Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Product Support Training Course

The Power Pack 1 update includes a rollup of all the fixes and improvements that have been made for Windows Home Server since it launched. The update will also introduce several new features.

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Highlights

• The 64-bit Client Connector software is now available.
• The Shared Folders and Backup database used by Windows Home Server are automatically backed up to a separate drive.
• A repair utility can help the backup database recover from problems.
• The Remote Access Web page now can display photos as thumbnails.

Course Length: 1 Hour

Power Pack 1 Support Training Course .zip 18 MB

How to use the training: Extract the files from the Home_Server_PP1_Support_Training.zip file to a local or network drive. The course content is provided in a self-study E-Learning format. To launch the training, click the wrapper.htm file.

Each module describes the changes introduced in Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1.

Overview

• Installation through Windows Update
• Manual installation
• Troubleshooting
• Fix for data corruption issue

Windows Home Server Client Connector

• 64-bit connector for the Windows Vista operating system
• Upgrading the Client Connector software
• Video: Walk-through of the Client Connector upgrade
• Video: Repeated prompts to upgrade Client Connector
• Warning about mismatched time

Backup in Windows Home Server

• Configuring a drive for Server Backup
• Using the Server Backup function
• Restoring data from a Server Backup
• Waking the client computer from Sleep
• Using the Backup Database Repair Wizard

Remote Access

• Improvements to upload functionality
• Download as self extracting .exe
• Improvements to Remote Access diagnostics
• New options for Remote Access permissions
• Thumbnail view for photos

Updates Introduced Previously by QFE2

• Remote access
• Home computer backups
• Fix for data corruption issue