The long awaited invitation email had finally reached my mailbox.

Greetings from the Windows Home Server Team

You have been approved to be in the Windows Home Server Beta program.

To accept this invitation and apply to become a member of this program, please follow these steps:

1) Use your Internet connection to visit the Microsoft Connect Web site (http://connect.microsoft.com).

2) Click Invitations on the Connect menu.

3) You will need to sign in using a valid Windows Live ID before you can continue to the Invitations page.

4) Enter your Invitation ID in the box.Your invitation ID is: (~’ ‘)~-(^_^)-~(’ ‘~)

5) Click Go.

6) If you have already registered on Microsoft Connect do NOT complete a new registration form. Login with your Windows Live ID associated to your account.

Refer to my previous post for information on Home Server.