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CES: Microsoft Announces Windows Home Server

Monday, 08 January 2007

HP Media SmartServer

During his CES keynote, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced Windows Home Server. With content growing like mad and PC drives bulging on home networks, it's only logical for Microsoft to offer a much-needed solution for average users. Microsoft's first partner in the announcement was HP with their Media SmartServer, although others are coming soon. Some features of the Windows Home Server are:

Automated backup (pulls data from PCs on your home network)
Remote access to the content on the server
Hub for Xbox 360 and Zune
Automatic expansion of space when new drives are added (No need for user knowledge of concepts like volumes, etc.)

There are plenty of ways to create network servers in your home. Our favorite today is a NAS server. However, it's still not as easy as it could be for average users. The question is whether Windows Home Server will be easy enough for mere mortals to get their photos, music and videos organized, centralized and backed up.

Windows Home Server is expected in the second half of 2007.

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