Partners Rock!

As great as Windows Home Server is on its own... it's nothing without partners who take what we give them, create a full solution (hardware and software) and make it available directly to consumers while offering value above and beyond what we could put in the software box.

<Why does this blasted marketing hat keep jumping onto my head?>

On Wednesday and Thursday this week the Windows Home Server team played host to a number of partners who came to campus, learned about our product roadmap, had a deep dive into some of the nitty-gritty bits of Drive Extender, saw a couple of demos of things we were working on, and spent plenty of 1:1 time with members of the Windows Home Server to discuss how they might be better able to take advantage of the underlying platform as well as what we could do in future versions to make their solutions even more valuable and easier to build/market/support/etc.

In attendance were ISV, OEM, IHV and chipset partners both big and small, many with names that you know from the industry or the Windows Home Server community. Some who currently ship complete Windows Home Server solutions or add-ins... while others make possible existing solutions through their own hardware or software.

So to those who came, saw, listened and offered feedback... thank you!

Comments

• Anonymous
  September 17, 2008
  We enjoyed our conversation and definitely feel that the event was worthwhile.Thank you for having us.