Vail Beta Released

[louie]

Found out today that Vail Beta is available for download if anyone interested

[northan]

thanks louie, looks good.


site for vail found here with a nice review

Btw for those who are brainy, a little sdk programer package is included.
I hope this really makes it easy and quick for people to release some spanking add on's.
Media streaming looks cools, specially for remote access, it allows a video to be streamed at a suitable bandwidth thats available.

[elootos]

Bit too tempting that beta.

Need to find a sacrificial PC to try it on...

[northan]

They always woo us around.
We are like woman giving birth, they always swear they never want any others after that one because the experience takes too long and is too painfull. Then a few months later they forget the whole experience and want another one.

I remember I'm sure that some of us were not so keen about a new server software and now the pretty pictures (me included) have given second thoughts.
We are

[elootos]

Not bothered with the beta of the new edition of WHS myself due to loving the old one so much I can't see a reason to change.

However I've come across a good description of the preview from here:

"...the core functions of WHS haven’t changed at all. Automatic daily image-based backups and remote access are still the key features, but much of the clunkiness has been written out of the remote administration console, now renamed Dashboard. Common tasks are accessed via another applet called Launchpad, which replaces the current WHS Connector icon. You’ve always been able to download the client software direct from the server, but the process is made easier via a special http:///connect URL. The PC restore process is almost identical, booting from a WinPE-based CD and accessing backup images over the network. A brand new wizard within the Dashboard makes restoring individual files and folders much easier, though.

The entire interface is a lot slicker and more novice-friendly than the frankly peculiar Console it replaces. Homegroup integration makes it easier to locate the shared folders on the server and, as with the latest Power Pack 3 update of WHS, these folders also integrate fully with Windows 7 libraries. The Windows Media Center archiving add-in is also carried over from the previous release, although the option to transcode recorded TV shows to various mobile formats has mysteriously disappeared.

System requirements remain pretty undemanding, at a 1.4GHz CPU and 1GB of RAM. Any type or size of drive over 60GB can be added as extra storage, but the main system drive (for the beta at least) needs to be at least 160GB.
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