Windows Home Server, code-named Quattro, is a home server operating system from Microsoft. Announced on 7 January 2007, at the Consumer Electronics Show by Bill Gates, Windows Home Server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access.It is based on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2. Windows Home Server was released to manufacturing on 16 July 2007[6] and officially released on 4 November 2007. Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server was released on 20 July 2008,[8] Power Pack 2 was released on 24 March 2009, and Power Pack 3 was released on 24 November 2009.