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COMPUTER: OPERATING SYSTEMS MICROSOFT WINDOWS:
10 Best New Features of Windows Server 8
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10 Best New Features of Windows Server 8
With Windows Server 8, Microsoft has outdone itself, from a revamped UI to
hundreds of new features, including vastly improved virtualization
management
By Doug Dineley, Brian Chee
InfoWorld
http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/
10-best-new-features-windows-server-8-173124
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http://tinyurl.com/3lda822
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Microsoft claims 300 new and improved features in Windows Server 8, but
after a few days in Redmond watching demos and stepping through lab
sessions, we wonder whether the marketing guys accidentally left off a
zero. It's hard to name a Windows Server feature that hasn't been tweaked,
streamlined, wizardized, or completely revamped. Whatever grudge you may
hold against Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 8 will almost certainly
make amends.
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If you're a large shop struggling to manage hundreds of Windows servers,
Windows Server 8 should ease the job. If you're a small shop trying to
squeeze high-end capability from a low-end budget, Windows Server 8 has
plenty for you, too. With Windows Server 8, everything from server
deployment to high availability becomes smoother and more automated.
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In fact, there's so much of note in the new OS, it's almost a crime to
stop at the top 10, listed below in no particular order. Believe it or
not, data deduplication for production file servers, native PowerShell
support in Hyper-V, and virtual Active Directory didn't even make the
list. Look at it this way: There will be even more surprises in store when
you finally get your hands on a Windows Server 8 beta.
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Additional Topics Covered in This Article:
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Multiserver management
Friction-free server deployment
IP address management
Dynamic Access Control
Large Hyper-V clusters
Flexible live migration
Advanced virtual networking
Hyper-V Replica
SMB for server apps
VDI for the rest of us
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September 13, 2011
Windows 8: What it's really all about
After months of buildup, Microsoft unveils the next generation of Windows
for PCs and tablets
By Galen Gruman | InfoWorld
http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/
windows-8-what-its-really-all-about-172825
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Now we know. Microsoft's president for Windows, Steven Sinofsky, today
revealed a "reimagined" Windows, which boasts a very different, tile-based
user interface called Metro based on Windows Phone that is touch-savvy,
runs on ARM processors as well as Intel x86 chips, and will also work on
traditional keyboard-and-mouse PCs and run anything that runs on Windows
7. The ability to run legacy Windows apps on ARM processors was not
expected by pundits' predictions. The new version, code-named Windows 8,
is now in developer preview and will be available for download later today
from dev.windows.com, with no release date yet set.
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Sinofsky said Microsoft redesigned Windows because "things are a whole lot
different now than three years ago.... Touch is a whole new dimension.
Mobility is a whole new dimension.... We want Windows to respond to that."
He also said Windows 8 uses just 281MB of RAM, down from 404MB in Windows
7, and that all the new capabilities are native to the core OS, not
layered on top of it. That should ease development and aid performance, he
said. Microsoft has said Windows 8 will not run on smartphones, which will
use Windows Phone 7 instead.
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September 14, 2011
Watch out, Apple: Windows 8 could trump the iPad
Microsoft has adopted Apple's usability religion with great fervor, and it
looks poised to deliver an impressive result
By Galen Gruman
InfoWorld
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/
watch-out-apple-windows-8-could-trump-the-ipad-172971
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Earlier this week, I outlined Microsoft's apparent tablet strategy and the
issues that could help it succeed or fail. Now that Microsoft has revealed
its plans, I can better gauge its chances. My conclusion: Microsoft may
win after all. The folks at Redmond seem to have bought the design
philosophy on which Steve Jobs, Jonathan Ive, and the rest of the Apple
team have based their remarkable iPad, iPhone, and Mac OS X resurrection:
simplicity, intentionality, delight, and clarity of purpose. And they've
taken it to heart in Windows 8 and its "touch first" approach to computing
across PCs and tablets.
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Demos of course are almost never as good as reality, but even with that in
mind, I was blown away by what Microsoft has shown this week at its Build
conference. And I have one serious caveat: Although Microsoft is giving
developers touch-enabled Samsung Windows 8 tablets for testing, it is not
letting the press borrow or use them, except (according to one PR staffer)
for a few favored writers -- that's often what a tech company does when it
has something to hide. So my enthusiasm may be misplaced. (We'll know only
when Windows 8 ships, likely in mid to late 2012.)
