How to build windows home server

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Windows Home Server is primarily intended for individuals interested in the functions of a server, but put off by its configuration, often regarded as too complicated. Due to its simplicity and its functions, it could also attract small businesses reluctant to engage in wholesale costs in IT infrastructure. Contrary to what some might think should know that Windows Home Server is based on Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Vista.

Features of Windows Home Server:

• File Server: file sharing;
• Print server: sharing printers;
• Centralized backup machine in the network;
• Manages the status of machines connected to the network;
• Access and remote administration;
• Automatically saves multiple versions of files (on Vista only)
• Manages streaming to devices that support Windows Media Connect.

Installing Windows Home Server, although based on Windows Server 2003 has been simplified. The machine you use should be dedicated to this purpose, because the installer of Windows Home Server is completely repartition and format the hard drive (minimum size 65 GB, the size of the system partition is fixed and imposed 20 GB) . The drive must be SATA or SCSI.


As Setup Windows Vista Setup Windows Home Server uses Windows PE 2.0. Windows PE (Pre installation Environment) is a lightweight version of Windows XP, Vista or Server 2003 versions and the following example is used by PC manufacturers to preinstall Windows. Remember also that there is a utility, which allows for oneself a CD containing Windows PE, which may be useful for repairing a damaged system. Version 2.0 is based on the Windows Vista kernel and thus take advantage of the new wallpaper for loading the installation program, the same as Windows Server 2003. Once the serial number is entered, the program starts copying the files and restarts Windows Home Server.

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Insert the installation DVD, and then start the PC

The first part of installation is based on Windows PE (like Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008)

The installation wizard starts

The wizard then displays the disks (this is when you can load drivers for RAID, SATA or SCSI unknown Windows):

The next screen allows you to use the DVD installer to repair your server in case of problems:

If Setup detects an existing installation, additional options are available

Accept the license, then enter the key:

You must enter the network name of your server. A final display shows the disk to be formatted in order to confirm the deletion of data:

A final display shows the disk to be formatted in order to confirm the deletion of data. Yet another confirmation: and the installation starts:

And the installation starts

• Creating partitions
• Formatting
• Down a WIM image that contains the Windows Server 2003 SBS modified.

Then install Windows 2003 SBS Server after that And then reboot back into Setup WHS. then installation will continue.

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Once installation is complete, it is a login screen feature version is NT. After a redefinition of the administrator password, we are connected. As you can see from the screenshots, we're in familiar territory, not on the desktop that we find something new. The lines of Microsoft, the "Start Menu" Reduced to its bare minimum, we must not forget that this system serves as a server and it is therefore unnecessary to overload applications of all kinds. To take advantage of the functions of file server and Web server, no need to install and configure IIS or Apache, everything is already configured. All parameters to modify are accessible from the Windows Home Server Console

Home Server Console

HS Console is the control center of the system. It is through the application server configuration is done. Through five different views, a classic user can simply configure.

Computers & Backup: Backup

WHS allows you to make backups of the items which are connected with this in view that it is possible to manage the backup of remote machines. The console displays the backup status of each machine and must manage the backups let WHS manage them, keep the current backup, or replace it at the next operation.

User Accounts: User Accounts

It is in this view that the user accounts are managed. Adding a user is done with the help of an assistant and is relatively simple. Simply enter his first and last name, username and password. On the next screen, WHS has a list of shared directories which must be given full access, read-only or no access at all. In addition to a private directory for each user, we find the classic "Music", "Photos" and "Videos" without forgetting "Public" and "Programs".

Shared Folders: case management

This is the section that it is possible to manage directories separately: they involve a description, set access rights and enable or disable the duplication of the file. By enabling this feature for a folder, the file is duplicated on multiple physical disks, so that a failure of one disk does not result in loss of data file.

Server Storage: storage

This is where WHS proposes to monitor and manage disks. It is possible to increase the size of the storage space by adding a storage device internal or external. Then we must add this unit using a wizard that will format the disk and add space to the logical drive dedicated to storing documents.