{"id":543637,"date":"2010-04-26T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11976697.post-4540496657099326010"},"modified":"2010-04-26T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T20:14:12","slug":"windows-home-server-vail-arrives-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/543637","title":{"rendered":"Windows Home Server Vail Arrives to Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/4012\/4326655157_77f25e1c67.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The latest version of the popular, Windows Home Server by Microsoft named \u201cVail\u201d was unveiled today to the public.&#160; We Got Served has several nice writeups to learn all about the new features and see a walkthrough of Vail.<\/p>\n<p>Feature-wise I wasn\u2019t shocked, but definitely dissapointed that Microsoft again left out Media Center functionality.&#160; Here\u2019s what WeGotServed had to say about this omission:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Let\u2019s get one big elephant out of the way to kick off. Despite a lot of community requests, (and I know there\u2019s been a lot of discussion within Microsoft regarding this) <strong>Windows Media Center has not been integrated into Vail.<\/strong> At this point, there is no in-box TV tuner support and TV guide service other than you\u2019d expect to find in the underlying Windows Server 2008 R2 platform.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This continues to be a head-scratcher for me.&#160; Seems like an obvious thing Microsoft could add to WHS and add value to MediaCenter at the same time.&#160; But again they left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geektonic.com\/2010\/02\/sagetv-true-htpc-support-on-windows.html\" >SageTV as the only HTPC software that had a true-WHS\/HTPC solution<\/a> for Windows Home Server users.<\/p>\n<p>The new features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Home Server Dashboard&#160; which is basically a new UI for the old Windows Home Server Console with mostly the same functionality. <\/li>\n<li>Launchpad \u2013 a new, quick-access functionality that is very Windows 7-like giving you quick access to backups, remote access, shared folders etc. <\/li>\n<li>Alert Viewer \u2013 A way to view alerts on all PCs in the system. <\/li>\n<li>DLNA Compliant Media Streaming \u2013 A great addition to WHS is DLNA-compliant functionality for streaming your media. <\/li>\n<li>Homegroups functionality \u2013 think Windows 7 homegroups here. <\/li>\n<li>Add-in installation improvements <\/li>\n<li>New SDK with improved add-ins <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The beta is now available for download.&#160; Sign up &amp; get your beta download here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connect.microsoft.com\/windowshomeserver\">www.connect.microsoft.com\/windowshomeserver<\/a><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wegotserved.com\" >We Got Served<\/a> for a great overview of all things WHS Vail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wegotserved.com\/2010\/04\/26\/whats-new-in-windows-home-server-vail\/\">What\u2019s New in Windows Home Server Vail?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wegotserved.com\/2010\/04\/26\/welcome-to-windows-server-code-name-vail-preview\/\">Preview\/Walk-Through of WHS Vail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The official announcement is at the <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/blogs\/windowshomeserver\/default.aspx\" >Windows Home Server Team Blog<\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what you think about the new featureset in Vail \u2013 is the HTPC omission a big deal?&#160; Anything you\u2019re excited or disappointed about with Vail?<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/11976697-4540496657099326010?l=www.geektonic.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GQXhrGh2DofvgRx3ft3GIsbk5Cw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GQXhrGh2DofvgRx3ft3GIsbk5Cw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GQXhrGh2DofvgRx3ft3GIsbk5Cw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GQXhrGh2DofvgRx3ft3GIsbk5Cw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?a=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?a=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?i=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?a=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?i=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?a=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?a=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?i=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?a=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:d35CHgcQbKY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Brentevans?i=7XmR14oAWbE:kwN4X03fWMY:d35CHgcQbKY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Brentevans\/~4\/7XmR14oAWbE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of the popular, Windows Home Server by Microsoft named \u201cVail\u201d was unveiled today to the public.&#160; 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