chapter RESTORTE LOS DATA! EASI SHARLY FILES E ! R O T I N MO ORK NETWLTH! HEA CO RECO A CRASVER HE PC! D PY RI WINDOWS HOME SERVER GH TE D MA TE Windows Home Server Basics RI AL 1 SIMP TO U LE SE! Are you ready to start learning about Windows Home Server? This chapter helps you get started by giving you an overview of Windows Home Server, including its features and benefits. You will also learn about what you can do with Windows Home Server.
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Understanding Windows Home Server Basics Windows Home Server is a computer operating system that is made for home networks. It is designed to make it easier to set up and manage a network. Windows: The Operating System Windows Home Server is a member of the Windows family of operating systems from Microsoft. An operating system is a software program that controls everything on a computer, including the installed devices, what you see on the display, and how your keystrokes and mouse clicks work.
Windows Home Server Basics Server: Providing Services Windows Home Server is not meant to be used for day-to-day tasks. Instead, it is a server operating system, which means that it provides services, storage, security, and network management features for the other computers on the network, which are often called clients.
Learn About Windows Home Server’s Features tures Windows Home Server Feacku ps Windows Home Server comes with several key features that are designed to keep your data safe, give you easy access to digital media and data, make networking tasks easy to manage, and give you remote access to your computer. Regular Ba Centralized Storage Streaming Media Network Management Remote Access Data Redundancy You can learn more about each of the following features elsewhere in this book.
Windows Home Server Basics Streaming Media Streaming media involves broadcasting a digital image, audio file, or video file so that other computers and devices on the network can pick up the broadcast and play it. You can configure Windows Home Server to stream the contents of its Photos, Music, and Videos folders. 1 chapter Data Redundancy To help keep your data safe, you can configure the Windows Home Server shared folders with a feature called folder duplication.
Discover What You Can Do with Windows Home Server With Windows Home Server added to your network, you can perform a number of tasks. The most common tasks are setting up user accounts, creating shared folders, storing data on the server, playing media, and adding more storage. You can learn more about each of these tasks in this section and elsewhere in this book. Set Up Family Accounts The Windows Home Server Console has a User Accounts tab that allows you to create user accounts.
Windows Home Server Basics NT CHME ATTA Store Files You can copy or move files from your computer to one of the Windows Home Server shared folders. This procedure is similar to copying or moving files from one part of your system to another. Copying a file to the server creates a second copy in case you need it, while moving a file to the server is useful for freeing up disk space on your computer.
Learn About Windows Home Server’s Benefits Windows Home Server offers you a number of benefits. These include the capability to restore both individual files and entire PCs, easy file sharing over the network, monitoring the health of home computers, and the capability to work with your own computer from remote locations.
Windows Home Server Basics 1 chapter Share Files You can use the Windows Home Server shared folders to collaborate with other people. You can store a file in a shared folder and then give other users permission to view and make changes to that folder. Those users can then access the folder and view or edit the file.
Learn About Advanced Uses for Windows Home Server The Windows Home Server Console makes it easy to perform a large number of basic tasks. However, Windows Home Server is also a powerful system that enables you to perform more advanced tasks, such as setting up folder security, installing add-ins, and making remote connections.
1 chapter Windows Home Server Basics Connect to Windows Home Server Most of your interaction with the server occurs through the Windows Home Server Console program, particularly if you run the server as a headless device. However, you may sometimes need to use Windows Home Server, and not just the Console. In such cases, you can use a home computer to connect to Windows Home Server and operate it remotely.
