This feature along with incremental backups and Home Group have actually made their way from Windows Home Server to Windows 7. It’s great to see that Microsoft is actually making such options accessible to every Windows user instead of just Home Server ones, making Windows 7 seem more value packed than Vista already. I’m not sure yet if this feature is just tied with Windows Media Player or just certain SKU’s of Windows 7. But I can already see many users happy with it and many other software vendors who provided such remote media access features having their hearts broken.
Any guesses on whether Internet media streaming to Windows Mobile 6.5 devices from Windows 7 would be available down the road? I, for one, wouldn’t be surprised.