The latest preview for Windows Home Server (code named "Vail") is now available for download, as per a post on Microsoft's Windows Team Blog.

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Technology enthusiasts are mourning the end of the line for Microsoft’s Windows Home Server (WHS), a central device capable of managing multiple PCs and files across a home network. Microsoft ...

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Microsoft thinks it's time to tidy up the house. In a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show, Bill Gates officially launched Windows Home Server, a domestic digital hub that promises to bring ...

Click to viewYou saw our review of the Windows Home Server DS-520 unit by Norco, but here are some great details we learned firsthand from Microsoft that we couldn’t tell you until today. First off, ...

Scheduled to launch this fall, Windows Home Server connects multiple PCs in the same household and stores, manages, backs up and protects digital audio, video and photos. In addition to centralized ...