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But if Windows 8 is nearly as good as the demos look, Microsoft could very
well win the mobile wars, despite years of failures in Windows tablets and
mediocre smartphone efforts. If Hewlett-Packard CEO L Apotheker had seen a
preview of Windows 8 tablets, that would explain why he suddenly killed
the WebOS-based TouchPad tablet last month. Windows 8 is very likely to
squeeze Google Android out of second place in the tablet market -- after
all, Android is largely an iOS imitation, and I don't see how Google will
stand out if Microsoft joins Apple in offering compelling, differentiated
innovation.
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News
Will tablet developers rush to Windows 8?
With Windows 8 in pre-release, focus now shifts to tablet developers
By Matt Hamblen
September 15, 2011 06:00 AM ET
Computer World
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220013/
Will_tablet_developers_rush_to_Windows_8_
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O'Donnell predicted that in 2015, Microsoft will still be a small player
with tablets, behind Android and iOS. He said it is somewhat ironic that
the Samsung Series 7 Slate that was given to 5,000 developers at
Microsoft's Build conference this week is almost always depicted with an
attachable keyboard in Samsung photographs.
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Noting that the version being used by developers has an Intel i5 chip,
O'Donnell also questioned how easily Microsoft will adapt coming tablets
to ARM-based chips as it indicated it will at the conference.
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Windows Server 8: built for the cloud, built for virtualization
By Peter Bright
Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/09/
windows-server-8-built-for-the-cloud-built-for-virtualization.ars
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Where Windows 8 is an operating system built for the tablet, Windows
Server 8 is an operating system built for the cloud. Not the Windows Azure
public cloud; rather, it's built for "private clouds": on-premises,
virtualized deployments with tens or hundreds of virtual machines.
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This kind of large scale administration requires a new approach to system
management. That approach centers around PowerShell and Server Manager,
the new Metro-style management console. Server Manager provides a
convenient GUI, but behind the scenes, PowerShell commands are constructed
and executed. The commands can also be copied, edited, and executed
directly in PowerShell. This should sound familiar to many Windows
administrators, as Exchange already uses this style of management, with
the GUI being a mere layer over PowerShell.
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The same mechanism is used to administer multiple machines simultaneously;
it makes remote PowerShell calls to multiple machines, allowing actions to
be performed on them in parallel. To enable this, PowerShell has been
expanded with more than 2,000 new commands.
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Windows Server 8 will have three modes. Microsoft has added to the two
existing modesthe traditional GUI mode, with the full GUI stack and shell,
and Server Core, that offers only a command-linea third that's somewhere
in the middle. It doesn't include the full shell, so there's no Explorer
or Internet Explorer, but it does include Server Manager and MMC.
Moreover, the graphical shell will be an installable component that can be
added or removed at any time.
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The idea of all this is not that GUIs shouldn't be used for
administrationthis isn't a regression to a UNIX-style command-line er
alles approachbut that the administration should be remote. Servers
themselves should have the barest minimum software installed in order to
reduce their attack surface area.
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Windows 8 Running on ARM: 10 Reasons This Partnership Matters
By: Don Reisinger
2011-09-14
E-Week
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/
Windows-8-Running-on-ARM-10-Reasons-This-Partnership-Matters-658818/
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http://tinyurl.com/3z7egb6
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Table of Contents:
Windows 8 Running on ARM: 10 Reasons This Partnership Matters
The New Relationship Suggests Microsoft Is Open to Change
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With the BUILD Conference in full swing, much of the talk surrounding the
tech industry right now has to do with Microsoft. And as of late, quite a
bit of the attention has surrounded Microsofts partnership with ARM. Under
the terms of the deal, Windows 8 will work with ARM processors, paving the
way for mobile-device makers to use Windows in a new way.
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Ever since Microsoft announced its partnership with ARM in January at the
Consumer Electronics Show, there has been some debate over the viability
of such a deal. Some detractors have said its bad for companies and,
especially, consumers. Supporters, on the other hand, said that the deal
could very well be the best move Microsoft has made in years. In the end,
theres no telling which side will be right until ARM-based devices running
Windows finally hit store shelves. (Microsoft is expected to release
Windows 8 in the second half of 2012.)
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Until then, its important for everyonesupporters and detractors, aliketo
understand that the partnership between the companies on Windows 8 matters
in a big way. And the deal can affect the industry far more than some
people think.
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Heres a look at why the partnership between Microsoft and ARM matters:
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1. It could end Intels death grip on the Windows market
2. It means mobile devices are coming
3. Other form factors are also possible
4. It puts Intel on notice
5. Battery-life considerations
6. More competition in the mobile space
7. Are even better prices coming?
8. Better security, perhaps?
9. It shows Microsoft is growing
10. It affects AMD in a big way
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The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.
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