Windows Home Server Team Blog
"Your guide to all things Windows Home Server"
Developers, Developers, Developers
Today we are announcing the availability of the Windows Home Server SDK. You can access it here. As...
Author: Qblogger Date: 04/03/2007
Home Networking 101
The basic premise for troubleshooting your broadband modem and other home networking equipment often...
Author: Qblogger Date: 04/02/2007
Highest form of flattery
Recognition and buzz around the home server (lower case) category continue to grow. Interesting to...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/30/2007
How software is made
The goal is to ship a great product with the bugs fixed, providing a great experience to our...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/23/2007
Game changer
Very detailed review of Home Server on Techgage here. Maybe the most in-depth I've seen yet....
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/23/2007
Entomophobia
According to Wikipedia, Entomophobia is defined as the abnormal fear of or aversion to insects and...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/22/2007
Knowledge and Documentation
Thanks for the replies, although some of you are still answering it from your "I installed this...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/20/2007
End User Benefits ...
How do you explain the benefits of Windows Home Server to the "end user" (not the administrator of...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/19/2007
Worldwide Live
Remember the Scorpions? What was it about German-accented heavy metal lyrics that made the music...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/16/2007
Microsoft MVPs
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) are a great bunch of people. The annual MVP Global...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/15/2007
If you build it...they will come
There seems to be increased buzz around home automation lately. Here's an article out of the Middle...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/09/2007
Floodgates and Forums
We opened up the floodgates today. If you filled out the survey at the Windows Home Server Connect...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/08/2007
WHS and SBS
Windows Home Server (WHS) and Windows Small Business Server (SBS) are both built in the same...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/07/2007
Knobs and Buttons
When we first starting thinking about building Windows Home Server we knew that there would be a...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/06/2007
Usernames and Passwords
One of the struggles in building Windows Home Server has been trying to figure out a simple and easy...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/05/2007
Toddcast
Todd - our silver tongued product planner and author of many of the posts below - recently did a...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/02/2007
More Beta Testers and Home Server Documentation
Sent out another big batch of Connect Invite IDs today. One person had registered fourteen (14!)...
Author: Qblogger Date: 03/01/2007
Remote Access to Files and PCs
One of the key features of Windows Home Server will be to allow users to easily connect to their...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/28/2007
Another 10,000 invites
We sent out another 10,000 Beta 2 invites and in less that 4 hours over 5,000 people have activated...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/27/2007
Seeing is Believing
In addition to the lively dialogue and valuable input on the Home Server Forum, a lot of people are...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/23/2007
Windows Home Server Forums
With the announcement of Windows Home Server Beta 2, we opened up a public web forum where people...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/22/2007
Sharing Made Easy
Windows Home Server comes with a pre-defined set of shared folders: Photos, Music, Videos, Software...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/20/2007
PC Magazine Review
PC Magazine recently posted a review of Windows Home Server Beta 2 - link -->...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/20/2007
It takes a village
The number of requests to participate in Beta 2 is now well north of 25,000. We're responding and...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/19/2007
The Death of the Drive Letter ...
Windows Home Server Drive Extender is a new technology incorporated into Windows Home Server that...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/15/2007
Why Doesn't Windows Home Server do foo?
When someone asks "Why doesn't Windows Home Server do Foo?" a response of "because" goes just about...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/13/2007
Beta 2 is go!
Good news! Windows Home Server has reached the Beta 2 milestone! While previous releases have been...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/12/2007
Home Server Fashion
Fun to see that the "Stop Digital Amnesia" T-shirts we distributed at the Consumer Electronics Show...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/09/2007
Home Computer Backup
Windows Home Server will automatically back up your home computers to your home server and allow you...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/08/2007
One Household at a Time
When we started formulating ideas for solving the problems for households with multiple PCs and a...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/07/2007
Home Server History
Mary Jo Foley, queen of the Microsoft watchers, posted two stories on ZDNET today about the...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/06/2007
Lots of E-mail, so let's talk about E-mail
Thanks for all of the great comments and e-mails over the last few days - it is hard to know where...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/05/2007
The Market Speaks
Hi all...Joel Sider here. I manage PR (Public Relations) for Home Server. It's great to see the blog...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/01/2007
Target Market for Windows Home Server
When we set out to prove a business case for building Windows Home Server we scoured all of the...
Author: Qblogger Date: 02/01/2007
Welcome to the Windows Home Server Blog
My name is Todd Headrick and I am the product planner for the Microsoft Windows Home Server. I have...
Author: Qblogger Date: 01/31/2007