Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Kev — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:54:45 GMT

Love the product for our school! We have 2 servers with 20 USB connected and 2 more server with about 30 via ethernet. Any compelling difference in 2012 that we should upgrade?

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Steven Goddard - MSFT — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:51:41 GMT

Hi Sasa,

Windows Multipoint Server 2012 will ship in the 4th quarter of 2012. The limits for active sessions for standard and premium will remain the same for Multipoint Server 2012 as they were in Multipoint Server 2011.

Steven

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Steven Goddard - MSFT — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 03:10:40 GMT

Hi John,

You can have up to 20 users on Multipoint Server at one time. You will need a USB hub to plug in each keyboard/mouse into, and then that hub plugs into the computer. That is a called a direct connect station. We also support USB zero client and RDS clients. www.microsoft.com/.../howitworks.aspx shows the three connection options.

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

john — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:48:11 GMT

Can we have two simultaneously active users on Multipoint 2012 with:

1 pc Ivy Bridge platform + 1 video card (DVI + VGA)

2 monitors (one connected to the DVI, one connected to VGA )

2 mouse

2 keyboards

If so each has its internal IP?

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Sasa Spanovic — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:49:22 GMT

Hello MSFT MPS Team,

Can you please inform us when will the final release of MPS2012 be available?

Has the development team accepted the suggestion on raising the limit of users per server?

Thanks,

Sasa

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Steven Goddard - MSFT — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:32:32 GMT

Hi Matthew,

What is the best way to connect with you to talk about the upcoming order?

Thanks,

Steven

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Matthew — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:14:38 GMT

I am also interested to know if my MultiPoint 2011 product codes will work for MultiPoint 2012. I am about to order 3,500 clients and I need to know if I should wait for 2012 to come out. When is the final version coming out, by the way?

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Steven Goddard - MSFT — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:57:28 GMT

Hello,

In WMS 2012, we have separated the IT UI (Multipoint Manager) from the teacher UI (Multipoint Dashboard). The dashboard doesn't require local administrative privileges to run.

I will pass on your feedback about raising the limit from 20 to 30 in premium.

Thank you for feedback.

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Modyeg1980 — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:22:23 GMT

Dear WMS Team , we really Demand of increase the limit of WMS to be at least 30 concurrent sessions for premium , as 20 is very low for our Computer Labs , and putting 2 servers in every lab!!! , we now 11 LAN in our Schools with WMS 2011 , and teachers keeps playing & changing of server settings include disable the NIC from curiosity point of view , all this because Microsoft decide to have admin privileges for multipoint manager user!! , come on you're Microsoft , couldn't you fix that , please please Microsoft don't give teachers Admin privileges or @ least give the IT the choice to make teacher admin or not , so we (the using people of your products) .

1- Demand of increasing 30 concurrent sessions for premium

2- remove admin privileges for multipoint manager user.

re: Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Beta is live!

Steven Goddard - MSFT — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:10:34 GMT

Hi Rustin,

I am checking into your question, I will follow up.

Steven