For alle 3 downloads, vises det som version 2423, som er versionsnummeret til WHS med PP3. Så se at få downloadet genoprettelses CD’en, det kunne jo være du en dag fik brug for det…

Downloads:

Home Restore CD

Connector Software CD

Evaluation Edition DVD Software

Nemt, inde fra Windows Home Server konsol gå til “Settings” og derefter til “Resources” fanen. Under “Version Information” vil der være følgende oplysninger, hvis PP3 er installeret:

COMPONENT VERSION:
Windows Home Server Console 6.0.2423.0
Windows Home Server Backup & Restore 6.0.2423.0
Windows Home Server Drive Extender 6.0.2423.0
Windows Home Server Remote Access 6.0.2423.0
Windows Home Server Storage Manager 6.0.2423.0

Hvis ikke klik på “Update Now” knappen under fanen “General”. Men husk du skal have PP2 installeret for at få PP3 downloadet.

Vi fik  først gang afsløret de nye funktioner som var planlagt for PP3 tilbage i juli, men kun for at Microsoft forsinkede frigivelsen af opdateringen i september til yderligere tests. Men nu er den endelig snart klar til download, som du kan via Windows update d. 24. november.

Her er hvad Windows Home Server teamet har sagt om udgivelsen:

Microsoft today announced the imminent release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3, which brings a number of new features to the platform, most notably improved integration with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center. We first revealed the new features planned for PP3 back in July, only for Microsoft to delay release of the update in September for additional testing. Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24^th includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers.

The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24^th, 2009. Power Pack 3 will be made available to existing users via Windows Update. Users need to have Windows Home Server with Power Pack 2 already installed on their home server. Power Pack 3 will automatically install as part of Windows Update if Automatic Updates is enabled on the home server.

As we’ve communicated in a past post, Power Pack 3 improves the Windows Home Server experience with Windows 7 and Windows Media Center by providing new features like: backup and restore of computers running Windows 7, Windows 7 Libraries integration, enhancements for Windows Media Center, and better support for netbook computers. Power Pack 3 will enable the most optimal experience for Windows 7 users on a Windows Home Server network.

“If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 7, Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 is an essential download providing enhanced integration between the two platforms and a number of cool new features. Combine library support with enhanced features for Windows Media Center, and we’re really starting to see Microsoft bring together the Windows Home Server and Windows 7 client experience so that your media can be stored on your home server and enjoyed seamlessly on TV, PC and Mobile devices with little effort from the user. The bad old days of copy, paste, convert and transcode may well be behind us,” says Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) Terry Walsh of We Got Served.

Microsoft MVP Alex Kuretz says “Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 makes storing and accessing your media easier by bringing all the content contained on your Home Server smoothly into your Windows 7 libraries. TV Archive is also a very nice feature that has allowed me to record TV shows and move them to my Home Server to be watched at a later time.”

Here are some details on what’s new:

• Windows 7 Libraries integration

When you install the Windows Home Server Connector and log on a computer running Windows 7, you can access the Windows Home Server shared folders from the Windows 7 libraries.

•  Windows 7 Action Center backup warning suppression

After you install the Windows Home Server Connector to enable the home server backup for your computer running Windows 7, you can suppress the Action Center warning reminding you that Windows Backup has not been set up.

•  Windows 7 power settings

You can configure your computer running Windows 7 to wake up at a scheduled backup time and then go back to sleep after the backup finishes.

•  Console support for Windows 7

Windows 7 is properly displayed as the operating system shown in the Computers & Backup tab.

•  Windows Search

Windows Search 4 is included to improve query search times, indexing times, and reliability. Extended Remote Discovery increases the efficiency of searching across all your libraries running Windows Search 4. Files encrypted with EFS are now supported.

•  TV archive

Windows Home Server can automatically archive recorded TV by moving your recordings from a Windows Media Center computer to your home server in the format of your choice. This enables playback in the correct format for your home computers and/or portable devices.

•  Console view

You can view information about your home server’s storage space, hard drives, backup status, and more from Windows Media Center.

We want to thank our community for all of their testing and feedback over these past months with the Power Pack 3 Beta. You validated that Power Pack 3 was ready for release. We like to think that we are building this product together – as a passionate community.

- The Windows Home Server Team

Power Pack 3 BETA er rettet mod brugere, der bruger Windows 7 Release Candidate på deres hjemme-computer, og som allerede har Windows Home Server. Beta deltagerne er nødt til at tilmelde sig til Windows Home Server-program på Microsoft Connect for at hente Power Pack 3 Beta.
https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer

Tidspunktet for Power Pack 3s endelig frigivelse er ikke fastlagt. Men med hjælp fra Beta Testers, håber Microsoft at frigive opdateringen forud for Windows 7 udgivelses dato som er den 22 oktober. Power Pack 3 vil være en gratis opdatering til eksisterende Windows Home Server brugere via Windows Update.

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