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Hi Everyone, It is almost the end of year 2012. This is the time we look back the whole year, think about what we have accomplished and look forward to the new year. I hope it was a fruitful year for you. Year 2012 is a huge year for Microsoft. Many excitements around our new products and services. Here is a video. Enjoy! Last but not least, I would like to thank you for your time reading our blog here. See you soon in Year 2013. Happy New Year ! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ismMaczcCzo&feature=player_embedded&ytsession=ZkB_Eb-kHtahwejUH2edpuECwN-zXWbGN3eA7lIFvyMsFzlBcdccXHVAwTgp9NmVmkikFHSZxLjClmQhtePG5OQtTh_JKWkBfxecFKEl9GcLCQjTph87uuE11bqJ7mJ3Cg86ekcnOT7xbX9F2BqXS6dHIY4_V2FPnTNsdytZwSjrDHEZk-dyasoNc43dKX4xoe_wTEWtY3sD82miZVk65v8sSwNbOxhVc86QQDW6qN4[/youtube]

How simple is Windows 8? Here is literally a “small” Demonstration. It is done by Microsoft Portugal, but with English subtitles. Enjoy :) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ODFvy1mjoY[/youtube]

One of the exciting new network capabilities in Windows Server 2012 is Quality of Services (QoS). QoS technologies allow you to meet the service requirements of a workload or an application by measuring network bandwidth, detecting changing network conditions (such as congestion or availability of bandwidth), and prioritizing - or throttling - network traffic. For example, you can use QoS to prioritize traffic for latency-sensitive applications (such as voice or video streaming), and to control the impact of latency-insensitive traffic (such as bulk data transfers). QoS provides the following features. ...

Watch all videos from Build 2012 here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012 Build is Microsoft’s annual developer conference. This year’s Build on October 30 - 2 November in Redmond was especially memorable because of the key consumer product launches such as Windows 8, Surface, Windows Phone 8 and Office that represent a huge developer opportunity. Tickets were sold out within the first hour of sales, which is not surprise considering the great content and the fact that attendees were treated to a free Surface RT and 100GB of Skydrive storage! We know it’s pretty late, but we’ve spent some time sieving through the many videos and here are some of the key talks that stood out for us! ...

What is Storage Space? Storage Space in the nutshell is storage virtualization. It allows you to turn commodity server into a storage server almost like a SAN. Why Does Storage Space Matter? One important reason to virtualize is to have high availability, but it can be expensive. You always needed a share storage - SAN. Storage Space provides the SAN-like capabilities for your cluter or standalone server. Let’s face it, many organization cannot afford to have SAN everywhere. This provides a great alternative and allow IT to enable more high availability across the entire infrastructure. For small and medium size organization, IT can leverage it to have a enterprise grade deployment. Benefits and Limitations Some of the goals of Storage Spaces include the ability to: ...

Join the Big Nerd Ranch and Microsoft for this free, two-day training designed to jumpstart your Windows Store app development. You will learn the ins-and-outs of the Windows platform from iOS developers who are now building Windows apps. Sessions will follow a low-key, interactive format where iOS terms and concepts will be mapped to Windows alternates. You will also get hands-on time to apply what you’ve learned. Event Date Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Thursday Dec 13, 2012 - 9 to 5 PM Friday Dec 14, 2011 - 9 to 5 PM Event Location Live Stream: here You can register for the live stream here, then just point your browser to Channel 9 or to our registration site on the day of the event. You can also tune in at the Verge to watch the live stream. ...

Announcing the Early Experts Study Group for Singapore! Building on the efforts of the Early Experts group currently running in LinkedIn, the Singapore Windows User Group will be running a series of sessions and blog posts to help you prepare for your Windows Server 2012 exams. The series will focus on helping you achieve the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate certification. The content will be relevant to both those taking the individual exams in the track and to those who are upgrading their 2008 Certifications. ...

The Windows Server 2012 Rocks Community Roadshow is here! Windows Server 2012 is built from the cloud up, offering a scalable, dynamic, multitenant platform that allows IT to respond to business needs faster and more efficiently. Microsoft MVPs bring you all of the information you need to know—and provide demos to bring this technology to life! Join our industry experts and register for a Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow event today. ...

Well, Have you ever thought about the idea to use Public Cloud resources on demand to server as part of your datacenter? Many did, but how to securely connect the Public Cloud resources back to your own Datacenter and function as a collective unit is the biggest challenge. Well, Windows Azure has something to offer now. You can now connect Windows Azure Virtual Network to an on-premises network via site-to-site VPN connection as shown in diagram below. What is the requirement? You need a VPN gateway device in your on-premises datacenter. Here is the list of currently supported devices ...

The Windows 8 Start Screen is all about tiles. If you’ve got a website, it’s a good idea to customize your website’s tile for a great look when your users pin them onto their Windows 8 Start Screens. BuildMyPinnedSite is precisely for that and is now available in 42 languages! For web developers, using BuildMyPinned Site allows your website to get a tile on the Windows 8 Start Screen by simply typing in your site’s URL into the box! Check it out here: http://www.buildmypinnedsite.com/