MS Windows Home Server

You will be able to personalize the domain name you use to access your server remotely. By visiting Windows Live Custom Domains you can register a domain name that allows you to access your home server from a domain such as YourName.homeserver.com. Microsoft says this service will be free and available for the RTM release of WHS.

If you are one of the thousands who have applied to be part of the WHS beta program since the CTP version was released, you may not have to wait for much longer.

Todd Headrick, Product Planner for the Windows Home Server Team has said that the invites will be going out later today or tomorrow for all the people in the queue.

Windows Home Server RC1 is here. The build number is 06.00.1424.2 and it is available to existing beta testers at http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=6920 . As well as bug fixes it includes a better setup process, new remote access capabilities and auto router-setup for UPnP 2.0 home routers.

If you are not part of the WHS beta put would like to be, you may fill out the survey to be part of the testing group for RC1 at http://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsHomeServer/ . PC system requirements are a system with at least a 1-GHz, Pentium III-class processor, 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive, and a network interface card.