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Windows Home Server

As a custom home entertainment network installer, your priority is delivering to your customers a safe, reliable, and extensible solution for their home media storage needs. With Windows® Home Server, you can help your customers centralize and connect their digital experiences. You can also deliver peace of mind by providing your customers a solution that protects their digital media files and expands as their media needs grow and change.

Windows Home Server allows you to monitor the health of the computers on the home network and troubleshoot problems offsite, saving your business money while providing your customers a high level of service. Moreover, each home computer is automatically backed up every day. In the case of hardware failure or software issues, you can quickly restore your customer’s entire home computer.

Home computer health monitoring
Home computer health monitoring
Backup and restore files and computers
Backup and restore files and computers
Expand storage capacity
Expand storage capacity
Stream photos, music, and videos
Stream photos, music, and videos

Windows Home Server simplifies the organization and storage of commercial content such as movies, television, and music, as well as personal content including photos, videos, and other important files. All of your customer’s content is stored in one shared location that can be accessed from computers and connected devices on the network. Your customers can also access their digital content from virtually anywhere using a secure personal web site.

Protect digital content and computers Organize digital content in a central, shared location Connect to digital content from other devices Easily expand storage capacity for digital content
Automated computer backups create a full-image backup of files and computers daily. Centralize the storage and archiving of photos, videos, music, and high-definition content. Stream photos, music, videos, and recorded TV shows to Extenders for Windows Media Center, like the Xbox 360, or other supported digital media receivers. Centralized data storage capacity can grow as your customer’s digital media needs increase.
Restore the entire home computer or individual files or folders from backups stored on Windows Home Server. Find files and digital content easily from any computer or connected device on the home network. Your customers can securely access files and computers from inside and outside of the home using a personalized web address. Your customers can accumulate and archive unlimited amounts of digital content.
Conveniently monitor the health of the computers on the home network with Windows Home Server. Provide a seamless user experience when accessing content from any device in the home Take advantage of a range of additional software solutions and services provided for the Windows Home Server platform. Grow storage capacity for your customers by adding internal and/or external hard drives.

How to Buy

A Windows Home Server-based computer is available in a number of configurations and designs from a broad range of manufacturers. See Buy Windows Home Server for more information.

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