WHS History Lesson

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Now that we have Windows Home server a short time away from being available shrink wrapped, I thought that a brief history of our beloved home server would be in order.

• 1999                 First thought paper written about a home server product by Charlie Kindel.
• February 2004  Quattro Project begins.
• April 2005         Product group formed.
• January 2007    Microsoft previews Windows Home Server at CES 2007.
• February 2007   Beta 2 begins.
• April 2007         CTP (Community Technology Preview) test build released.
• April 2007         Software development kit (SDK) available.
• May 2007          Windows Home Server demonstrated at WinHEC 2007.
• June 2007         Release Candidate (RC) goes live.
• July 2007           Product Released To Manufacturing (RTM).
• August 2007      Officially available. 

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