Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Supports Windows7

GGarza | Nov 24, 2009 | Comments

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Microsoft’s long term plan to help home computer networks was implemented with the Windows Home Server. While launched in 2007 home based businesses and home computer networks were the intended market for the server that would provide network attached storage (NAS) operations. Windows Home Server can provide a similar management console, features, and file system support to those of the Windows operating system for desktop computers. In this way home networks can keep better track of the information on the workstations. You can backup documents, photos, and videos. You can store, share, organize, and protect digital content by using Home Server. The Power Pack is like a feature pack, a service pack lite for Windows Home Server (WHS). Now Windows7 clients have support for WHS to use Power Pack 3 (PP3).

Windows 7 Backup

Features in Power Pack 3

Backup and restore support for computers running Windows 7, Integration with Windows 7 libraries, the inclusion of Windows Search 4, other enhancements for Windows Media Center, including TV archiving, and better support for netbooks.

PP3 will also work with Windows Media Center by taking archived recorded TV files and moving them to the home server. Media Center can also be used to view information about a home server’s storage space, and backup status.

You can access WHS shared folders from Win7 libraries when you install a WHS connector and log on to a Windows 7 workstation. You can schedule your computer to wake up at a specific time for backup and you can also suppress Action Center warnings about Windows backup.

If you want to install Power Pack 3 automatically, as a Windows update, you must have Power Pack 2 installed. Otherwise, the installation will involve a download and install and configuration.