Sounds brilliant...I'll definately be grapping a copy of this. I do want to investigate further though. I want to know things like minimum specs required etc but it sounds like just what i need

wwoods said:

Is this on technet ? would love to see it there......

WHS is definitely on Technet...I think the Powerpack 3 Beta is only on Connect though.

As for specs.....it really runs on just about anything. Mine is on an old Athlon 3600+ with 1gb of Ram. I do have 2tb of storage on there though.

Nice. This is EXACTLY what I need! For both my home, and perhaps I can get my boss to use this...... Hmmm....

Just to ask: I would use this to set up a server to access from multiple computers and places. Is there a way, and how, to set this up to access from the internet?

~Lordbob

Lordbob75 said:

Nice. This is EXACTLY what I need! For both my home, and perhaps I can get my boss to use this...... Hmmm....

Just to ask: I would use this to set up a server to access from multiple computers and places. Is there a way, and how, to set this up to access from the internet?

~Lordbob

Absolutely...Web access is part of the product. The bare metal restore can't be beat and shared folders for the home network simplifies administration. Unattended backup and administration of backup retention works really well. Looking forward to the integration of the Win7 libraries. This product already works with Win7 both x86 and x64. You can connect, backup, and administer up to 10 pc's to each WHS. Outstanding product.

How would I access the server from, say another state/country? Say I set this up at home with stuff on it, like pictures. I go over a few states for vacation, and want to get some work done with the pictures, but they are not on my laptop. Is there a way to access the files? More importantly, HOW?

~Lordbob

Lordbob75 said:

How would I access the server from, say another state/country? Say I set this up at home with stuff on it, like pictures. I go over a few states for vacation, and want to get some work done with the pictures, but they are not on my laptop. Is there a way to access the files? More importantly, HOW?

~Lordbob

Assuming that you don't have a hard coded IP address from your ISP (which makes it easy with the IIS server in the WHS) you can sign up for a free subdomain name administered by Microsoft's Windows Live Custom Domains service via the homeserver.com site which will take the form of "mydomain.homeserver.com". This does require a windows live id, but it is a dynamic DNS service so even if your router's IP address changes, your subdomain will be updated to point to the new address. (Windows Home Server periodically polls the router for its current IP address and sends that address to the dynamic DNS server on homeserver.com. The server then updates its DNS database with the current IP address of your router.) and Walla....you can get there from anywhere.

You could also use a pay for Dynamic DNS service but why pay for what is freely provided with your WHS.

For detailed how to information related to WHS I highly recommend the book "Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed". Great book.