Windows Home Server, anyone in on it???

[Ultima]

Hey guys,

a while ago I was reading about windows home server and noticed a button for signing yourself up for beta testing.

So, just for the fun of it, I decided to sign myself up and whatta ya know, last night I got a mail, saying I am invited to join the program.

So, probably tonight I will be downloading the beta version and will be installing it on my server, which then becomes tripleboot. LOL

Will keep y'all posted on what the version is like.

Cheers

[Steve R Jones]

Additional info borrowed from another site:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuttle

Linkage:
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whs_preview.asp
http://on10.net/Blogs/jesse/windows-...ify-your-life/
http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=270965
www.stopdigitalamnesia.com

Highlights:

• It automatically backs up all your PCs, presenting restore options as both files and full system images.
• It handles redundancy across hard drives for the stuff you put on it. No messing with RAID arrays, and you can add/remove disks over time.
• It automatically backs up all your PCs.
• You can log into the server over the Internet and get at your shared data.
• You can log into the server over the Internet and remote control your PCs.
• It automatically backs up all your PCs and lets you restore individual files and full system images.
• At the moment they're saying it'll be available off-the-shelf and as OEM software so you can build your own.

As someone who was about to build a file server here and then try to build in a backup system I could get my parents and brother using, this is so incredibly cool. And even better, it works.

Public beta expressions of interest are open now too:

Announcement: http://blogs.technet.com/homeserver/...a-2-is-go.aspx
Signup: https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer
Forums: http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer

Make sure your browser is not logged into Passport / Windows Live when you visit the signup link, or it won't work.