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Windows Server 2012 – SKU and licensing

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

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

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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Windows 8 – Add a Restart and Shutdown to the Metro interface

As you know, with Windows 8 there is a change to shutdown or restart your device. Indeed, you have to go to various menu and sub menu before being able to shutdown or restart. In case of you want to simplify and use the Metro interface, you can add button on the Metro to perform …

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Windows 8 – New way to open session

Since the beginning, opening a Windows session was done with a login – username and password. But with Windows 8, especially on Tablet PC, this way of working has changed. I said especially with Windows 8 Tablet PC because entering the password is not an easy thing (especially complex password, used in an enterprise context). …

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Office 15 / Windows 8 – Office 15 free for Windows 8 on ARM??

This has been publicly disclosed by Steven Sinofsky – so there is no NDA disclosure (this sentence has been added for my Microsft’s friends ). The next version of Office – currently codenamed Office 15 – will be included on Windows On ARM (WOA). This looks like a seductive operation in order to make Windows …

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