25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects Volume 2
About this ebook
Written by Microsoft Windows Home Server MVPs Jim Clark and Christopher Courtney, this eBook provides another 25 detailed, step by step walkthroughs for those seeking to extend the features and usefulness of their home servers - with projects designed for both Windows Home Server v1 and Windows Home Server 2011.
Beginners and experts alike will find the eBook essential reading, with a wide rage of projects including using your home server with Apple iTunes, building a Recorded TV Collection with Sick Beard, transforming your Remote Web Access website into a personal cloud server, updating your Windows Home Server Client Restore CD with the latest drivers and a whole lot more. Advanced users can check out how to install Active Directory on Windows Home Server v1, create a Sharepoint collaboration site and boot the Windows Home Server Restore CD from over the network!
This all-new, 822 page guide will help you push Windows Home Server to fulfill its potential in the digital home and small office. Projects include:
- Stream Music and Movies to Android, iOS and WP7 Devices with Subsonic
- Convert Your Home Server’s Security Certificate to a Friendlier Format
- Use Windows Home Server as a Time Server
- Manage PC Updates With Windows Server Update Services
- Keep Your Electricity Bills in Check with Lights-Out Power Management
- Update Your Windows Home Server Client Restore Disk With the Latest Drivers
- Run Virtual Machines on Windows Home Server
- Spring Clean Your Files and Folders With the Power of De-Duplication
- Create a SharePoint Collaboration Site on Windows Home Server
- Back Up Your Home Server’s Files to the Cloud for Added Protection
- Create Your Own Streaming Internet Radio Station With SHOUTcast
- Build a Widgetised Web Portal for Your Home Server
- Replicate Your Files and Folders Automatically to an External Storage Device
- Sync Your Home Server’s Files Across Multiple Devices
- Build and Manage an iTunes Server for Your Network
- Clean and De-duplicate Your iTunes Music Library
- Install an FTP Server on Windows Home Server
- Stream DVDs, Blu-rays and ISOs to Network Devices and Games Consoles
- Migrate From Windows Home Server to Windows 8
- Secure and Monitor Your Home Server’s Remote Web Access
- Manage Your TV Show Recordings With Sick Beard
- Upgrade Your HP MediaSmart Server to Windows Home Server 2011
- Create a Personal Cloud Server with ownCloud
- Add a Windows Home Server Restore Option to Your PC’s Boot Menu
- Enable Active Directory Support on Windows Home Server v1
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About the author
Christopher Courtney
Christopher Courtney is a frequent contributor and lead forum moderator at We Got Served, a popular home server destination for hundreds of thousands of readers every month. While he may not be in an IT job, computers have always been his passion. Indeed, when he discovered Windows Home Server in 2007, he already had a Windows XP computer set up to do a very similar thing. But after trying Windows Home Server, that XP computer was soon retired.
Christopher’s expertise and community support for Windows Home Server and its users has been recognised multiple times by Microsoft via the Most Valuable Professional award, a coveted honour granted to the best and brightest technology experts around the world.
Jim Clark
Jim Clark is a writer and reviewer at We Got Served. When he first heard about Windows Home Server, he developed an immediate interest in this new platform as a centralized storage product for the home. We Got Served became an outlet to document his experiences with this Microsoft product, review software written specifically for the Windows Home Server platform, and review hardware related products for use in the digital home. His interest in Windows Home Server and the digital home continues to this day.
Jim was born and raised in Marion, Iowa. Except for short stints in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, Iowa, he has remained true to Marion. All four of his children have graduated from the same high school he went to. Jim has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa and has spent his entire career in various design engineering positions in the manufacturing industry.
Jim's interest in computer technology started with the original IBM PC. PCs have been an integral tool at work, and a hobby for over 25 years. Jim has been awarded Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional Award for Windows Home Server each year since 2009 for his work at We Got Served.
Jim is the co-author of Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step and 25 Essential Windows Home Server Projects. This is his third book.
