We Got Served - Connecting Your Digital World. MS Windows Home Server. Using Windows Home Server - WHS and the Connected Digital Home. Home - Windows Home Server Community Support Forum, News and Rev. Home Server Show. Windows Home Server Team Blog. Sign in Windows Home Server Team Blog "Your guide to all things Windows Home Server" Options Search Blogs Tags Archive Archives TechNet Blogs » Windows Home Server Team Blog Sort by: Most Recent | Most Views | Most Comments Excerpt View | Full Post View This blog site has moved.... Windows Home Server. Windows Home Server, code-named Quattro, is a home server operating system from Microsoft. It was announced on 7 January 2007 at the Consumer Electronics Show by Bill Gates,[3] released to manufacturing on 16 July 2007[4] and officially released on 4 November 2007.[5] Windows Home Server is based on Windows Server 2003 R2 and is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, print server, and remote access.
Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server was released on 20 July 2008.[6] Power Pack 2 was released on 24 March 2009 and Power Pack 3 was released on 24 November 2009.[1] Windows Home Server 2011, the next version of this operating system, was released on 6 April 2011.[7] Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Home Server 2011 will be the last release in the Windows Home Server product line.[8] Features[edit] Technology[edit] Home Server Console[edit] Windows Home Server Console Drive Extender[edit] Drive Extender Cancellation Add-Ins[edit]