As a consequence of changing my private project focus all currently active and already inactive WHS v1 projects have been stopped. This includes the following projects:

• Codename “Umbrella”
• Router Control
• Windows Home Server on Facebook
• Volunteer

Currently no WHS v2 versions are planned and as along as Microsoft does not include an open add-in store there won’t be any future releases.

Sorry to all who are disappointed by this and those who have been long-time companions on my WHS adventures esp. to Christopher (HSB), Alexander (HSB) and Alex (HSL). Special thanks to those who are dedicated to the WHS community and made this adventure possible: Terry (WGS) and Martin (HSB). Finally I want to thank Microsoft for providing an existing product and all the sponsors of the Windows Home Server Add-on Challenge 09.

PS: If someone is interested in continuing one of the projects, please drop me a mail.

Unfortunately I am currently stuck on an important feature: synchronizing users with SharePoint.

The issue is a bug in the Windows Home Server client library :-/ . But a bug has been filed so please feel free to vote for that bug since there is currently no workaround :’( . The bug applies to the German and French version.

Bug Report, Forum Post

Since there have been a lot of changes on the backend side (as preparation for closed beta) an updated version of Codename “Umbrella” was released (v1.0.0.5).

Note: This update will not be provided via semi-auto-update since!

DOWNLOAD, Homepage

The first public version of Codename “Umbrella” has been released. Please feel free to take a look at it.

Official announcement at WGS (English) and HSB (German).

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