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Windows Home Server

Doug Knox's landmark Windows Home Server writing — the RTM experience, Drive Extender, add-ins and remote access — restored from the original site.

Windows Home Server was a quietly brilliant product, and windows-now.com covered it closely: the RTM experience, Drive Extender internals, add-ins, remote access and the hardware around it. These posts are restored here, with new present-day context where useful.

From the archive

Classic guides (restored)

2026-08-07Windows Home Server Console Tab Templates: A Head Start for Add-in DevelopersDoug Knox 2007-10-28Microsoft-Home-Server-HouseDoug Knox 2007-10-25Windows Home Server - My RTM ExperienceDoug Knox 2007-10-19Windows Home Server Toolkit v1 - The Nuts and BoltsDoug Knox 2007-04-18Windows Home Server CTP - Build 1371 released to the publicDoug Knox 2007-03-31Remote Desktop Access - Windows Home ServerDoug Knox —The HP MediaSmart Server and Windows Home Server: What a Home Server Appliance WasDoug Knox —The Windows Home Server Data-Corruption Bug (2007–2008): What HappenedDoug Knox —Windows Home Server Drive Extender Explained: How the Storage Pool WorkedDoug Knox —Windows Home Server: Features, the Drive Extender Bug & What to Use NowDoug Knox —Wake-on-LAN with Windows Home Server — and Any Windows PCDoug Knox —Windows Home Server Add-ins: How the Community Extended WHSDoug Knox —Windows Home Server Beta 2 - Open to the public!Doug Knox —Windows Home Server BlogsDoug Knox —Developing for Windows Home Server: The SDK and Add-insDoug Knox

More Windows Home Server posts are being restored. See the Doug Knox archive.