Is Windows Home Server 2011 still supported?

Actually: Windows Home Server 2011 will remain available as an OEM embedded product until December 31, 2025, and will remain available in all other current channels until December 31, 2013, according to Microsoft’s documentation.

What are DLNA devices?

Your phone is a DLNA-certified device, so it can share media with other devices over a Wi-Fi connection. Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) enables sharing of digital media.

Can a DLNA server be used as a media server?

It’s now a DLNA 1.5-compliant server, meaning that DLNA-capable client devices can connect to a WHS system set up as a media server. As more HDTVs, A/V receivers, and other similar home electronic devices ship with built-in DLNA client capability, combining a robust media server and a robust PC server in one box becomes increasingly useful.

How does Windows Home Server support Windows Media Connect?

Windows Home Server comes with support for Windows Media Connect, which is software that streams digital media from (in this case) the server to programs and devices that support Windows Media Connect.

What was dropped from Windows Home Server 2011?

The answer depends on several things: Our assumption here is that you’ve either built your own WHS box or are a current user of a retail WHS system. Drive Extender: The one huge feature that Microsoft dropped from WHS 2011 is Drive Extender. That decision has generated reams of complaints from heavy WHS version 1 users.

Can you share digital media on Windows Home Server?

Media Library Sharing doesn’t work with most copy-protected media, because generally you can only play that media on the computer or device that you used to purchase the media in the first place. You’re still free to place copies of such media on the Windows Home Server shares, but you can only use the purchase device to play back the media stream.