Windows Home Server build 1500

Windows Home Server build 1500 is the official RTM build of Windows Home Server. It was made generally available on 4 November 2007.

Setup
The setup process bears a significantly different installation structure compared to other server-based versions of Windows. Unlike other releases based upon the Windows Server 2003 codebase (such as SBS 2003, which acts as the base for Windows Home Server), the setup process in this build makes use of the Windows Vista preinstallation environment. The user interface design appears mostly identical to Windows Server 2003's setup process, save for a different background image.

The setup process first asks the user for a product key, and asks the user to choose which drive to format. The drive is then formatted under two partitions respectively named  and , after which the base operating system's installation media is then copied over to the main system partition. The second stage of setup then starts by rebooting into the older i386-based setup under unattended mode, followed by multiple updates for both Home Server component integration and the base operating system, bringing the base OS kernel up to build.

When all required updates have been automatically installed, the system then enters the final stage of setup, which presents an out-of-box experience similar to the one found in Windows Vista, which asks the user to set a password and configure options for Windows updates, error reporting and Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) participation.