The Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector add-in which enables you to connect to your home, business, or storage server by using your Windows Phone 7 phone has now been released to the public.
You can use your phone to perform remote server management tasks (such as view alerts, manage users, and start and stop backups). In addition, with appropriate permissions, you can use your phone to view or access media files that are stored on the server.
The Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector add-in enables you to connect to your home, business, or storage server by using your Windows Phone 7 phone. This document provides help for the integration of Windows Phone 7 into Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.
In order to use this add-in successfully you will need to download the server sided add-in which (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=214671), and a Windows Phone 7 Application.
More: The Official SBS Blog and the Windows Home Server Blog.
This is very, very, very cool. The intragration available across platforms is pretty neat. The big question is…. other than good geek points, will it prove useful?