Upgrading Windows 8 Enterprise to 8.1

Upgrading to Windows 8.1 for Enterprise version users are not as simple as other versions. You cannot upgrade from the Windows Store and it will not be available as a old time "Windows Update" option.

It is intendent that this is a task for the IT Department, that will do this using tools like "System Center Configuration Manager" or "MDT". If you have access to the Windows 8.1 Enterprise ISO file you can do this directly from the CD of course. But beware that you need an Windows 8.1 Enterprise key or update on your KMS

Breakfast seminar on Windows Server 2012 slides now online

The slide from the breakfast seminar in Bergen and Oslo (and Haugesund next week) are now ready for online viewing or download and can be found HERE

Breakfast seminar on Windows 8 slides are now ready for download

And you can get them here

Video from Nic 2013 are now available

Both my session from Nic 2013 www.nicconf.com are available now.

You can find them by entering the NIC web page or by using my shortcuts.

NIC 2013 - Last session slide deck ready for download

Are you ready for Windows 8 slide deck can now be downloaded

http://www.slideshare.net/TVEDTnet/are-you-ready-16252307

NIC 2013 - first session slide deck ready for download

You can now download the slide deck from todays session about tuning and configuring Windows 8

http://www.slideshare.net/TVEDTnet/configuring-and-tuning-windows-8

What are your configuring and tuning challenges in Windows 8?

Next week it's time for the Nordic Infrastructure Conference - NIC.

One of my session are:

Configuring & tuning Windows 8

How do you configure your clients? We will show you the new Group Policies in Windows 8 and other tools to make your system better and more secure. Expect demos and tips from Microsoft Springboard and Technet. And of course lots of Windows 8 stuff like tuning the new start menu, Windows store and more.

So if you have any problem, wonderings, questions or have discovered something important you want me to share with the audience and the rest of the world later in webcast, feel free to send a twit to #olavtwitt or e-mail to olav.tvedt@evry.com
Everything used will be creditet in the presentation

Nordic Infrastructure Conference sessions

The second edition of NIC will be held january 24-25, and a killer a program this year too.

I will host two session this year too, and enjoy lots of top class speakers rest of the time

Magic of the right click on the lower left corner

There are lots of new thing to learn about Windows 8, something because they are better or new and some because you are missing something from previouse version of Windows.

This tip are because you are missing something from previouse versions :-)
The start button are dead and replaced with a start menu. In many cases this will workout fine, but some you need faster way to find what you need.

Slides from the "Microsoft Dagen 2012, Evry Bryggen"

I have now uploaded the slide deck from yesterdays presentations.

Evry Bergen kjører Microsoft dag 29.November

Evry kjører gratis seminar sammen med Microsoft 29. November. Kom og se Microsoft sitt opplevelsessenter eller delta på foredrag om Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Phone 8, SharePoint 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft BI, Microsoft Lync, System Center og nyheter på Cloud.

Jeg holder Windows 8 og Server 2012 foredrag, mens Nicolai Henriksen Norges eneste MVP på System Center Config Manager holder SCCM foredrag. Som vanlig lover jeg masse demo'er

Det blir intenst og lære rikt :-)

Info og påmelding her

SORRY IT'S IN NORWEGIAN ONLY!



Free Windows 8 E-book from MSPress for IT-Pros

Microsoft Press have given out a free preview of the "Introducing Windwows 8 - An overview for IT Professionals" by Jerry Honeycutt. I have not read the book yet, but now that Jerry Honeycutt always delivers.

 

Will read the book soon, put please drop a comment about it :-)

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 ready for download

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8

Microsoft have just made the "Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8" available for download.

This is now more than ever an important tool, since we can manage everything remote on the Server 2012 and we will se lots more of reServer Core installation out there because of this.

Please do remeber to logon to your computer as an ordinary user and start RSAT With the "run as" feature. Security!!!

Upgrading Windows Release Candidate/Preview to RTM

I am in general against upgrading to newer version, even from Windows 7 to 8 I would prefair a clean install. But it's nice to have the possibility to upgrade.

One of my Laptop was running everything I need for a presentation with demos that I shall host in 2 day's time. And it's running the Release Candidate version of Windows Server 2012. The RTM version of Server 2012 are available today, and I would of course like to show that I am a modern guy running the latest bits :-)

Remembering back to Windows 7 / 2008 R2 beta/RTM days, there was a way of upgrading between the different beta and rc Versions. I tested this out from Developer preview to newer version but it did'nt work.

BUT! trying it today it from RC to RTM it did work :-)

Check out how to do it

IT Puls Tromsø - Slides for my session

Hi, my session on Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 on IT Puls Tromsø are ready for download if you want them.

Windows 8 have RTM'ed and the availability are as following

August 15th: Developers will be able to download the final version of Windows 8 via your MSDN subscriptions.

August 15th: IT professionals testing Windows 8 in organizations will be able to access the final version of Windows 8 through your TechNet subscriptions.

August 16th: Customers with existing Microsoft Software Assurance for Windows will be able to download Windows 8 Enterprise edition through the Volume License Service Center (VLSC), allowing you to test, pilot and begin adopting Windows 8 Enterprise within your organization.

August 16th: Microsoft Partner Network members will have access to Windows 8.

August 20th: Microsoft Action Pack Providers (MAPS) receive access to Windows 8.

September 1st: Volume License customers without Software Assurance will be able to purchase Windows 8 through Microsoft Volume License Resellers.

Read all about it here

Getting ready for Server 2012 and Windows 8: MAP 7 are now released

Just got an email that MAP 7 are ready and can be downloaded.

This is a copy of the mail:


Get ready for Windows Server 2012 with MAP 7.0!

The latest release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with tools to assess readiness for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.

Download MAP 7.0 on the Microsoft Download Center: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?&id=7826

TechEd Amsterdam: Windows 8 To Go

You want to check out Windows 8 and don't have hardware to spare, can't run virtual or if just want to check if your computer can run Windows 8 ?

Then you might try Window 8 To Go. You need a USB drive with some space available, running it on USB 3 will of course give faster speed, but I have runned it on several USB 2 disk (memory stick and USB 2/3 often got to hot, so I use disks instead) without problem. I runned the developer preview on a Lacie Rugged Disk 500 GB (7200 rpm) and did several session on it at NIC 2012 and Utmessan on this solution without any hickups or problems

System Center 2012 SP1 CTP 2 are now out

Service pack 1 will give alot of important stuff to the System Center 2012 family, for instance Windows 8(2012) support for Sccm and Scom. Also backup for de-duplication volumes will be supported in DPM.

Maybe the most exciting news for some people will be the support in SCCM for Mac OS and Linux and Unix servers.

For more info you can go here:

Graphical way of finding Windows 8 information

On Microsoft's msleap365.com learning page there have now been published a very nice page called  "Windows 8 Early Content"

The page are a graphical way of finding information about Windows 8, it's devided into sections:

Introduction
Developing Fundamentals
Developing Metro Applications
Advanced Development of Metro Apps
Hardware
Management
Networking
Security