed)

History:

v2.5 (11th December 2009)

Cloudberry Support: You can now view your Cloudberry information on P80. In future versions you can start/stop/pause the backup plans.
Languages: P80 now supports Japanese and French!
Memory on WHS: P80 now displays the current free memory on your WHS
Installer Fix: No matter what port/header/ip you use for your default website, P80 will now install
Fixes in regards to the refresh checkbox reporting errors
Removal of P80 link from WHS Website on uninstall of P80
New P80 Logo! Thanks to the team at Cloudberry for designing this for me for FREE! You guys rock!
Alerts on certain actions on the summary page will now display on the top of the page
New User Interface design. This new design is not so “scrunched” and is easier on the eyes. Thanks goes to Will (Wriker).
P80 Service Images share deleted. You can now find the images at \\yourserver\Software\P80 Service Images. No “ugly” share anymore…

v2.0.5 (16th October 2009)

Now packaged as a full WHS add-in
Wake on Lan via AutoExit has now been implemented

v1.3F (30th September 2009)

French users rejoice, this should now install properly for you. All other languages besides English and French are not currently available yet.
New server icon for computers with a description of Server
No more errors should pop up if an errorlog is no longer present.
If P80 first loaded up and auto refresh was enabled, it would not refresh. This has been fixed.
Services added to be monitored now have the text “Default Image” instead of “” if the default images are used
Installer will not even start and will throw a warning if the proper P80 directories do not exist. This forces users to follow the manual and make sure things were setup correctly.
Added keywords “Netbook” and “Notebook” to computer descriptions. If you label your netbook or notebook or laptop one of these descriptions in the Computer Properties of Windows then they will have laptop icons in the computer list in P80.
Critical Notifications were not being displayed if no warning notifications existed. Now Criticals will show on the summary page no matter what.Support:

Support Forums