E-Book Review – Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals, Preview Edition

In this post I am going to share my views on the E-Book which I finished reading in the recent time; it’s titled “Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals, Preview Edition (ISBN: 9780735696969)” authored by Ed Bott. The author is a well known award-winning technology journalist and wrote more than 25+ books earlier on Microsoft Windows and Office.

(Select the above link, download a copy of the eBook)

As I updated earlier, this book is a preview, a work in progress about a work in progress, lol. But it offers a great snapshot of the Windows 10 Technical Preview as of April 2015, on the eve of the BUILD Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. By design, this preview edition provides more detailed info and good book for IT Pro’s. Ed promises that he will revise and expand the content in this edition to reflect the finished product when the Windows 10 will be launched – that would be awesome for sure.

This book starts with an overview of the operating system, laying out the many changes to the user experience, and diving deep into deployment and management tools where it’s necessary. Also i can see that it’s not a in-depth guide or detailed book. But it will help you to understand how and when, to incorporate Windows 10 into your enterprise, based on your own organizational requirements. That’s the cool stuff with this book. If you’re an IT Pro, then you will find tips and tricks about the new user experience than your users want but more about management, deployment, and security in this book. I love the following info which is discussed in detail:

– Introduction about Windows 10
– Installing and deploying Windows 10
– Security
– Deploying and managing Windows Store apps
– Web browsing and Web apps
– Windows 10 Networking
– Virtualization and remote access
– Backup and recovery options in Windows 10
– Windows 10 on Phones and small tablets

So I would recommend this book; as it’s good for any IT Pro who wish to learn more about Windows 10 and it provides more detailed info, technical know-how, tips/tricks, insights. You can download a copy of the book in PDF format with Mobu and ePub formats as well.

Happy learning

Visual Studio “14”– First Community Technology Preview

On June 4th, we made available first community technology preview of the next version of Visual Studio 14.  This early build is focused on enabling feedback and testing from the Visual Studio community.  Based on Soma’s blog, Visual Studio "14" will most likely be available sometime in 2015, with a more complete preview release and final naming available later this year. 

Visual Studio "14" Community Technology Previews (CTPs) are early, pre-release versions of the next major release of Visual Studio. CTPs provide early adopters with an opportunity to try out the new and improved product features, and the ability to share feedback with the product team. Given that this is a very early build, please install in a test environment with no earlier versions of Visual Studio installed.

New features & known issues:
You can read about the new features and known issues in this first Visual Studio “14” CTP. Also, you may be interested to hear C++ improvements from Eric’s blog as well.

You can download the CTP from here.

How to share the feedback?

• To report a bug that you find, please use Microsoft Connect.
• To share ideas or suggestions you have, please use UserVoice.
• To give simple feedback, near the right side of the title bar in Visual Studio, choose the speech-bubble icon (), and then choose either Send a Smile or Send a Frown.

Office 15 begins Technical Preview

Are you ready for “Office 15”? Hough, CVP of Office Division announced in his blog that they reached an important milestone: the beginning of “Office 15” Technical Preview program. It also points that the Technical Preview program is already full, but everyone will have the opportunity to try the Office 15 public beta later this summer.

Outlook 2010 : How to configure multiple exchange accounts to a profile?

If you use Outlook 2010 (Technical Preview), you can notice couple of new improvements got added. With Outlook 2010, you can configure multiple Exchange Accounts to a profile – a new special feature introduced along with this.

In order to implement this, you need to use the following procedure/steps to do so using OCT (Office Customization tool):

1. From the root of the network installation point, run the following command line to start the Office Customization Tool: \serversharesetup.exe /admin

2. To edit an existing customization file (.msp), in the Select Product dialog box, click Open an existing Setup customization file. Or to create a new customization file, select the Office suite that you want to customize, and then click OK.

3. In the Outlook area, click Outlook profile. Select how you want to customize profiles for your users. To change an existing profile or to add a new profile, choose Modify Profile or New Profile.

4. To add and configure new and existing accounts, click Add accounts, and then click Customize additional Outlook profile and account information.

5. To add an Exchange account, click the Add button.

6. In the Add Accounts dialog box, select Exchange, and then click Next.

7. In the Exchange Settings dialog box, enter an account name and the name of the Exchange Server computer. If you want to identify the user by using a specific value, enter a User Name. Otherwise, leave the default %username% value for the User Name. Each user’s account information in the Active Directory directory service will be automatically populated for the profile.

8. If you want to change an existing Exchange account in a user’s profile, select the Overwrite existing Exchange accounts check box.

9. Click More Settings for additional Exchange configuration options such as Cached Exchange Mode and Outlook Anywhere, and then click OK.

10. When you are finished, click Finish.

11. To add an additional Exchange account, repeat steps 5-10.

12. If you are creating a new profile, add the Outlook Address Book account to the profile. This account allows you to use the Contacts folder in your Exchange mailbox as an address book when you create e-mail messages.

13. After you have finished all your customizations, save the customization file (.msp) and exit the OCT. Put the .msp file in the Office installation source Updates folder. Install the Microsoft Office 2010 from the original installation source.

Please note:

• More Info: If you want to hear more about this feature, you can read this article posted by Andrew Sullivan, Outlook Program Manager.
• Modify/Remove exchange accounts: In order to You can easily modify or remove an Exchange account from a profile by using almost the same procedure as previously described in Add multiple Exchange accounts to a profile. In step 5, highlight the Exchange account that you want to modify or remove from the profile, and then click either Modify to modify or Remove to remove the account. Then, finish your customizations and save the customization file (.msp)

Try this out and enjoy the new feature of Outlook 2010!!

Windows Mobile: Windows Live Mesh Tech Preview for Windows Mobile 6.x

I am using Windows Live Mesh for a while – even i forget to carry my pen drive, now a days i don’t care whether i work on my PC or on my Windows Mobile. Thanks for Live Mesh for helping me out to change the way, that i work!!

With Live Mesh, you can synchronize files with all of your devices, so you always have the latest versions handy. Access your files from any device or from the web, easily share them with others, and get notified whenever someone changes a file. Working on one computer, but need a program from another? No problem. Use Live Mesh to connect to your other computer and access its desktop as if you were sitting right in front of it.

Live Mesh is as easy as sync , share , and access. It is a great service that lets you sync devices or store it online from where you can access them from anywhere. It’s currently available as a tech preview and if you’re signed up you can sync multiple devices across. Last time, when i logged into the Mesh Official page i found the team released Live Mesh for mobiles as well. Currently it support Windows Mobile 6.x.

If you want to access then you have two ways to go -  (1) login to http://m.mesh.com (2) by logging into your Mesh Desktop and trying to add a device.

For devices using Windows Mobile 6 or 6.1

Option 1:Install the software directly to your device

Go to mesh.com from your device browser to download and install this software.

Option 2:Download the software to your PC and connect your device

1. Download and save the Live Mesh installer to your PC. Click here to download the installer
2. Connect your device to your PC using Windows Mobile Device Center, and copy the installer onto your device.
3. From your device, locate the installer using File Explorer and open the file to begin installation.

When you have installed the software onto the device, it will appear with all of your other devices in the device ring.

For all other devices:

Use mesh.com from your mobile browser to access folders and the latest news in your mesh.

Have questions from Office 2010 International Customers?

Are you try with Office 2010 and got questions that needs to be answered like the following:

* Is the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview available in my language?
* Even though the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview is not available in my language, can I still input text and edit files using my language?
* Where can I find more information about Microsoft Office 2010 proofing tools?

you can find answers for the above and more on the Office International blog post