Home Server Power Pack 3 beta
Microsoft is looking for pioneers to test Windows Home Server Power
Pack 3 beta, which is built around Windows 7.
People with Windows 7 on a home computer or currently running Windows Home
Server can sign up here on Microsoft's site.
Power Pack 3 expands the ability to create
image like backups also on Windows 7 computers as well as on XP SP2 and
Vista.
Microsoft is also proposing PP3 as a storage and backup solution for netbooks
and other small, low power computers, which can use the Home Server as a
additional storage. The supported resolution now is 1024×600 which is just
what the NetBook users need.
Power Pack 3 also includes media file sharing. Windows Search 4 is baked into
PP3 for speedier search times, indexing times, and stability across all document
libraries on the network. Files encrypted with Encrypting File System (EFS) are
now supported with search.
The TV Archive option in Windows Media Center will now
record television to the home server running PP3 beta in smaller resolutions
(320×240, 500 Kbps) for Windows Mobile devices and (640×480, 1500 Kbps) for the
Zune . It appears As the video files are limited to WMV it is unlikely non Windows devices to take advantage of these futures.
