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Windows Home Server: Protect and Simplify your Digital Life
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Jan 2008, Pages: 312
With this book, Windows and networking expert Rick Hallihan brings the power of Microsofts Windows Home Server to everyday PC users. Rick begins by taking the user through the process of selecting a pre-built hardware solution or reusing or building a new machine and setting up the Windows Home Server software package. Next readers will follow step by step tutorials for creating user accounts, installing the connector software, configuring backups, and configuring a shared printer.
The book includes expert guidance that teaches readers to develop a strategy for organizing their digital life, including documents, photos, movies, and music. This strategy is focused on making the best use of the capabilities of Windows Home Server for making the users data available and survivable and for getting them onto the server, and organized in a logical and maintainable manner.
Next readers are presented with instruction on how to make use of Windows Home Servers recovery features, including recovering accidentally deleted files, point-in-time restoration of files, and recovery of a crashed machine. Advanced recovery procedures, including recovering from failed Windows Home Server secondary disks or the Windows Home Server primary disk will be covered as well. Finally readers will learn the ins and outs of setting up and using Remote Access features, including considerations for security and how to configure a typical home broadband router to allow inbound connections, and as a bonus, Rick presents with some of the ways that third party applications can enhance and extend the capabilities of Windows Home Server including 3rd party remote backup, home automation, and integration with security systems.
Benefits of this Study:
- Windows Home Server (WHS) simplifies the process of backing up PCs, and this complete reference brings the power of WHS to everyday PCs users
- Windows and networking expert Rick Hallihan shows readers how to develop a strategy for organizing a digital lifestyle, including their documents, photos, movies, and music
- Walks readers through the process of selecting a pre-built hardware solution and setting up the WHS software package
- Provides step-by-step instructions for creating user accounts, installing the connector software, configuring backups, and making use of WHS's recovery features
- Covers setting up and using the remote access features as well as how third party applications (backup, home automation, and integration with security systems) can enhance and extend the abilities of WHS
About the Author
Rick Hallihan is an industry expert with a wide range of experience in technology, networking, and software development. Over the years he has developed software using Java, C, C++, and C#. Rick also has experience managing servers running Linux, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003, including Active Directory and Group Policy management, and building networks with Cisco routing and networking hardware.
In addition, Rick has been an active technology enthusiast for many years. He has been blogging about Microsoft technologies and the Internet since March 2004. His blog can be found at http://onemanshouting.com. In January 2006, Rick was selected by Microsoft to participate in “Search Champs,” a collection of industry participants that meet in Redmond, WA, to learn about, discuss, and provide feedback on Microsoft’s Internet-oriented products and services.
Rick began his involvement with Microsoft’s Windows Home Server unknowingly with a blog post in January 2005, where he outlined a vision for a “Windows Server, Home Edition” that would leverage Microsoft’s Small Business Server platform. Little did Rick know that Microsoft was already hard at work building something similar. Soon after Windows Home Server was announced to the public, Rick was afforded the opportunity to discuss the product in-depth with Charlie Kindel, Microsoft’s general manager for Windows Home Server, mostly because of that predictive posting that he had made two years before.
Because of his involvement with the community, Rick was granted Microsoft’s MVP Award for Windows Home Server. Rick looks forward to being part of the emerging community that is developing around Windows Home Server.
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