The Home Server Show Podcast 190
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It’s another Windows Home Server post-mortem but there are no tears; only celebration. Well, maybe not that happy but we are looking more in depth at Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The more it’s torn apart the more comfortable it gets. We talk about domains, workgroups, Storage Spaces, RAID, SSD, and TechNet. The one question we have however, is this a product for the home or not? Listen in and find out.
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Windows Server 2012 Feature List courtesy Joe Nalewabau from Windows Server Essentials Team
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2012/07/17/windows-server-2012-essentials-feature-list.aspx
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Hey guys, just got to listen to 190 tonight, another great podcast!
I heard you talking about the whole domain issue, so glad you covered this for the broad audience.
FYI, in the forums, there's a thread about these domain and workgroup tests that went rather well: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic…
Basically boils down to installing the connector, reboot, you're in the domain (if on Win 7 Pro/Ultimate), simply re-join the workgroup and reboot again, and you're all set, daily backups and dashboard and shares all work just fine, just like WHSv1 or WHS2011 again.
Fixed (perhaps)!
See:
How to remove Active Directory Domain from Windows Server 2012 Essentials, restoring Workgroup simplicity http://tinkertry.com/ws2012e-domain-removal
I should add that the video demonstration was posted here: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic…
and I'm so glad the team encouraged me to try this simple way to avoid the admin hassle of domains, from a client PC user's perspective.
I'm still frustrated that the remote access stuff (easy way for remote PCs to do daily backups, without VPN client complexity) is tougher because of the domain model on the server side, the whole workgroup model with simple certificates for remote access was so much better.
But hey, the sting of loosing some simplicity is wiped away entirely by the joy of daily backups going so very much faster than ever before, far more important to me and my family (and some lab VMs that autologin for ease-of-use using netplwiz.exe).
Any updates on getting the "What I Use" section of the site up and running?
It's still on my mind. Just a time issue!
Sounds like we need to create a poll of when Jim will adopt Win8… Agree? [Listen to Podcast @ 1:05:00]
We all know Jim is on board with Win 8. My belief anyways. John? Not so sure.
Gordon…that was a reference to WS2012e and not Windows8. Already have Window 8 running on my laptop and would use it for sure on a Surface device. As far as going to Windows 8 on my PCs (Trucks) at home, not going to happen at first. WS2012e as a production server at home, I am waiting.
Okay, thanks for correcting me on that. I am very much leaning towards a single Windows 8 machine serving everything in the home… One Big Truck (OBT).
[...] I can be a little stubborn, not coping well with the death of WHS2011, never entirely losing hope of resurrection of the Workgroup. This was discussed in a rather funny way by the Home Server Show crew 25 minutes and 57 seconds into the very recent Podcast 190. [...]
I have to admit that the problems I had with Storage Spaces in the demo at the end of the podcast was my error. Storage Spaces only shows the very first space and collapses the rest in the menu. I thought I was looking at all the drives when I was only looking at the first Space and the two drives that were in. My mistake. Surprised the chat room didn't catch me on it. They must have been sleeping! I was able get it working correctly after the show.
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