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Microsoft Publish Windows Home Server Development Guidelines

As part of an ongoing push to engage more developers to support the Windows Home Server platform, Microsoft today published a 17 page document acting as a guideline for the creation and integration of add-ins for the operating system.

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Add-In Update: Advanced Admin Console 0.43 Beta

Advanced Admin Console allows you to access advanced functions of Windows Home Server directly from the WHS Console. Andreas M has released a new version of the add-in with a suite of new features.

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Add-In Update: Event Viewer 1.1.0.0

Benjamin Robichaud has updated his Event Viewer add-in to version 1.1.0.0. Check out the new features and fixes.

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Add-In Update: Advanced Admin Console 0.4.0 Beta

Andreas M has released a new update for Advanced Admin Console, taking the add-in up to version 0.4.0.           New features are as follows: New Statusbar displaying current folder location and server uptime Shutdown and minimize buttons in status bar New setting for enabling/disabling the display of the shutdown button Download: Advanced Admin Console | Support and Discussion

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PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server - Now With Console Integration

Raxco, the developers of PerfectDisk for Windows Home Server, today announced that a new build of the software is available for customers which provides full integration with the Windows Home Server Console. This allows the software to be fully configured and operated from any home computer on your network. More Info: PerfectDisk Blog

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Add-In: To Desktop

A new add-in has been released courtesy of the official WHS Forums, called To Desktop. To Desktop allows you to minimize, close or exit full screen from the WHS console.  The UI is a tab in the settings window. The add-in has been written by C Hanlon, who writes: I consider the plug-in to be beta status. I [...]

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Add-In Review: Advanced Admin Console 0.2.0 Beta

If an FBI profiler was asked to produce a profile for the average Windows Home Server user, I don’t think it would raise too many people’s eyebrows if they were to describe them as; male, 25-55 years of age, able to hold down a job and appear as upstanding members of their communities. As with [...]

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Add-in Update: Advanced Admin Console 0.2.0 Beta

Andreas M. has released an update to his (so far) wildly popular add-in, Advanced Admin Console. The add-in now comes with the ability to to add custom program shortcuts to the drop-down menu. To add a new program shortcut, just click the “Add Shortcut” button. The familiar Windows shortcut wizard will show up. Your custom shortcuts [...]

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How To… Install Add-Ins

So you’ve bought a Windows Home Server (WHS), now every PC on your network is backed up, you can access shared folders from any PC and stream music and video, as well as show holiday snaps on your TV. Your digital life couldn’t be looking much brighter!   But is this it? Can more be done [...]

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Add-In: Tab Manager

Brendan Grant’s latest add-in is Tab Manager - this add-in enables you to display all of your installed add-ins within a separate window in the Windows Home Server Console.   This add-in is still in beta and Brendan’s advising that it’s not for widespread use - still, if you’re feeling brave…. More Info: Tab Manager | WGS Add-In Forum

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