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Microsoft Windows Home Server
Remote Access
Remote access is one of those features where trying to build your own server or using a NAS (network attached storage) device just won't cut it. Microsoft goes above and beyond what users expect and provides a box you can access from outside your broadband router, which is an especially complicated thing to do. First, the server must talk to your broadband router and tell it to forward any requests that come in over HTTP or HTTPS to the server. Next, it updates Microsoft's server to notify it of which IP address the broadband router has so that when you type in youridentitity.homeserver.com, the request is sent to your WHS box. In the beta releases, this feature was somewhat troublesome, but, once again, the final release polished it and worked out the bugs. The only issue I found regarding Remote Access was trying to upload a lot of data from slow connections, a process which caused the server to time out and not receive all the data. In addition to the data access portion of Remote Access, you can access the PCs you have registered with your Windows Home Server, provided they are turned on. You can use Internet Explorer (not Firefox or Safari) to remotely connect to PCs in your house while you're out on the road or at work.    Once again, there are a few things Microsoft could do to improve the Remote Access experience, such as possibly provide a Web 2.0 upload interface that would monitor file upload progress and provide the user with feedback as to how long the upload will take. Overall, the Remote Access feature is one of, if not the stand-out point that Microsoft brings to the table with Windows Home Server... let's see your bog-standard NAS device do this.
Page 1: Introduction & Hardware Configuration
Page 2: Installation of Windows Home Server & Client Software Page 3: Client Console and Restore CD Page 4: File Serving Page 5: Backup Page 6: Windows Media Connect Page 7: Remote Access Page 8: Plug-ins Page 9: Conclusion 
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