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Microsoft’s efforts to offer a version of Windows Server specifically for home server use have now changed. As revealed today in a new PDF FAQ document for the just announced Windows Server 2012 Essentials, the company announced it won’t continue to offer new versions of its Windows Home Server product.

In the PDF document, Microsoft states:

Windows Home Server has seen its greatest success in small office/home office (SOHO) environments and among the technology enthusiast community. For this reason, Microsoft is combining the features that were previously only found in Windows Home Server, such as support for DLNA-compliant devices and media streaming, into Windows Server 2012 Essentials and focusing our efforts into making Windows Server 2012 Essentials the ideal first server operating system for both small business and home use—offering an intuitive administration experience, elastic and resilient storage features with Storage Spaces, and robust data protection for the server and client computers.

The first version of Windows Home Server was launched in 2007. It was accompanied by server hardware made specifically for the operating system, including HP’s MediaSmart Home Server. However, the home PC server market never really caught on with the general public. The last major version of Windows Home Server was released in March 2011.

Today we are pleased to announce the Release Candidate of the Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Windows Home Server 2011 (aka Integrating Windows Phone 7 with your WHS 2011 Server).  The purpose of this Add-in is to enable Remote Server Management tasks and relay Media Streams for WHS 2011 including:

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowshomeserver/archive/2011/06/13/announcing-the-rc-of-the-windows-home-sever-2011-windows-phone-7-connector.aspx

Today, the Home Server engineering team signed off the release version of WHS 2011. An exciting milestone which now starts the process to make it available for purchase.

Affordable and easy-to-use, Windows Home Server 2011 is the ideal solution to help families keep their important digital files and data automatically backed up, organized, and accessible from virtually anywhere.

Link – http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowshomeserver/archive/2011/03/29/windows-home-server-2011-is-ready-for-release.aspx

After the furore at the end of last year of the removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server "Vail" and Small Business Server 2011 Essentials things have gone quiet in Redmond. The last few years have seen Microsoft advertising Home Servers all over CES, with its "Mommy, Why Is There A Server In The House" and "Home Server Feng Shui" campaigns, but this year there was nothing.

Link – http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/500-words-into-the-future-10014052/so-whats-to-become-of-windows-home-server-10021557/

It seems like Microsoft’s got big plans for its Windows Phone 7 devices. The Windows Home Server team recently posted a blog post about an upcoming WP7 app called “My Server” which allows you to access your Windows Home Server Code Name “Vail” over the internet. This feature requires the Remote Web feature enabled on the Windows Home Server and once authenticated it allows you to:

Link – http://www.liveside.net/2011/01/10/windows-phone-7-comes-to-windows-home-server-codename-vail-and-media-center-set-top-boxes/

It seems like Microsoft’s got big plans for its Windows Phone 7 devices. The Windows Home Server team recently posted a blog post about an upcoming WP7 app called “My Server” which allows you to access your Windows Home Server Code Name “Vail” over the internet. This feature requires the Remote Web feature enabled on the Windows Home Server and once authenticated it allows you to:

Link – http://www.liveside.net/2011/01/10/windows-phone-7-comes-to-windows-home-server-codename-vail-and-media-center-set-top-boxes/