Finally Microsoft will deliver you a server that sits at home, is ideally suited for everyone in the house to use.  It could even find itself into really small businesses in combination with Offie Live (backup and central monitoring provided by Home Server and e-mail, calendar, domain etc provided by Live).

So what is it, well, think SBS, remove Exchange, SQL and ISA, update the wizards and remote access to be applicable for data sharing and a home network (but still keep them), then add some cool features like adding new disks the existing sharing volumes so exapansion is simply slotting in a new disk.  This is Quattro, or Q or Home Server and the beta is coming soon too!!

As is always, several people already blogged on it and gave some great links, but go check out the following:

The Press Release

Susan bradley's tour de force and more

Official SBS, Centro & Home Server Blog

2nd Blog

Susanne's hardware find and link to the marketing site

and finally, even Vlad wanted one!!

Now there are a few people who say they don't want a server at home, in any form, which is just fine - don't worry about the product - just because it is there does not mean you have to buy it.  For those who do, this is cool... now how can I get on the beta ;-)

ttfn

David