Product - Microsoft Windows Home Server, OEM

With Microsoft Windows Home Server families will have a new way to organize, share and protect photos, videos, music and so much more. For families with multiple PCs, now it's easy to protect, connect, and organize the way you keep and share your family's most important memories —all in one central place.

Protect
Windows Home Server provides automatic daily backup for your home PCs, so your files and PCs can be easily restored. Plus, PC health monitoring lets you see the exact condition of Windows Vista–enabled PCs in your home.

Connect
Every member of the family can access what they need on the home server from your networked PCs. You can even share information with faraway friends and family, or access your own data when you're away from home.*

Organize
Your family photos, videos, music, and other important documents stay together in one central place. Folders by subject or topic keep the whole family organized and up-to-date.

Grow
As your storage needs increase, you can simply connect a new hard drive to Windows Home Server. And with developers working on innovative add-ins for home automation, home web cameras, and security feature solutions, Windows Home Server will be part of the family today—and tomorrow.

Windows Home Server is simple to set up, easy to use, and provides a reliable, familiar way for families to stay connected, whether they're in the next room or across the country

- Organize your most important information in one central place
- Automatic daily backups of your home PCs
- Restore lost files or an entire PC
- Access all your stuff on your Windows Home Server from your networked PCs
- Share photos and home videos through a personalized web address
- Easy and quick setup
- Expandable storage space for future use
- Innovative third-party applications

Minimum:
CPU: 1 GHz Pentium 3 (or equivalent)
RAM: 512 MB
Hard drives: 70 GB internal (ATA, SATA, or SCSI)
hard drive as the primary drive, and any number of additional hard drives of any capacity.
The primary (system) hard drive should be
as large as possible to ensure that you can
copy a large number of files or multiple large
files to your home server at the same time.
Network interface card: 100 Mbps Ethernet network interface card

Recommended:
CPU: Pentium 4, AMD x64, or newer processor.
Windows Home Server includes a 32-bit operating
system, which runs on 32-bit and 64-bit (Intel
EM64T and AMD x64) architectures. Future versions
of Windows Home Server may support 64-bit processors only, so it is recommended that you use a 64-bit compatible processor in order to make sure that you can upgrade to future versions.
RAM: 512 MB
Hard drives: At least two internal hard drives with 300 GB as the primary (system) hard drive Network interface card: 100 Mbps (or faster) Ethernet network interface card from the Windows Server Catalog Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86748)

You also need the following devices in order to install Windows Home Server. When you are done installing it, you no longer need a keyboard, mouse, or monitor attached to your home server. You can install and use the Windows Home Server Console on your home computers to configure Windows Home Server.
DVD drive: Internal or external DVD drive
Display: Compatible monitor
Other devices: Keyboard, mouse, or other compatible pointing device

Supported Operating Systems
The following operating systems for home computers are supported to work
with Windows Home Server:
The Windows VistaTM Operating System:
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows Vista Home N (European Union only)
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Business N (European Union only)
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate
The Windows XP Operating System:
• Windows XP Home with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with SP2 and Rollup 2
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with SP2
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 with SP2
• Windows XP Tablet Edition with SP2

Wireless Support
• You must use an Ethernet cable to connect your server to your broadband router or switch. Wirelessly connecting your server to your broadband router or switch is not supported.
• After you connect your server to your home network, home computers that are wirelessly connected to your home network can connect to your server.