I got an email from Microsoft this morning with an update on Windows Home Server (WHS) and the upcoming 'Release Candidate (RC)'.

The email on really really touched on the upgrade process, being that due to the changes from WHS CTP and additional features (?) you will not be able to do an upgrade of the server the way that you could from WHS Beta 2 to WHS CTP, you will have to do a clean install which means you will have to copy all data that is not stored anywhere other than your WHS off the machine to a safe place then transfer it back after the upgrade.

While for me this isn't too big of an issue, I have only given my WHS 500GB of storage and the majority of the files are backed up in multiple place, I am positive that some people out there are going to be spitting chips over this though. Hopefully this is a once off thing and the transition from RC to RTM will be a lot more streamlined.

However it is nice to know that RC is due soon as since I installed Beta 2 I have not been able to utilize the WHS to it's full extent due to an annoying bug that has prevented me from installing the client on two of my three other machines, while I could have remedied this issue with a workaround I just have not dedicated the time to it due to other projects.

I'm also looking forward to seeing the improved features that RC will offer, there are a few features I was hoping for in Beta 2 that just did not happen, so hopefully they will this time.

More information on this once I have it.