Microsoft to participate in CES 2011 when the International Consumer Electronics Show, Windows Home Server team did not show up, but we still learned from the meeting about the news of Windows Home Server product. Microsoft says next Windows Home Server officially named Windows 7 Home Server.

On display at CES 2011 Leahy 5BIG Back Up Server, and its operating system called “Windows 7 Home Server”. A Microsoft official spokesman later confirmed, Windows 7 Home Server is Microsoft’s next-generation home server’s official name, which is currently in beta, codenamed “Vail” in the Windows Home Server.

Windows 7 Home Server will be in the RTM version of the first half of 2011, and available for sale.

About Windows 7 Home Server, the latest news is that Microsoft has announced that, based on user feedback, they decided to delete the hard disk extender (Drive Extender) function. In Vail and the Beta version of SBS 2011 public beta, many users said they store data using a 1TB and 2TB hard drive, hard disk without the need for extended functionality. Microsoft originally planned to support multiple internal and external hard drives, hard disk extender is designed to help users to integrate a smaller disk space for a separate storage space.

However, some users were very upset, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said later study it further in this decision. , The HP MediaSmart Server product line to renounce, including Windows Home Server. Microsoft said HP’s decision and issued a recent Microsoft Windows Home Server “Vail” feature to change the statement has nothing to do.Despite the loss of Pratt & Whitney, but Microsoft said they will continue to work with, including Acer, Tranquil many system builders, including full cooperation to jointly promote Windows 7 Home Server.