Windows 7, only better Windows 8 is built on the rock-solid foundation of Windows 7, but it′s been enhanced on all fronts. You can install Windows 8 on the same hardware that powers Windows Vista & Windows 7, & you′ll love how it works on new devices, too. Windows 8 was designed with Windows 7 apps in mind, because you probably have older apps you need to use. In addition to the new look of the Start Screen, Windows 8 incorporates the desktop that you′re familiar with. Think of the desktop as one of the many apps you can run in Windows 8. In the desktop, you′ll see all the settings, devices & features you used in Windows 7?and you can run the desktop apps you ran in Windows 7, too. Cloud-connected with your Microsoft account Sign in to your Windows 8 device with your Microsoft account & you′re immediately connected to the people, files & settings you care about. Your PC comes to life with all the things that make Windows yours, including your Start page, themes, language preferences, browsing history & browser favourites. You can connect your favourite services to your Microsoft account, too, like Hotmail, Messenger, Facebook, Linked In, Twitter & more. & you can immediately get to your photos, docs & other files, whether they′re on Sky Drive, Facebook, Flickr or other services. It's all about the apps In the Windows Store, you can search for or browse great apps, all grouped in easy-to-find categories. We highlight great apps for you & provide quick access to frequently downloaded apps. You can also see how other people have rated apps. You′ll always know what′s interesting, new & popular. You won′t have to worry about buying something you don′t want because you can try before you buy, if the app supports it. If you try an app & like it, you can buy it & continue using the full app with no interruption. You won′t waste time or lose your place. ...

A beautiful Start Vibrant & beautiful, the Start screen is the new face of Windows. Each tile on the Start screen is connected to a person, app, or whatever else is important to you, & lights up with the latest info. A new era of PCs Sleek & lightweight, with fast startup times & long battery life, Windows 8 PCs are built for work & play. If you prefer a touchscreen, a mouse & keyboard, or both, there's a perfect PC for you. Serious. Fun. Go from full-screen game to spreadsheet in one swipe, or snap them side-by-side & do both. Catch up with friends, zip through your files, & get things done faster than ever. & more There's much more to come. Come back to this site on October 26, 2012 for the full unveiling of Windows 8 & to download it at a great price. Or reserve your copy at a participating retailer today. Pick your next PC Participating retailers are offering sneak peeks of the new Windows tablets & PCs. ...

Everything you already love. & a lot more. The familiar made better When you get a new touchscreen tablet or PC, you can still work the way you always have, with a mouse, keyboard, & the Windows desktop. & start-up times are faster, battery life is longer, & security is built in. Make it about you See up to four apps on your screen at a time so you can work & play the way you want, & flow smoothly from one thing to another. Now with more ways to personalize?more tile sizes, more colors, & more backgrounds. Search once, go anywhere Bing smart search gives you results from your PC, your apps, & the web. Results are in a clean, graphic view so you can go where you want right from the search results. Play a song, open an app or call a friend. Just tap & do. Get great apps Open the Windows Store right from your Start screen to browse & download apps for cooking, photos, sports, news, & a lot more?many of them free. Sort by price, rating, & category. Find old favorites & hot new apps. ...

Everything you already love. & a lot more. The familiar made better When you get a new touchscreen tablet or PC, you can still work the way you always have, with a mouse, keyboard, & the Windows desktop. & start-up times are faster, battery life is longer, & security is built in. Make it about you See up to four apps on your screen at a time so you can work & play the way you want, & flow smoothly from one thing to another. Now with more ways to personalize?more tile sizes, more colors, & more backgrounds. Search once, go anywhere Bing smart search gives you results from your PC, your apps, & the web. Results are in a clean, graphic view so you can go where you want right from the search results. Play a song, open an app or call a friend. Just tap & do. Get great apps Open the Windows Store right from your Start screen to browse & download apps for cooking, photos, sports, news, & a lot more?many of them free. Sort by price, rating, & category. Find old favorites & hot new apps. ...

Everything you already love. & a lot more. The familiar made better When you get a new touchscreen tablet or PC, you can still work the way you always have, with a mouse, keyboard, & the Windows desktop. & start-up times are faster, battery life is longer, & security is built in. Make it about you See up to four apps on your screen at a time so you can work & play the way you want, & flow smoothly from one thing to another. Now with more ways to personalize?more tile sizes, more colors, & more backgrounds. Search once, go anywhere Bing smart search gives you results from your PC, your apps, & the web. Results are in a clean, graphic view so you can go where you want right from the search results. Play a song, open an app or call a friend. Just tap & do. Get great apps Open the Windows Store right from your Start screen to browse & download apps for cooking, photos, sports, news, & a lot more?many of them free. Sort by price, rating, & category. Find old favorites & hot new apps. ...

