Windows 8 releasing on October 28th 2012

  7:12 AM    Santosh

Today Microsoft has announced the date of much waited new operating system,Windows 8. Now the official lauch date of Windows 8 is 26th October 2012. This new announced on Windows Team Blog.

Windows 8 features two separate interfaces the traditional desktop version, with normal start bar and icons as well as a new touch-friendly "Metro" interface. In Windows 8 Many key apps, including Internet Explorer, have been redesigned to run in Metro.

I am expecting few other relealsed along woth Windows 8 such as Windows Server 2012,Microsoft Office 2013, Microsoft Lync Server 2013, Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 etc.

October 26th is one of the biggest days in Microsoft history.

  

Microsoft Office 2013 available for download Customer Preview

  8:46 AM    Santosh

Today Microsoft released much waited Microsoft Office 2013. Office 2013 is optimized for touchsceens & traditional desktops and its definitly targeted to Windows 8.

Now you can download & test Microsoft Office 2013 Customer preview from below URL
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en

You can install 64 bit & 32 bit version of MIcrosoft Office 2013 online.. INstallation is little bit slow but its worth to test Office 2013. For me specially Microsoft Lync client 2013 which is incorporated with Office 2013 setup..

 



  

Download Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Preview

  6:02 AM    Santosh

Microsoft has released Microsoft Lync server 2013 Preview for its customer. Microsoft Lync 2013 is an enterprise-ready unified communications platform. Lync connects people everywhere, on Windows 8 and other devices, as part of their everyday productivity experience. Lync provides a consistent, single client experience for presence, instant messaging, voice, HD video, and conferencing, and eliminates the need to use a VPN for encryption. Lync 2013 supports HD video conferencing and takes advantage of Windows 8 “touch first” capabilities to provide fast, natural, hands-on control of communications.

Features
Multi-Party HD Video
1080p Peer to Peer and Multiparty video
H.264 SVC Support
Skype Federation: Presence, IM, Peer-to-Peer Voice.
Voice/Video over Lync Web App
Lync Mobile VoIP
Now Archiving and Monitoring Server Roles can be co-located on Front End

Download Lync Server 2013 Public Beta

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