Windows Home Server has officially been given RTM status. This means that the code is finished and that we’ll begin seeing servers showing up with the software pre-installed in just a couple more months.
“Today we are announcing that Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing. We have finalized the software and now handing it off to our OEM partners. The evaluation version (with 120 day evaluation period) and the system builder version are also heading into the distribution channels and will be available in the next couple of months. French, German and Spanish versions will be finalized shortly, and OEM products will hit retail shelves this fall (september).“
Windows Home Server is designed to act as a central hub for storage of music, photos, and other files. It will include automatic backup and restore, as well as remote file-access capabilities. The product will be sold exclusively through OEMs and system builders.Microsoft has said to expect the first WHS systems to be available this september from Hewlett-Packard. Other OEM hardware and software partners who’ve committed to develop WHS systems include Gateway, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, LaCie and Medion International.
Re: Windows Home Server hits RTM
(pun intended) I will be picking up a few copies as soon as suppliers/distributors have them in stock...I hope I can run it on my current HW with a few more drives stacked in! New Media Centre PC here I come!!
