Windows Home Server is now available

    The fact that Microsoft has long been planning to implement plans to "enter every home" is known even to students. Redmond atmosphere around the system for installation on home servers Windows Home Server - another confirmation of this. What is WHS , is the system good or bad, do home users need it? All this is fading into the background. Because Windows Home Server, contrary to (or, vice versa, according to?) The Microsoft plan, “leaked” to retail. Earlier target date.


    Earlier on the Web there were “rumors” that products based on Windows Home Server, as well as the system itself, would only be available on August 27. But, according to the reputable resource Ars TechnicaWHS can now be purchased at online stores. Microsoft already some time ago provided its software product to distributors and OEMs, who, in turn, develop turnkey server solutions based on this operating system. And now Microsoft is announcing that there is no release date for Windows Home Server. Deliveries are made, and manufacturers and distributors can be guided exclusively by their own schedules. And August 27, it turns out, is just the start date of the technical support service.

    Despite the appearance of Windows Home Server on sale (in the UK its cost is £ 88.74; in New Zealand NZ $ 253; in Germany from? 130 to? 148 from various suppliers), buyers can get the system on hand for at least another week do not count. In fact, the product is new, focused on the home by no means a professional user. Therefore, to supply it without the availability of full technical support is to acquire considerable problems.

    Total. Microsoft officials smile sweetly and rant that "they are glad that the version of Windows Home Server for developers has gone to the people." Customers who have already ordered the system and rubbing their hands in anticipation of deploying a “simple and convenient tool” are nervously smoking aside and seem to wait anyway until August 27th. OEMs are in a hurry to assemble home servers (turnkey turnkey solutions), which will appear on sale in about a month. And over all, His Majesty PR reigns and smiles slyly. Like, how many people now still want to at least take a look at WHS. And there is already set up at home. And then share the file archive. Hmm ... Yes, and backup does not hurt ...

    via Arstechnica

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