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- Annual fee (OVS-Education Solutions) Windows Multi Point Server is a simple, cost-effective way
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides unprecedented levels of system uptime, the latest security advances, & the scalability to support the growth of mission-critical applications. It also provides a cost-effective way to realize the benefits of virtualization. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise is an optimal operating system for servers running applications such as networking, messaging, inventory, databases, & customer service systems. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise contains all the features of Windows Server R2 2008 Standard plus: High Availability Providing uninterrupted business services to employees, vendors, & partners around the clock has become a critical business factor for global businesses. Remote employees & international customers & partners need to have continuous access to systems & data. A disruption in services can result in diminished productivity & lost opportunities. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides high availability for mission-critical applications such as databases, messaging systems, & file & print services through such features as failover clustering, Server Core, fault-tolerant memory synchronization, & cross-file replication (DFS-R). Failover Clustering Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise offers robust, rapid failover clustering that is easy to set up & manage. The multiple servers (or nodes) in a failover cluster remain in constant communication; if a node becomes unavailable (due to failure or planned maintenance, for example), another node immediately begins providing the service. Users′ access continues, uninterrupted. Failover clustering in Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise supports up to 16 nodes & provides:
- Dynamic failover for both planned & unplanned server downtime;
- Scalability by adding nodes as your needs increase;
- Geographically dispersed clustering for even more disaster-tolerant clusters. Server Core High availability is also about avoiding downtime before it occurs. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise enables you to take advantage of Server Core, a minimal installation of Windows Server 2008. With Server Core, you can remove the functions & drivers that are nonessential to your workloads, leaving only the necessary subsystems required for the supported server roles. This capability provides you with a more reliable, secure server that is optimized for running the most demanding applications & services, & that requires less patching & servicing. Fault-Tolerant Memory Synchronization Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides fault-tolerant memory synchronization, which lets systems request that the operating system copy a current instance of Windows to another system. The two identical memory images can then operate in lock step, providing complete hardware fault tolerance (similar to RAID 1 mirroring for hard drives). Cross-File Replication Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise features cross-file replication, which can scan a group of files & replicate a single section of data to several files. By replicating similar files only once, cross-file replication can result in significant reduction in replication traffic across your network. Cost-Effective Virtualization Many organizations find that patch management, resource utilization, maintenance costs, & server sprawl are among their biggest challenges. Server virtualization technology can aid in meeting all of these challenges & lets you consolidate your resources & realize significant infrastructure & management cost savings. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides an ideal platform for enterprise-scale virtualization through Hyper-V, a flexible, high-performance virtualization technology. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise licenses include the use right to run up to four additional virtual instances of Windows Server with one server that is licensed with Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. This gives you a cost-effective way to virtualize & deliver significant value to your organization by:
- Logically consolidating servers & streamlining management;
- Reducing the costs associated with power, cooling, & data center space;
- Using virtual machines for high availability, further reducing server sprawl. Further advantages can be gained by utilizing Live Migration, a new cluster functionality in Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise that gives you greater control over your virtual machine environment. If a host server requires scheduled or unscheduled downtime, another server is ready to seamlessly begin hosting the virtual machines. Increased Scalability As people access information from increasingly heterogeneous environments, devices, & systems, there is a constant need not only to securely make information available, but also to increase productivity. IT infrastructures must remain flexible & scalable to help support, manage, & secure expanded functionality, an influx of additional users & locations, & increasingly robust applications. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides the headroom to meet spikes in demand for business-critical applications, enabling you to maintain or increase productivity as your mobile workforce expands. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise provides:
- Support for up to eight x 64 sockets to handle peak demands;
- Memory capacity of 2 terabytes to support resource-intensive applications;
- Support for an unlimited number of virtual private network (VPN) connections;
- Authentication & authorization for an unlimited number of network access service & network policy server connections;
- Virtually unlimited Remote Services Gateway connections. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise also enhances scalability through Hot Add Memory, a feature that enables banks of memory to be added to a computer & made instantly available to the operating system & applications as part of the normal memory pool without rebooting. Enhanced Security with Advanced Identity & Access Management Today, employees are doing more business in more places?and on a wider variety of devices. At the same time, information loss, whether via outright theft or accidental leakage, is a growing concern for many enterprises. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise delivers advanced identity & access management with features that productively secure remote access to keep people productive while securely managing the flow of data in a security-enhanced environment. The authentication architecture in Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise helps you guard against malicious software attacks & helps prevent data & confidential information from being distributed inappropriately. Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise enables you to:
- Provide federated access to internal resources for external users through Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS);
- Improve security features & more easily ensure regulatory & privacy compliance with Advanced Certificate Services;
- Gather more audit detail for management & compliance with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).













