Microsoft Office 2013 Preview

Now Office 2013 launched recently, now its not available for users may be its available for User after 1st or 2nd month of 2013.

Personally I like office 2013, Metro looks and ready for touch screens. Multi colored Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. Each app supports a new color-coded start screen—blue for Word, green for Excel, orange for PowerPoint, green for Publisher.


Like the other applications’ start screens, the one for Word displays a list of recent documents. Though creating a blank
document is the default option, you can alternatively select a template, search online for templates, or click Open Other Documents to search for a document on disk or in a SkyDrive folder. These screens will help new users find their way around more easily, and experienced users will appreciate having all of their options in one place at startup. The top right of the screen shows details of the SkyDrive account that you are currently logged in to use.


SkyDrive Integration
Wow , the next feature I like personally and I know like too , Office 2013 is designed to integrate with the cloud—with SkyDrive and SharePoint, in particular. That’s good news if you prefer to save your work online for anywhere-access, though most small businesses and individuals still save files locally. If you use SkyDrive, the account details will appear in the top left corner of all the application screens, as well as on their start screens. Click your account details to switch accounts and to manage them. When you save a document, worksheet, or presentation, the application will default to saving to your SkyDrive account, but you can save to your local disk if you wish.




PDF Editing
In the past you could save a Word document as a PDF file, but until now you couldn’t edit PDFs in Word without first converting them to Doc or DocX format. The new Word 2013 can open PDF files, edit them there, and then save them as either DocX files or PDFs. When opened in Word, the file retains the structure of the PDF file, even for elements such as tables. This advance will be a big plus for many users, who can simply open a PDF and get straight to work.

Setting Up Domain Controller With Windows Server 2012 Part2

In Previous Post we have seen how to install Windows 2012 Server.Here is the next part of that document , how to configure ADDS role.

          OK , Now on Windows 2012 Server dcpromo has been deprecated

In order to make the windows server 2012 domain controller we will install ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services) role from the server manager on Windows Server 2012. Provide logical name to server and setup IP Address.

The Changing of name of the server is same method,

Ok Next we are going to Install AD Role, open Server Manager.

                  Here is the Steps, which was already we used before, 

On Installation Type page, select the first option “Role-based or Feature-based         Installation“.

On the “Server Selection” Page, select a server from the server pool and click next.

To install AD DS, select Active Directory Domain Services in turn it will pop-up to add other ADDS related tools. Click on Add Features.

After clicking “Add Features” above, you will be able to click “Next >” as shown in the screen below.

On the “Select Features” Page, Group Policy Management feature automatically installed during the promotion. Click next.

On the “Active Directory Domain Services” page, it gives basic information about AD DS. Click Next

On the “Confirmation” Page, You need to confirm this to continue with this configuration. It will provide you an option to export the configuration settings and also if you want the server to be restarted automatically as required,

After clicking “Install” the selected role binaries will be installed on the server.

After “Active Directory Domain Services” role binaries have been installed and now it is time to promote the server to a Domain Controller.

The Next part Coming Soon, 

74% of organizations have no plans to deploy Windows 8 !!!!!!!

 Its copied from Tech Republic

Rejected: 74% of organizations have no plans to deploy Windows 8

By Bill Detwiler

November 1, 2012, 9:03 AM PDT

Takeaway: TechRepublic’s Windows 8 Business Intentions study reveals that 74% of businesses have no plans to deploy Windows 8, and the new, touch-centric user interface is a driving factor in the decision.

Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has described Windows 8 as “a generational change” the likes of which hasn’t been made since Windows 95. With Windows 8, Microsoft hopes to move its flagship OS beyond the PC into the fast-growing tablet market. But, according to TechRepublic Pro and ZDNet research, Microsoft hasn’t convinced many IT decision makers that Windows 8 is an essential OS upgrade.
In October 2012, we asked TechRepublic members to share with us their organization’s plans for Windows 8. Over 1,200 people responded, and we compiled the data into our Windows 8 Business Intentions report. The following are five key takeaways from the report.

• 73.7 percent of respondents say their organizations have no plans to deploy Windows 8, with 23.8 percent reporting that they will skip the OS altogether. By comparison, a 2009 ScriptLogic survey (PDF) found that 59.3 percent of 1,100 respondents had no current plans to deploy Windows 7.

• Only 15.8 percent of respondents who run Windows XP or an earlier version as their organization’s primary OS say they plan to deploy Windows 8. This is far below the 29.7 percent of those running Windows 7 and the 50 percent of those running Windows Vista who plan to deploy Windows 8.

• Security and tablet/mobile integration top the list of factors rated important by respondents who plan to deploy Windows 8. 61.2 percent of respondents rated tablet/mobile integration a 4 or 5 in importance.
• The Windows 8 style UI and associated end-user training requirements are off-putting to many respondents. 41.4 percent of respondents rated the Metro user interface (now called the Windows 8 style or Modern style UI) as very important to their company’s decision not to deploy Windows 8. Open-ended responses from those without plans to deploy Windows 8 further illustrate respondents’ concerns with the new UI.

• The number of respondents in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the US with plans to deploy Windows 8 was lower than in China, India, and Southeast Asia. Of all the regions, the US was lowest, with just 24.6 percent of respondents reporting current deployment plans.

These are just a few of the data points the study uncovered. The full Windows 8 Business Intentions: Deployment Plans, Driving Factors, Roadblocks, and Strategies includes the following:

• A breakdown of Windows 8 deployment plans by organization size, primary geographic location, and industry sector
• An in-depth look at the factors important in the decision to deploy Windows 8, such as upgrade price, administration tools, and cloud integration
• Additional analysis of the driving factor behind the decision not to deploy Windows 8, such as time, resource, and budget constraints
• A look at the business leaders involved in making the Windows 8 deployment decision
• A complete breakdown of deployment strategies — staggered, mass deployment, or hardware refresh
• Information on the percentage of computers that organizations will move to Windows 8

Download the full Windows 8 Business Intentions report.

More TechRepublic Pro original research on the horizon

TechRepublic Pro, TechRepublic’s premium service, provides information that IT leaders need to solve today’s toughest IT problems and make informed decisions. The Windows 8 Business Intentions: Deployment Plans, Driving Factors, Roadblocks, and Strategies report is the first of many original pieces of research we’re working on. In the coming months, we’ll look at big data, machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, SMB IT innovation, managing a mobile enterprise, and more.
While Windows 8 Business Intentions is free for all TechRepublic and ZDNet members, future reports will be reserved for TechRepublic Pro members or available for one-off purchase through the TechRepublic store. Visit www.techrepublic.com/pro for information on becoming a member.