Comments on: Get Started: What is a Home Server?

By: Shehariyar Backer

Shehariyar Backer — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:16:00 +0000

Dear Mr. Walsh,
I do not have words to thank you for the service you are doing.
A request is add a PRINT menu into your pages, we can file the posts in their respective series in one place, or at least all the links to all the articles in a particular series at one place.
Pls accept my best regards.
Thank you.
Shehariyar Backer
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:28:37 +0000

MOSS Microsoft Online Services may be for you Sa Janes – look into it.

By: Sa Janes

Sa Janes — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:17:34 +0000

I am really interested in using this in my small office, where I have two staff. We want to use two workstations (basically these are just minimally-configured PCs) tied to a server that is locked up in a closet. The workstations will connect to the server via wireless radios and the main server will have a connection to the internet that all the computers will go through. Is that possible with WHS?

Thanks & Cheers!

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:57:58 +0000

An open source alternative may be fine for the technically inclined (which I once was!), but WHS is so simple, so easy to configure to use and so rock solid I don' think it has any competitors for the average user right now.

The more I looked into it the more I liked it and I love how it works so seamlessly with my Xbox's, Media Center and other PC's which I think an open source item may not.

I wrote up some of my experiences to help others, you can review it here, http://www.squidoo.com/windows-home-server-info

Regards,

Bill

By: FredSource

FredSource — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:32:50 +0000

There is a flexible open source alternative to WHS — take a look at http://www.amahi.org
It is so flexible it even provides a VPN once installed, and it's incredibly flexible with one-click application installation through an online application gallery.