Microsoft have formally announced that “Project Quattro”, as it was codenamed, has been released to manufacturing as Windows Home Server. The new addition to the Windows Server family should be available in Australia by the end of this year.

Windows Home Server has come about due to the increasing number of households that now have several PCs and/or notebooks connected to a home network. It’s the next logical step for people who find managing their music collection, photos, videos and documents between members of the family (and even family or friends not living with you) a tedious task.

Home Server includes only basic server functionality – all you want for home – but will act as a central hub on the network mainly for storing and sharing data.

Cool features include:
  • Automatic Backups: The server can automatically back up data from PCs/notebooks within your home network automatically.

  • Data Protection with Previous Versions: A standard feature on Windows 2003 Servers, Previous Versions allows you to easily roll back individual files, or entire directories, should you accidentally delete them or mess them up somew how.

  • Network Monitoring: Home Server gives you the ability to monitor the health of all the workstations, and will automatically push out Windows Updates.

  • Remote Access: A great feature – allows you to easily access your PCs at home, as though you were sitting in front of them.

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