Windows Home Server: PDC 08, New Features, Meet some of the Team

Posted By: Charles | Aug 27th @ 11:36 AM
Windows Home Server is evolving. To learn about how to take advantage of the new capabilities of Windows Home Server, we sit down with Program Manager MCJ Saretto, Product Manager Mark Pendergrast and Software Developer Brendan Grant, aka dahat on Channel 9. Yes! Another Niner joins the ranks of Microsoft! Brendan is well known for the great add-ins he's written for Windows Home Server and, equally as important, for the full size Channel 9 Guy costume he created a few years back. Welcome aboard, dahat! It's great to have another excellent developer join  the Happy Death Star.

Tune in the learn a bit about the next release of Windows Home Server, what devs will get to program against and meet some of the people who passionately drive Windows Home Server evolution. As always, the conversation is non-linear with a splash of fun and an extra helping of humanity. Windows Home Server is a great product and these folks are part of the reason why.

Enjoy!

Links galore:

Channel 10 Interview (with a first look at new Windows Home Server hardware)

Windows Home Server team blog: 
http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/

Windows Home Server dev center on MSDN: 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/bb981194.aspx

SDK: 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb425866.aspx

Product website: 
www.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver

Community forums: 
http://forums.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver/default.aspx?siteid=50

Our top Windows Home Server ‘enthusiast’ site: 
www.wegotserved.co.uk (not affiliated with MSFT)
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#Aug 27th @ 12:19 PM
W3bbo
W3bbo
The Master of Baiters
Hmm, Dahat seems less intimidating in real life.
#Aug 27th @ 1:30 PM
littleguru
littleguru
let's partaaaay!
Hah. cool Smiley Thanks for sharing this.
#Aug 27th @ 2:20 PM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
Yay, dahat and WHS! Too bad your thunder got stolen by IE8. Tongue Out

Nice interview guys.
#Aug 27th @ 4:05 PM
ckindel
ckindel
Steep & Deep
Great interview CJ, Brendan, & Mark. Heck, even *I* learned somehthing Smiley.
#Aug 28th @ 9:18 AM
dahat
dahat

And here I only thought I was funny looking in the mirror... though I must remember next time to use both arms a little more... it just took me a little while to warm up with the camera there.

Engage me in the right kind of discussion/debate in person or on video and you'll see a bit of a different side... still very friendly and what not... but also quite serious and able to tear down the other side.

#Aug 28th @ 10:28 AM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change
You did great!

Next time, we'll dig a bit deeper (this was not a technical interview, by design...). For example, we never really go into exactly what you do and what you're specifically working on (the challenges you're facing, interesting coding patterns, algorithms, you know; things developers care about EDIT: Wait. Developers are human. That's right....).

C
#Aug 28th @ 6:32 PM
rickhuizinga
rickhuizinga
If anyone is intereted in purchasing a HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server box, I have one that is like-new (still in factory protective plastic wrap) for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hewlett-Packard-MediaSmart-Server-EX470-UPGRADED-1TB_W0QQitemZ220273473336QQihZ012QQcategoryZ51215QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem