Kurt Shintaku's Blog

Only a geek could appreciate this but the Windows Home Server group produced their own children’s book entitled "Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?:  Helping Your Child Understand the Stay-at-home Server."

By the way, in case you’re wondering:
What it is "Windows Home Server"?

• BACKUP DISK & FILES
  Provides a automatic full & incremental backup facility for all Windows desktops/laptops in the home
• SINGLE INSTANCE STORAGE
  Maintains only a single copy of a file on a server even if it’s located multiple times on the same workstation drive or across different workstations!
• DYNAMIC DNS
  Windows Home Server comes with FREE dynamic DNS registration to facilitate easy access to the Home Server using a custom tertiary domain name.  (Something like http://shintaku1.homeserver.windowslive.com)
• REMOTE WORKSTATION ACCESS
  Gateways remote access to any workstation at home through Remote Desktop!
• PASSWORD SYNC
  Synchronizes password changes between workstation & server, bidirectionally, enabling people to change their workstation password without affecting the backup server’s permissions and vice versa
• MONITORS SECURITY STATUS
  Alerts manager of a workstation that has a non-Green security status on it by monitoring security center in XP & Vista
• WEB ADMIN ACCESS
  Backups are accessible over the Internet through a web interface; includes drag & drop access to files using an ActiveX control or straight HTML for a less rich but compatible experience

Supports up to 10 clients and costs $199 software only.  Will more than likely be purchased through OEMs.