Terry Walsh - Building a Windows 10 Home Server

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First published: July 2015

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About the Author

Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh is the Owner and Editor of We Got Served ( http://www.wegotserved.com ), which he established in 2007 to share his experiences with emerging home server platforms.

Since then, the site has grown to cover a wide range of digital home, consumer electronics, and small business product categories but retains at its core the mission to help users make the most of technology.

Terry graduated from the University of Durham, UK in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Lan- guage and Literature. Prior to starting WGS, Terry cut his teeth online in 1993 building and operat- ing successful alternative music websites and communities for international artists.

Born and raised in Liverpool, England and now living in Waterloo, Canada with his wife and two sons, Terry has been awarded Microsofts Most Valuable Professional Award each year since 2008 for his work on We Got Served.

Over the last four years, Terry has authored a wide range of Mac and Windows home server guides, including Using OS X Yosemite Server at Home , Using OS X Mavericks Server at Home , Building a Home Server With Windows 8.1 , Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step , Using OS X Lion Server at Home , Using OS X Mountain Lion Server at Home , Essential Windows Home Server Projects and Building a Windows Home Theatre PC. He has also edited a number of titles, including Building a FreeNAS Home Server , Using Windows Home Server , Essential Windows Home Server Projects Volume and Essential Windows Projects.

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About We Got Served

We Got Served is a popular technology news and community site that was founded in February 2007. It is written, edited and moderated by a dedicated and knowledgeable team of technology enthusiasts around the world who are focused on bringing you the latest news, reviews, tutorials and support for the products youre using today and will be using tomorrow.

We created We Got Served as a place to learn about new technology, help readers make the most of the products and services they use, and most importantly to create a community where readers can learn, discuss and share their experience and knowledge with others in need of support. However you use the site, we hope you enjoy it.

Other Books by Terry Walsh

We Got Served publishes a wide range of guides for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. Click the titles below to view online or visit http://store.wegotserved.com .

Essential Windows Home Server Projects

Build a Computer From Scratch

Building a Home Server With Windows 8.1

Building a Windows Home Theatre PC

Manage Your Music and Video Metadata

Using OS X Lion Server at Home

Using OS X Mavericks Server at Home

Using OS X Mountain Lion Server at Home

Using OS X Yosemite Server at Home

Using Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Windows Home Server 2011 Step by Step

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Building a Windows Home Server Reviews

We published the predecessor to this book, Building a Home Server With Windows 8.1 , back in July 2014. The first book in the series, Building a Windows Home Server , was published in October 2012. A big thank you from us to the readers who have taken a couple of minutes to share their feedback on the book. Writing these books is a labour of love, with a few busy months invested in each title, so your thoughts and suggestions are always welcome - wherever you choose to express them! Here are some of the reviews we received for the Building a Windows Home Server series.

Building a Windows Home Server

I purchased this book with the hopes of setting up a home server using Windows Being new to the Windows environment, I was pleased to find out as much about this operating system as I did about the server end of it. Straight, easy-to-follow language, great examples. I purchased back in January of 2013 and still open it up for some much-needed tips and tricks. New to Windows 8? New to Home Servers? I would recommend this title without reservation. I found it so thorough and spot on, that I will be buying other guides as I need to.

Great information, great instruction, great read!

Terry, you hit it outa the park with this one. Its laid out very well, its written very well and theres a load of information. You not only have a knack for Microsoft software, you have a knack for writing about it. Never a dull moment. Now, if you could just come through with some cash to pay for all that stuff! Great job all-around.

Excellent DIY Guide

This is an excellent do-it-yourself guide to set up a Windows home server. It helped me replace my old Windows Home Server (v1) myself - no sweat. Everything I wanted to know (and needed) was clear- ly explained. As a bonus, it helped me to understand Windows a lot better (in particular File History and Backup). I fully agree with a previous reviewer: great information, great instruction, great read!