Windows Home Server 2011 is a powerful and easy-to-use Windows home server that can be used to manage your home’s computer systems. It can be used to run multiple computers, including a personal computer, a laptop, and a tablet. You can also use it to manage your home’s network resources, such as printers and routers. Windows Home Server 2011 is also great for managing your home’s security system. You can use it to keep track of who has access to your home’s computers and how they are using them, and you can also set up rules that require users to sign in before they are allowed to access certain resources or files.
There is also an automatic backup feature which will back up all your PC’s on your home network incrementally to the server. Adding more hard drive space is extremely easy. You can simply hook up an extra external USB hard drive. WHS will add this to the overall space on your server. One thing to keep in mind with this is that drive becomes a part of a whole. Meaning, it will become part of the overall server space and not an individual drive.
When booting up Windows Home Server Beta 2 there is always a Windows Server 2003 splash screen. This is because WHS is built from the Sever 2003 technology. I am not sure if you will get this in the final release or not. It is not as complex as Server 2003 however, so don’t be too intimidated. There is no Active Directory to worry about with WHS. You will be able to administer a server at home without having to be an IT geek!
In the coming weeks I will be adding a lot more how to’s on the site. When Windows Home Server becomes officially available to the public you will have a place to come to get the information you need to start using it quickly and effectively!
Mysicgeek’s Tech Lingo: USB (Universal Serial Bus) Industry standard to allow plug & play peripherals to be connected easily to your PC. An external hard drive for example.
