Download or read book Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed, 1/e written by Paul McFedries and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windows Home Server is a brand new server operating system from Microsoft designed to be used in home setting. Windows Home Server is to reduce or eliminate the complexity of a typical network server and instead present home users with a simple, straightforward interface that focuses on four core areas: storage, sharing, backup, and remot access. Microsoft Windows Home Server Unleashed is the first book on the market that takes a deep look at what makes this new server operating system tick. Inside you'll learn how the windows Home Server storagesystem combines multiple hard disks (both internal and external) into a singlestorage space that expands and contracts automatically as you add and remove hard disks, making it easy for home users to share folders, files, and digital media of all kinds. We show you how to access your files from any PC in the network and provide secure acess to the network via the internet for your users. We also show you how to automate the backup of every computer on your network, including performing complete system image backups of each computer and restoring previous versions of individual files.