MS Windows Home Server

Loads of components are listed on the Hardware section of the WHS Forums for home built Windows Home Server’s and David McCabe of the Windows Home Server Podcast has put together his own build list for a home built Home Server. At just under $600 (£300) and using some pretty nice components, you can view his build sheet here.

The German, French and Spanish language versions of Power Pack 1 are now available from the Microsoft Download Center. So, if you don’t want to wait till August 12th when they will be available from Windows Update, then here are the manual download locations.

• German
• French
• Spanish

Great news for those in Asia, yesterday the Windows Home Server Team signed of the Japanese language build and the 3 Chinese language builds* of Windows Home Server. Great news!, 大ニュース, 好消息.

* Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Traditional Hong Kong.

If you order the free 120-Day Evaluation Kit of Windows Home Server from Microsoft they will now ship it to you free of charge as well. And this also applies to international orders, so wherever you may be in the world, now is the time to order a copy.

The Evaluation Kit comprises the Windows Home Server Installation DVD, Connector CD and the Home Computer Restore CD.