How This Book Is Organized

To give you a sense of the overall structure of the book, the next few sections offer a brief summary of the five main parts of the book.

Part I: Unleashing Windows Home Server Configuration

The five chapters in Part I show you how to get everything configured and connected so that you can start to take full advantage of what Windows Home Server has to offer. You learn how to set up Windows Home Server for networking and how to troubleshoot basic network woes (Chapter 1). You learn how to set up and manage user accounts (Chapter 2) and how to add various computer types—Windows 7, Vista, and XP, as well as Mac and Linux—and various devices—including Windows Mobile and Xbox 360—to the Windows Home Server network (Chapter 3). You learn how to configure various Windows Home Server settings, including the computer name, the password, and various startup options (Chapter 4), and delve deep into the new Windows Home Server storage system to learn how the system works; how to add, repair, and remove storage; and more (Chapter 5).