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TechNet Webcast: Everything You Wanted to Know and Ask about Windows Deployment (Part 1)

Registration URL:  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9807963  or  http://bit.ly/JLTQLM

Date/ Time:    Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 9-10am (Pacific)

Abstract: In this demonstration-rich, question and answer webcast, Windows Product Manager Stephen Rose moderates an open conversation with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Product Manager Michael Niehaus and deployment guru Johan Arwidmark. They discuss the new Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 release as well as tips and tricks from the experts about using the Windows Deployment Toolkit.

TechNet Webcast: Everything You Wanted to Know and Ask about Windows Deployment (Part 2)

Registration URL:  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9807964   or  http://bit.ly/Kgny8y

Date/ Time:    Thursday, May 17, 2012  - 9-10am (Pacific)

Abstract: In this demonstration-rich, question and answer webcast, Windows Product Manager Stephen Rose moderates an open conversation with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Product Manager Michael Niehaus and deployment guru Johan Arwidmark. They discuss the new Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 release as well as tips and tricks from the experts about using the Windows Deployment Toolkit.

Will I save disk space with Windows Server 2012 Deduplication?

First thing first, Windows Server 8 beta will change name to Windows Server 2012. This was officially announced at MMS2012 and the release date will be later this year.In juni we will se the next test version, called "release candidate"

One of many new cool features are the disk deduplication, check out my blog post here for more info.

There is a tool to check out how much space you might save by using deduplication, but for now the tool are only available after you have enabled the file server feature on a Windows Server 2012 installation. And that's to bad since you might want to test out how much space you can save with an Windows Server 2012 upgrade.

But luckily there is a way to cheat....

Windows Server 8 Deduplication

The new deduplication in Windows Server 8 looks awesome, and it just might be the "killer app" for many business to start using Windows Server 8.

 The feature will make it possible for companies or servers that don't use SAN/NAS with deduplication to save disk space, alot if disk space.

Windows 8 Seminar in Bergen

Tuesday 20 March I will be holding an Windows 8 seminar for Mtug (www.mtug.no) Bergen.
I am going through what I consider to be the most important things that come in Windows 8 on both server and client side for enterprise usage.
It is a variant of the lecture I gave at NIC in January and UTmessan, Iceland in February, but more informal.

 Lecture will be given in Norwegian andIt will be held at EDB Ergogroup's offices at Bryggen 3-5, Bergen (Norway)  and as with all Mtug talks it's free.
Currently there are vacancies, but it's just posted so it might fill up fast.

Mtug is free to join and no obligations, just fun and Microsoft technology

To register go HERE

Windows Server 8 Beta, how to get started testing it out

The Windows Server 8 Beta are available for download and testing. Downloading it from here and installing it are no problem, but what to do when you have installed it might be harder to know.

There will always be clear visual differences you might want to check out, but sooner or later you just don't know what to test out or how to acctualy test it out.

Or maybe you just want a better structured lab.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview are out

The Windows 8 Comsumer Preview (what the more experienced geek would have called a beta) are now out. To download it and get more information you can go in here, this is the Springboard site, the best place to get all you information on both Windows 8 and Windows 7

And the Technet community at Microsoft are already ready for you questions and input here

If you want to try it out without installing it on your pc?
Try Windows To Go, how to do it you find here

Windows logo returns as a... Window

Just read the blog post of the Windows team here and I think the new logo (if it will be the selected design in the end) shows the changes in Windows 8.

It's easy to think that Windows 8 will be Windows 7 part 2 or Vista part 3. But it will soon be clear that this will be a change just as big or bigger than XP to Vista.

The comment why do you use a flag when it's called Windows.

Great idea with the new logo, but hopefully there will be some designers that will add some "bling" to it.