I’m pretty excited about the next version of Windows Home Server, especially as it’s based on the excellent Windows 7 Server code base, lets hope Microsoft decided to be a little looser with the information rather than waiting until a build leaks.

So to summarize, none of this is official at all, and while some people are claiming the screenshots are fakes, they sure look pretty solid.  Of course most disappointing if these rumors are true, is the lack of Media Center functionality built-in….but still some good things to get excited about.

From a feature perspective it appears that Vail;

• Is in fact based on server 2k8v2 (x64 only)
• Based on the wim the leaked version is “ServerHomePremium”.
• There is no notable MCE functionality.
• News channels are beginning to pickup on the leak now that the iPad has peaked.

Plus the remote access side look amazing, I’ve never seen this kind of interaction or performance from just a web interface. Very impressive…

via Missing Remote and ZDnet