MVP Summit – Windows Home Server

I know this post is a little OT for my blog but the product is very cool and now product details are available on the Internet I feel I can finally talk about some of the basics without breaking the NDA.

Windows Homer Server

After completing registration for the MVP Summit on Monday I headed off to a series of presentations on Windows Home Server (WHS). I have been involved in beta testing WHS for a few months now and I am very happy with how this product is coming along. The thing you need to keep in mind about WHS is that it is targeted at a very specific market segment. Much of the feedback I have been reading on the WHS forum and on mailing lists has been about adding more and more features and trying to make WHS something it is not.

WHS is designed to be purchased as a preloaded solution on specific hardware which you will be able to buy from your local electrical/computer retailer. It is best to simply think of the device as an appliance rather than a computer as it will not have a keyboard, mouse or even a monitor attached to it – by design. WHS is designed to be simply plugged into your home network and provide backup for all your home computers, shared file storage, network health monitor as well as remote desktop and file access.

The SBS team have done some great work and one of the new innovations coming along in WHS is a new drive extender storage technology. I have recently added an additional 320Gb SATA HDD to my WHS and the process couldn’t have been easier.

You can read more about WHS using the following links;