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Office 2013 – Public preview now available

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Earlier today Microsoft has announced the availability of the public preview of the next Office products version (Office Client, SharePoint, Lync, Exchange). Many great improvements on both server and client side Public preview is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/ and from MSDN/TechNet/Premier website Enjoy More information and demo will come at the Office On Air […]

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Windows Server 2012 – SKU and licensing

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Windows Server 2012 will be available in 2 edition only: Standard Datacenter Both are identical in terms of features, the only difference is related to virtualization: Standard edition includes only TWO instance while Datacenter edition includes UNLIMITED instance of Windows. Regarding hardware consideration, Standard edition is able to support up to 4 TB of memory

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Internet Explorer – Define site to zone assignment by GPO

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You may want to define an Internet Explorer setting called Security Zone using a group policy. This settings allows you to assign some specific URL’s to an Internet security zone; each security zone has specific settings such as automatic authentication, Active X control behavior… So, to define this settings using GPO, you have to open

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Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 – RTM Release date

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Today, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft has announced the availability date for Windows 8 (client) and Windows Server 2012 (server). RTM date: first week of August Windows Server 2012 General Availability date: september Windows 8 General Availability date: end of October The general availability is later than RTM as manufacturers need time to

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Various – All Microsoft e-books

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As you may already know, Microsoft is publishing frequently e-books related to deployment or technology usage. To help you finding these e-books, a wiki page has been created which is listing all Microsoft e-books published today. Use this page to find and download your missing e-book on Office, Office 365, SharePoint, SQL, Windows or development

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Windows Azure – New services

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Microsoft has announced new Windows Azure services. As part of these new services, you will find Hyper V on Cloud (Windows Azure Virtual Machines), virtual network (Windows Azure Virtual Network), web sites (Windows Azure Web Sites) and more. Moreover, Windows Azure services will be available to more countries (48 new countries). Windows Azure Virtual Machines

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FIM – ForeFront Identity Manager 2010 R2 is now available

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The new release of the Microsoft identity management, ForeFront Identity Manager 2010 R2, is now available. As part of the improvments, you will find: Support of Office 2010 and SharePoint Foundation Improved performance System Center Service Manager integration and much more. MSDN & TechNet subscribers can already download it from their respective portal. ​

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