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The WHS automatically equalizes the redistribution of used space across all available drives on a regular basis. The offline process would compress the used data across the minimum amount of drives allowing for the removal of one of the lesser capacity drives. Once replaced with a drive of higher capacity the system will automatically redistribute used capacity among the pool to ensure space capacity on each drive. Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10.
One WHS provider, HP, provides their own plug-in with their home server line capable of Time Machine backup to a home server. Between versions 1709 and 20H2 of Windows Server, the "Windows Server Essentials" edition of Windows Server was only included in Windows Server 2019. Windows 10 versions 1507 and 1511 do not include a "Windows 10 Pro Education" edition; that edition was only added with version 1607.
List of Microsoft Windows versions
This caused unexpected behavior when using clients that sort media based on date. The aforementioned programs worked fine with WHS; however, files may have appeared out of order due to this caveat. October 14, 2025 is the general end-of-support date for Windows 10. Specific versions and editions of Windows 10 have different end of support dates; see Windows 10 version history for a breakdown of dates by version and edition. Windows Home Server allows for developers to publish community and commercial add-ins designed to enhance the Windows Home Server with added functionality.
Even though the issue was first acknowledged in October 2007, Microsoft formally warned users of the seriousness of the flaw on 20 December 2007. Microsoft then issued a list of applications, including Windows Live Photo Gallery, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Outlook and SyncToy 2.0, which might have triggered the flaw if they were used to edit the files on a WHS share directly. Dedicated devices will have the operating system pre-installed and may be supplied with a server recovery disk which reloads the OS over a network connection. This is utilized on the HP MediaSmart Server, and the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Home Server.
File corruption
As a replacement for Drive Extender, Microsoft stated that OEMs would use RAID on their Windows Home Server products. Power Pack 2 was released on 24 March 2009 and Power Pack 3 was released on 24 November 2009.
Backups of client PCs made by Windows Home Server were not susceptible to the flaw. On 23 November 2010, Microsoft announced that Drive Extender would be removed from Windows Home Server 2011. Criticism of Drive Extender's removal mainly related to it being seen as a core feature of Windows Home Server and a key reason for adoption.
Windows MultiPoint Server
The first release of Windows Home Server, RTM , suffered from a file corruption flaw whereby files saved directly to or edited on shares on a WHS device could become corrupted. Only the files that had NTFS Alternate Data Streams were susceptible to the flaw. The flaw led to data corruption only when the server was under heavy load at the time when the file was being saved onto a share. Support statusUnsupported as of January 8, 2013Windows Home Server (code-named Quattro) is a home server operating system from Microsoft.
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 originally had the build number 6000 when they were first released; the build number was increased by one with each of the two subsequent Service Packs. Windows MultiPoint Server was an operating system based on Windows Server. It was succeeded by the MultiPoint Services role in Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server version 1709. It was no longer being developed in Windows Server version 1803 and later versions. Windows Home Server has not officially supported Domain Controller capability and cannot readily join a Windows Server domain.
Server versions
Users can also choose to use an existing PC or build their own systems, which would include the use of WHS System Builder. Windows Central understands that the first major update for will release in the early part of 2017. While some hardware manufacturers have developed dedicated boxes, Microsoft has also released Windows Home Server under the OEM/System Builder license. In November 2008, Microsoft lowered the price of the WHS System Builder SKU to US$100.
Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets ; however, very few such tablets were released, and Windows 10 Mobile primarily ended up only running on smartphones until its discontinuation. In 2017, the full version of Windows 10 gained the ability to run on ARM, which rendered a specific version of Windows for ARM-based tablets unnecessary. The system also offers an SSL secured web browser based interface over the Internet to the shared file stores. The release version offers access to the web interface via a free Windows Live-provided URL, which uses Dynamic DNS. The web interface also allows the uploading to and downloading of files from the content stores. A known limitation of Drive Extender was that it in some cases changed timestamp of directories and files when data was moved around between disks.
As of January 2010, nearly 100 of these add-ins have been developed for WHS, including applications for antivirus & security, backups, disk management, automation, media, network/power management, remote access, BitTorrent and more. The Windows Home Server SDK provides developers with a set of APIs and tools to use when developing for and extending Windows Home Server. Two versions of Windows XP were released that were optimized for tablets. Beginning with Windows Vista, all tablet-specific components were included in the main version of the operating system.
Windows Home Server 2011, the next version of this operating system, was released on 6 April 2011. Microsoft confirmed Windows Home Server 2011 to be last release in the Windows Home Server product line. The new IE 6 bits were released on November 11 as part of the Windows Mobile 6.1.4 release from Microsoft's Download Center Web site. Date refers to when the cancellation of the operating system was announced. The decision for the operating system to be cancelled may have occurred prior to then. July 2007 is when it was reported that the Vista's successor was codenamed "7," rather than "Vienna," indicating that Vienna's discontinuation had occurred by then.
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations became a Windows 10 edition starting with version 1709. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 originally had the build number 7600 when they were first released; the build number was increased to 7601 with the release of Service Pack 1. Mobile versions refer to versions of Windows that can run on smartphones or personal digital assistants. A "personal computer" version of Windows is considered to be a version that end-users or OEMs can install on personal computers, including desktop computers, laptops, and workstations. "Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers".
Computer backup images are not duplicated on the server, so if a server hard drive fails, backups could be lost. The "Server Backup" feature added in Power Pack 1 does not include duplication of backup images. The configuration interface was designed to be user-friendly enough that it could be set up without prior knowledge of server administration. The configuration interface, called the Home Server Console, was delivered as a Remote Desktop Protocol application to remote PCs while the application ran on the server itself, the GUI was rendered on the remote system.
No native backup
This single instancing gives the server the ability to store only one instance of data, no matter if the data originated from another computer, another file, or even data within the same file. Windows Home Server was based on Windows Server 2003 R2 and was intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, print server, and remote access. It is paired with the Windows Home Server Console—client software accessed from another computer on the network to provide a graphical management interface. However, unofficial workarounds allow Connector software to work on XP x64. If duplication was on for a Shared Folder (which was the default on multi-disk Home Server systems and not applicable to single disk systems) then the files in that Shared Folder were duplicated and the effective storage capacity was halved. With drive extender, users could add larger capacity hard disk drives and then could offline lesser capacity drives to upgrade capacity online.
Microsoft had originally planned to ship CShell on Windows 10 Mobile under the codename Pheonix , but that plan very quickly went away once the company decided to wind down its existing phone efforts in early 2017. The end-of-support date listed in the table refers to Home and Pro editions. The date for other editions, such as Education and Enterprise, may differ. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC is only available for versions 1507, 1607, 1809, and 21H2. It had originally been named Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB in version 1507.
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