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With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on our experience of building & operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organization's unique needs. Beyond Virtualization Offers a dynamic, multitenant infrastructure to help you scale & secure workloads & build a private cloud. Windows Server 2012 can help you provide: Complete Virtualization Platform A fully-isolated, multitenant environment with tools that can help guarantee service level agreements, enable usage-based chargeback, & support self-service delivery. enhanced Scalability & Performance A high-density, scalable environment that you can modify to perform at an optimum level based on your needs. Connecting to Cloud Services A common identity & management framework to enable highly secure & reliable cross-premises connectivity. The Power of Many Servers, the Simplicity of One Delivers a highly available & easy to manage cloud-optimized platform. Windows Server 2012 can help you provide: Flexible Storage Diverse storage choices that can help you achieve high performance, availability, & storage resource efficiency through virtualization & storage conservation. Continuous Availability New & enhanced features that provide cost-effective, highly available services with protection against a wide range of failure scenarios. Management Efficiency Automation of a broad set of management tasks & simplified deployment of workloads as you move toward full, lights-out automation. Every App, Any Cloud Offers a cloud-optimized server platform that gives you the flexibility to build & deploy applications & websites on-premises, in the cloud, or across both. Windows Server 2012 can help you deliver: Flexibility to Build On-Premises & in the Cloud A consistent set of tools & frameworks that enables developers to build symmetrical or hybrid applications across the datacenter & the cloud. A Scalable & Elastic Infrastructure New features to help you increase website density & efficiency, plus frameworks, services, & tools to increase the scalability & elasticity of modern applications. An Open Web & App Development Environment An open platform that enables mission-critical applications & provides enhanced support for open standards, open-source applications, & various development languages. Modern Workstyle, Enabled Provides users with flexible access to data & applications while simplifying management & maintaining security, control, & compliance. Windows Server 2012 can help you offer: Access to Applications & Data from Virtually Anywhere, Any Device Seamless, on-demand access to virtualized work environments from virtually anywhere. A Full Windows Experience Anywhere A personalized & rich user experience from virtually any device that adapts to different network conditions quickly & responsively. Enhanced Data Security & Compliance Granular access to data & corporate resources based on strong identity, data classification, & centralized policy administration & auditing. ...

With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft delivers a server platform built on our experience of building & operating many of the world's largest cloud-based services & datacenter. Whether you are setting-up a single server for your small business or architecting a major new datacenter environment, Windows Server 2012 will help you cloud-optimize your IT so you can fully meet your organization's unique needs. Beyond Virtualization Offers a dynamic, multitenant infrastructure to help you scale & secure workloads & build a private cloud. Windows Server 2012 can help you provide: Complete Virtualization Platform A fully-isolated, multitenant environment with tools that can help guarantee service level agreements, enable usage-based chargeback, & support self-service delivery. enhanced Scalability & Performance A high-density, scalable environment that you can modify to perform at an optimum level based on your needs. Connecting to Cloud Services A common identity & management framework to enable highly secure & reliable cross-premises connectivity. The Power of Many Servers, the Simplicity of One Delivers a highly available & easy to manage cloud-optimized platform. Windows Server 2012 can help you provide: Flexible Storage Diverse storage choices that can help you achieve high performance, availability, & storage resource efficiency through virtualization & storage conservation. Continuous Availability New & enhanced features that provide cost-effective, highly available services with protection against a wide range of failure scenarios. Management Efficiency Automation of a broad set of management tasks & simplified deployment of workloads as you move toward full, lights-out automation. Every App, Any Cloud Offers a cloud-optimized server platform that gives you the flexibility to build & deploy applications & websites on-premises, in the cloud, or across both. Windows Server 2012 can help you deliver: Flexibility to Build On-Premises & in the Cloud A consistent set of tools & frameworks that enables developers to build symmetrical or hybrid applications across the datacenter & the cloud. A Scalable & Elastic Infrastructure New features to help you increase website density & efficiency, plus frameworks, services, & tools to increase the scalability & elasticity of modern applications. An Open Web & App Development Environment An open platform that enables mission-critical applications & provides enhanced support for open standards, open-source applications, & various development languages. Modern Workstyle, Enabled Provides users with flexible access to data & applications while simplifying management & maintaining security, control, & compliance. Windows Server 2012 can help you offer: Access to Applications & Data from Virtually Anywhere, Any Device Seamless, on-demand access to virtualized work environments from virtually anywhere. A Full Windows Experience Anywhere A personalized & rich user experience from virtually any device that adapts to different network conditions quickly & responsively. Enhanced Data Security & Compliance Granular access to data & corporate resources based on strong identity, data classification, & centralized policy administration & auditing. ...

An ideal server for small businesses, Windows Server 2012 Essentials (the latest version of Windows Small Business Server Essentials) provides a powerful & flexible solution that helps protect your business data while allowing you to access the information you need from virtually anywhere by using almost any device. Windows Server 2012 Essentials provides easier setup, installation, & migration experiences, a simplified management experience, & better network-wide security features. It incorporates the latest Microsoft technologies for management, networking, data storage & backup, security, & document & printer sharing. Windows Server 2012 Essentials provides integration capabilities for cloud-based applications & services, allowing you the flexibility to choose the best environment for your line-of-business & collaboration solutions. Windows Server 2012 Essentials means that you can retain core network & security features in your local environments, & also

Includes:: technologies to enable robust integration with cloud-based services. This allows end-users to work in ways that are familiar to them, while at the same time making it easier to take advantage of the growing set of offerings available in the cloud through platforms such as Microsoft Office 365 & Windows Azure.

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