Windows Home Server User's Guide

This book details how to install, configure, and use Windows Home
Server and explains how to connect to and manage different clients such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Media Center, and more.

Windows Home Server brings the idea of centralized storage, backup and computer management out of the enterprise and into the home. Windows Home Server is built for people with multiple computers at home and helps to synchronize them, keep them updated, stream media between them, and back them up centrally. Built on a similar foundation as the Microsoft server operating products, it's essentially Small Business Server for the home.

This book details how to install, configure, and use Windows Home Server and explains how to connect to and manage different clients such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Media Center, and more. Its straightforward and easy-to-understand style will help readers maximize all the benefits that Windows Home Server can bring.

We should be first to market This book will be edited and reviewed with the close attention of the Windows Home Server product team at Microsoft Includes coverage of Windows Vista, another hot product, and its use in conjunction with Windows Home Server

Autorentext
Andrew Edney has been an IT professional for over 12 years and has over the course of his career worked for a range of high-tech companies, such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Fujitsu Services. He has a wide range of experience in virtually all aspects of Microsoft's computing solutions, having designed and architected large enterprise solutions for government and private sector customers. Over the years, Andrew has made a number of guest appearances at major industry events, presenting on a wide range of information systems subjects, such as an appearance at the annual Microsoft Exchange Conference in Nice, France, where he addressed the Microsoft technical community on mobility computing. Andrew is involved in numerous Microsoft Beta programs, including next-generation Windows operating systems and next-generation Microsoft Office products, and actively participates in all Windows Media Center Beta programs.

Klappentext

This book details how to install, configure, and use Windows Home Server and explains how to connect to and manage different clients such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Media Center, and more. Its straightforward and easy-to-understand style will help you maximize all the benefits that Windows Home Server can bring. This guide features step-by-step instructions for configurations, lots of troubleshooting tips, many useful illustrations for a quick-to-learn approach, as well as handy hints, tips, and extensive walkthroughs to get you up and running as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Inhalt
What Is Windows Home Server?.- Windows Home Server Installation.- Windows Home Server Post-Installation Configuration.- Windows Home Server Connector Installation and Configuration.- Windows Home Server Console and Settings.- User Accounts.- Home Computer Backups and Restores.- Windows Home Server Storage.- Shared Folders.- Media Streaming.- Remote Access.- Home Network Health Monitoring.- Add-Ins.- Additional Resources.