Microsoft has announced today lower prices for Office 365 offers. These lower prices are due to a high customer adoption and so a better efficiency to run Office 365, so Microsoft has decided to decrease Office 365 prices. NOTE not all Office 365 offers are impacted; only the price of Enterprise plans are lowering by up 20%. […]
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This is not an April fish, but Microsoft will launch SQL 2012 on April 1st As reminder, SQL 2012 is now RTM and available for download to TechNet/MSDN subscribers as well as for evaluation at http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx The virtual launch event will be host at http://www.sqlserverlaunch.com
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With Windows 8 you have hypervisor included, which comes with Hyper-V console and client. However, Hyper-V console and client connection are not compatible with current version of Hyper-V (which comes with Windows Server 2008 R2)
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As you may already know, Microsoft has included (finally) his hypervisor (Hyper-V) on the Windows 8 client. However, Hyper-V 3.0 can’t be installed on every x64 processor – such Intel Centrino 2. Indeed, your x64 processor must have a second level address translation capabilities. For checking if you can enable Hyper-V 3.0 on your computer,
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If you are trying to enable .Net Framework 3.5 on Windows 8 Customer Preview, you may encored the following error – NOTE this doesn’t occur on all machine Windows could not download necessary files from Windows Update. Check your network connection. Error code: 0x800f0906 To solve the issue: Mount the ISO file used to
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The webcast of my session at the Microsoft TechDays 2012 is now available. For those who where not able to participate in live, go to http://www.microsoft.com/france/mstechdays/programmes/parcours.aspx#SessionID=ff7eb992-8261-4891-849e-0c28e48de08f&fbid=-qmf78LaKqo
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Et voilà, my first big issue with Windows 8: unable to logon after installing Ricoh Multi Card Reader drivers on Lenovo T 520. The drivers have installed successfully and after the reboot, the logon screen was plain – no more way to enter credentials With this important issue, I also discovered that return to ‘Last
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This is it, Windows 8 beta has been released to download. There is 2 installation methods: Customer Preview Setup: Windows 8 Consumer Preview Setup will check to see if your PC can run Windows 8 Consumer Preview and select the right download. Setup also features a compatibility report and upgrade assistance. Built-in tools for creating
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The waited next Windows version, called Windows 8, will be in beta starting next Wednesday. Many things have been said about this coming version, mainly at the client level (such as the Metro interface or the Windows Marketplace), but there will be also lot of things at the server side level. I can’t wait for
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Microsoft, after buying Skype, has now released a Skype client for Windows Phone. Currently, this is is beta. Imagine talking to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere in the world, and seeing them as if they are in the same room. Make and receive voice/video calls and instant messages to anyone else using Skype, whether on
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