Don’t be fooled by the name. Windows Home Server was designed as a solution that is as functional in a small office setting as it is in your home. Windows Home Server is a dependable and affordable way to organize and safeguard your work for up to 10 computers
Backup for your business
Doing the work of a dedicated IT team, Windows Home Server can automatically back up 10 computers, and restore them entirely if any should fail. You can quickly retrieve individual files or folders from previous backups, in case you accidently deleted or lost them.
Windows Home Server sits behind your firewall and has strong password controls to help secure your network. Plus, with network health monitoring, it will tell you the exact condition of any computer on your network in real-time.
Centralize your data
Using Windows Home Server, you can easily manage all your data in one place, freely accessible by all the computers on your network and securely shared with others you trust outside your business.
In the office, simply click on Share Folders to access all your materials. Or, if you’re on the road, browse to your free custom URL (for example, https://contoso.homeserver.com) to quickly search and find your files.
Grow your storage as your business grows
Windows Home Server makes it easy to add more storage space. Simply add an internal or external hard drive and Windows Home Server will take care of the rest—to your business it will appear as a single repository for all your important files.
When you connect multiple hard drives, a duplicate copy of your important files will be saved for added protection. If one hard drive fails, you can simply restore the data mirrored on another hard drive—it's RAID made simple.
Access your work from virtually anywhere
Windows Home Server includes Internet Information Services (IIS), which allows secure access to your files via the web. This makes it easy to get your important information from outside of your office, through your securely protected personal website.
With a Remote Desktop Connection you can access your server from anywhere, as well as any computer connected to it. This means you can remotely control your computers from anywhere you are, allowing you the freedom to define where you work from.*
For more sophisticated small businesses that plan on growing, Windows Small Business Server 2008 adds additional business functionality and scales well beyond 10 users.