Hey folks, this is Dean, posting from TechEd 2011. A couple folks have asked about the minimum hardware requirements for Multipoint. You can find that info and more in the Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Planning Guide. Relevant content copied here...

Hi everyone, James Duffus here with some big news from the MultiPoint Server team. Today, we’re excited to announce that the Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live and available for download at our Connect site. In February of 2010 and in...

Hi, James here. The most prominent feature in WMS 2012 that gets used day in and day out, real time in the classroom is the Multipoint Dashboard. In a way everything is new because the features that were previously in the MultiPoint Manager Desktops tab...

Today's post comes from Ratnesh Yadav from the Windows MultiPoint Server team. Many users of Windows MultiPoint Server (WMS) 2011 have told us that they want to expand their usage of WMS but need to be able to run applications that are not compatible...

First and foremost, thanks to everyone that visited us at the TechEd booth. We had amazing energy at the booth, and it was great to talk with everyone. For those that couldn't join us in person, we filmed 12 instructional videos from the show floor and...

One of the cool yet relatively unknown features of Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Premium is the ability to use it as a Hyper-V host or as a Hyper-V guest operating system. And because of the 1+1 licensing with Windows MultiPoint, one copy of MultiPoint...

This is a summary of the Frequently Asked Questions on the Windows Multipoint Server forums. If your question is not answered, then feel free to post on our TechNet Forums ( http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsmultipointserver/threads...

Hey folks, clarifying another common question: How do I license Windows MultiPoint Server? The big picture is pretty easy to understand with this video: What I didn’t talk about in that video was the nuanced differences between Volume Licensing...

Hi everyone, James Duffus here with some more big news from the MultiPoint Server team. Today, we’re excited to announce that Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 is released and an Evaluation version is available for download here . Note that you can...

Hey folks, since we posted the “ MultiPoint and Hyper-V ” blog post last month, we’ve gotten some follow-up questions specific to virtualization which are answered here: Q: Can I use Windows MultiPoint Server as a Hyper-V host? How...

By popular request, here are the Windows MultiPoint Server part numbers and prices, pulled from the Microsoft U.S. Open License Estimated Retail Price List . A couple quick notes on how to read the chart: There are four pricing levels listed...

Greetings folks, This is Dean Paron, Product Unit Manager for Windows MultiPoint Server, back again. It's been a couple weeks since we announced the availability of Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, and I wanted to follow up with a list of the most common...

Hey guys! One of the questions that we are frequently asked on the TechNet Forums is about installing programs on MultiPoint. As always, there are hardware considerations, but with WMS, some extra things need to be considered prior to installing software...

Hey everyone, Livi here again! I bring you a much-anticipated video on how to install Windows MultiPoint Server 2011. We get a lot of questions about different parts of the installation process, so we've made a short video as a step-by-step walkthrough...

Zero clients are an inexpensive and convenient way to easily expand the number of stations of your Windows Multipoint Server. One of the exciting changes of Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 is a new zero client plug-in architecture that can greatly improve...

Hi- this is James, Group Program Manager for Windows MultiPoint Server. On behalf of the WMS team I am very excited to announce that Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 is available on the Download Center today, and to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers a bit later...

It’s James Duffus, Group Program Manager for Windows MultiPoint Server again. Back on October 19, 2010, we announced the availability of the MultiPoint Server 2011 Beta. Over the past couple of months, we’ve incorporated your feedback, fixed...

Hi everyone, Livi here again with exciting news! The Update Rollup 1 for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 has officially been released and is available for free download on the Download Center . A couple months back, James Duffus, the Group Program Manager...

Hi Everyone, I am Steven Goddard and I work on the WMS team as the Release Manager and Program Manager. Livi has gone back to school, so I am posting on her behalf. As mentioned in a previous post , one of the cool features for Windows MultiPoint...

Today's post comes from Ratnesh Yadav from the Windows MultiPoint Server team. (Updated March 27th, 2013 with information on Update Rollup 1. Updated April 2nd, 2013 with details on connecting remote stations to WMS Virtual Desktops, both at the end)...

We’re happy to announce that WMS 2012 UR1 has been signed off. We recommend that all customers apply this as it has some changes that increase general system stability. But most importantly it adds support for USB-Over-Ethernet Zero clients. ...

Hey folks, this is Dean again, posting from TechEd 2011. One common question I’m getting this year is “What languages does MultiPoint Server support?” Because Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 is built on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1...

Hey all! As you can probably tell from my Live ID, I am not Dean Paron or James Duffus. My name is Livi Erickson, and I am a Program Manager intern on the WMS team. Since this is my first time writing a blog post for the TechNet blogs, I thought I...

Expanding the international footprint of Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Additional language support and minor updates now available with Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Rollup 1 Beta Hi. It’s James again. I'm lucky enough to run Windows MultiPoint...

Hi, James here. Another new feature that has been generating a lot of excitement is using the MultiPoint Connector to orchestrate traditional client computers in the same way that we treat MultiPoint stations. So a teacher has the same visibility and...