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The Windows 8 o perating system is the newest member of the Microsoft Windows family. It differs from earlier Windows releases as much for what it does not change as for what it does change. That is, the features that IT pros loved about Windows 7 are still there in Windows 8—just better. The same keyboard...

Yesterday I blogged about the availability of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 CTP2. http://blogs.technet.com/b/aviraj/archive/2012/07/06/microsoft-download-center-system-center-2012-service-pack-1-ctp2.aspx Today, I am sharing the technical documentation around the same. Overview The downloadable files...

Before we begin… SPECIAL THANKS TO Scott Rachui for his blog posts. I have reused the same content from his blog and here are the actual blog post links. Scott has written many more blog posts focusing on various Microsoft Technologies & covering Self-Study guides for them. http://blogs.technet.com...

This specification describes the VHDX virtual hard disk format that provides a disk-in-a-file abstraction. This specification assumes that you are familiar with hard disk technologies, including how hard disks interface with the operating system or a virtual machine and understand how data is accessed...

This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server “8” Beta. This Hyper-V poster focuses on Hyper-V Replica, networking, virtual machine mobility (live migration), storage, failover clustering, and scalability. You can find previously published posters...

If you are evaluating Microsoft System Center 2012 Pre-Release Products. Then you can find all the documentation for each product over here. System Center 2012 (Prerelease) App Controller Beta Configuration Manager Prerelease Endpoint Protection Prerelease Operations Manager Beta Orchestrator Release...

Today, I am sharing 2 White Papers for Tools that you can use with Windows Intune deployment. 1. What Is ConnectWise? ConnectWise is a leading business management solution designed exclusively for IT solution providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. ConnectWise helps MSPs...

Hyper-V Architecture Documentation Overview This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. It focuses on architecture, snapshots, live migration, virtual networking, storage, RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. You can use this poster...

Windows setup log files are in different locations on the hard disk. These locations depend on the setup phase. This article describes where to locate these log files and which log files are most useful for troubleshooting each setup phase of Windows 7, of Windows Server 2008 R2, and of Windows Vista...

Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 When you install the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) server, you can assign some of the ports that it will use for communications and file transfers between the VMM components. While...

Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) brings together the information, applications, tools, and services needed to help your workforce accomplish what they most want to do, easier and faster. At home or on the go, people can use powerful solutions such as Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft SharePoint Server to...

This book provides an overview of the Microsoft Office 2010 suites and information about how to get started with Office 2010. The audience for this book includes IT generalists, IT operations, help desk and deployment staff, IT messaging administrators, consultants, and other IT professionals. The content...

This article describes step-by-step instructions for how to disable Microsoft Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) or its specific components in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008 R2, and in Windows Server 2008. We do not recommend disabling IPv6. For more information, see the "What...

Here are some of the resources if you are planning to jump start Internet Explorer 9 deployments in your environment. If you are deploying Windows 7 in your organization or even if you are a consumer, it does add lot more value when you install Internet Explorer 9. Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Enterprises...

Over the time I have been doing few session on Application Virtualization. Some time back I had shared all the resources related to Lync 2010 through my blogs. I thought this time I should spend some time for preparing some publicly available resources for Application Virtualization. Documentation -...

Office 365 is a suite of Internet-based services that are designed to help meet your needs for robust security, 24/7 reliability, and user productivity. This set of documents provides service descriptions for the components of the suite. Microsoft Exchange Online for Enterprises Service Description ...

This White Paper describes how Office 365 fulfills the security, compliance and risk management requirements as defined by the Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Control Matrix. The Cloud Security Alliance published the Cloud Control Matrix, to support consumers in the evaluation of cloud services and to...

Security, Privacy and Compliance Information for Microsoft Online Services. At Microsoft, we appreciate the trust you place in us by using our online services to manage your valuable data. To reinforce that trust, we strive to be as transparent as possible about how we handle your information. The Microsoft...

Moving productivity services to the cloud requires a serious consideration of security and privacy issues and technologies. Office 365 is designed to deliver the enterprise-grade security you require to move to the cloud with confidence. Our data centers are designed, built, an d managed using a defense...

I have been planning since long time to put together all the Lync 2010 based resources under couple of posts. This will be helpful for all the messaging administrators to find out the relevant information that running around. Some of the links are direct Microsoft Product Pages but most of them would...

First off all thank you very much to all the IT Professionals for being part of this Cloud Road show. This was an amazing experience for me to interact with all of you during the events. I am happy with the participation from Chennai & Mumbai IT Professionals for their active participation. Like...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Release Candidate helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level, provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System (OS), by including previous updates delivered over Windows Update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows...

The following documentation for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta is provided here: • Hotfixes and Security Updates included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta • Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Notable Changes • Windows 7 and Windows Server...

! Important ! See important details and procedures - specific to this download - in the Instructions , or in the ReadMe_SecurityDisabledHelpFile text file that is included when you extract the downloaded Netsh_TechnicalReference.Zip. Network shell (netsh) is a command-line utility that allows you to...

"Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2" describes new and changed functionality and features available in Windows Server 2008 R2. The Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system includes changes to Windows Server® 2008 features and technologies that help improve...