There’s a third-party add-in to do this, but this function is not built into WHS V1 by Microsoft. Also, WHS V1 does not have the option of backing up the client computer backups from the server itself onto external discs. That means, unlike the backups of client computers attached to the server, there’s no built-in function in WHS V1 to schedule the backups of shared folders. This is a one-click manual process (see figure 1). the Pictures, Videos, Music and User folders held on the server) to external discs. WHS Version 1 can make backups of its shared folders (e.g. Today, I thought I’d take a look at how server backups are handled in WHS 2011.įirst, a bit of background. I wrote yesterday that I’d decided to kick the tyres of the Release Candidate of Windows Home Server 2011.