Microsoft has quietly removed a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server, much to the frustration of channel partners who've been touting this particular feature of the product to customers. In January at CES, Microsoft announced Home Server Power Pack 1 and said it would not only fix a number of minor issues in the software, but also give users the ability to perform full Home Server data backups on external storage devices, including the backup database. PP1 is due for release in the second half of the year.
Last week, Todd Headrick, marketing director for Windows Home Server, said the ability to back up the backup database has been dropped from Power Pack 1. "The feature had to be cut due to the interplay with the connector install and the fact that consumers may hork their backup database by doing an incomplete backup or interrupting the restore process. The team will look to add this functionality in a future release after Power Pack 1," Headrick wrote in a post on Microsoft's Windows Home Server forums.
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Last week, Todd Headrick, marketing director for Windows Home Server, said the ability to back up the backup database has been dropped from Power Pack 1. "The feature had to be cut due to the interplay with the connector install and the fact that consumers may hork their backup database by doing an incomplete backup or interrupting the restore process. The team will look to add this functionality in a future release after Power Pack 1," Headrick wrote in a post on Microsoft's Windows Home Server forums.
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Hurrah!
So, the feature is being removed temporarily while a bug is ironed out of it. How horrific.
Sounds a bit like the "extras" in Vista - it's been soon what, 1 1/2 years and we've seen err.. a few backgrounds. Great value for money if you ask me.
If you hype your product with a functionality and then rip it out wouldn't that fall in the category of false advertising and make the business liable for a claim?
Sounds a bit like the "extras" in Vista - it's been soon what, 1 1/2 years and we've seen err.. a few backgrounds. Great value for money if you ask me.
If you hype your product with a functionality and then rip it out wouldn't that fall in the category of false advertising and make the business liable for a claim?
Ultimate was more about the combining the Home and Professional product lines. Sure, Microsoft have wasted what might have been a good thing but anyone who brought Ultimate simply because of the extras wasted their money.
The data corruption bug isnt due to be fixed for a few months still and has been looked at since the very start of this year. I realise it's a low level, fundamental to the OS problem but for a server it's a pretty big one to ship with. Add to that they STILL don't officially support x64 systems (via a x64 connector) which would likely make up a fair amount of their users being its the same people who adopted x64 early that are likely to adopt home server early. It'll likely effect me and I'm unsure how much I want to hack in the support. And yeah now this feature which I won't miss but it's hardly good publicity.
Don't get me wrong, the OS as a whole is a good idea and I own a copy that I'll install as soon as I manage to back my old PC data to my old one and then can format the drive but overall it's been a pretty disappointing release bug and management wise.
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