Windows 8.1 Preview Download

The Windows 8.1 Preview is now available for download.

Check this link to download the preview.

Windows 8.1 will have a Start Button and many other features like:

- booting directly to Desktop
- Open MDM
- Offline SkyDrive
- and more

Group Policy / Administrative Template files for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 in a Windows 2008 Domain

To get the new features in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 for a Windows 2008 domain you have to do the following steps:

- Donwload the complete set of Administrative Template files for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

- Install the downloaded MSI on a computer

- On the computer copy the folder "PolicyDefinitions" located in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Group Policy\Windows Server 2012\" to "\\YourDomain\SYSVOL\YourDomain\Policies"

- If you have more than one DC the folder will be replicated depending on your schedule interval in Site and Services

Huge collection of Free Microsoft eBooks

Microsoft published a collection of Free MS eBooks with the following topics:

Office & Office 365
SharePoint
SQL Server
System Center
Visual Studio
Web Development
Windows
Windows Azure
Windows Server

For more information check this blog post on msdn.

[ Huge collection of Free Microsoft eBooks for you, including: Office, Office 365, SharePoint, SQL Server, System Center, Visual Studio, Web Development, Windows, Windows Azure, and Windows Server - Microsoft Sales Excellence Manager - Eric Ligman]
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