In development since 2009, announced officially at CES in early 2011, went through three different previews (Developer, Consumer and Release) and recently announced to be code complete, the final, code-complete, release to manufacturing version of Windows 8 is finally available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers. Check out the details after the jump.
Microsoft has just released Windows Home Server 2011 to its MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Both TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers can now evaluate Windows Home Server without any time limits what’s so ever.
Microsoft today has announced the availability of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build for both the MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers. TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers can now get to test & evaluate Windows 7 RC before the public roll out on May 5.
We are announcing the availability of Windows Home Server as a part of TechNet Plus and MSDN subscription downloads. Both TechNet Plus and MSDN subscribers can now evaluate Windows Home Server without any time limits what's so ever.
Microsoft has introduced a new educational platform which provides rich and interactive learning material for educators. Built upon the Microsoft .NET Framework, the Semblio platform will enable developers to reach new audiences and help create new business opportunities and revenue streams.
Thanks to some generous folks over at Microsoft who have given me 2 NFR copies of SQL Server 2008 Standard edition. I have kept one for myself and decided to give another away for free here at Redmond Pie.
The Visual Studio Team over at Microsoft has introduced a very useful learning package to help learn about computer programming. Whether you are a teacher, a student of an Algorithms course or just a plain hobbyist; this package with its powerful feature-set could really get you started with some of the basic computer programming paradigms.
Microsoft today released a new updated CTP for Windows Azure SDK and Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2008. Both the updates are labeled as January 2009 CTP.
Windows Azure SDK provides developers with the APIs, tools, documentation, and samples needed to develop Internet-scale applications that run on Windows Azure .
Got a MSDN or TechNet Plus subscription? If you are among those lucky people on earth with either of these two subscriptions then you can now immediately get hold of the betas of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
In his first keynote address at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of the Windows 7 operating system as well as the availability of the latest version of the Windows Live, a suite of personal communications services and applications.