- Very favorable for an operating system from Microsoft
- The familiar simple and effortless setup and operation of Windows
- Provides free add-ins, highly recommended, for example, "Home Server SMART 2013 'for continuous monitoring of hard drives
There are a few limitations which strange ... As for the establishment of free gifts, etc. But in can be here already enough comments found. The aforementioned releasing let all through the Control Panel - off> Shares -> Administrative Tools. This results only in a "Warning" message of the dashboard, you can safely ignore.
Very disappointing: I wanted to install the server in the classic style manually using the supplied DVD. According minimum system requirements, the system needs 2GB of RAM. I was delivered a HP Proliant MicroServer N54L with just 2GB of memory (an upgrade is on the way). If one tries to install Windows, the installation fails because Windows will not put 2GB of memory. Why? The internal graphics card on the motherboard default 256MB reserved for themselves. This value can be reduced 32 MB via the BIOS au. This can only be 2016MB provided the system but, but not the least desired Windows 2048MB.
This problem can be avoided by creating a bootable USB flash drive using the installation "Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool" and this means a "cfg.ini" file for an "unattended install" - ie automatic installation - configured.
This workaround is unfortunately very time consuming and annoying, because Windows Home Server with 1,75GB memory copes definitely. So what is this senseless query and this adherence to exactly 2048MB ??? An option "Install anyway, because I know what I'm doing," one would expect of a professional product.