With Windows 8 comes the new modern UI which greatly enhances our abilities to provide a more immersive experience to the end user when it comes to Apps. In this article I will outline the steps for enabling administrators to push internal apps to client workstations via the process known as “sideloading.” Read more
Updated 01/18/2013 – I recently noticed that my Gmail contacts were not synced to my Microsoft Surface. It appears that the contacts are not something that are pulled over when you set up your Gmail account on the Surface. You have two options, first you can remove the Gmail account and when you re-add the account select the checkbox during the setup wizard that states: “Include Contacts and Calendar.” It seems I missed this the first time around. Your other option is to follow this article below to permanently migrate those contacts to your Microsoft Live account. So what we can do is import the contacts into the Microsoft Live account, and from that point forward, we will use Read more
Hey folks, just a simple post on a common topic that I receive at my Pro Camps. In this blog post we will be connecting to a non-domain joined Windows 2012 Server with the Remote Server Administration Tool(RSAT). In order to do this requires a Powershell command to be run on the Windows 8 client machine before attempting to connect to the workgroup server. You will need to launch Read more
In the last article we installed Windows Server 2012 in Core Mode but we still need to configure the server. Now we are going to walk through various options and configuration methods. You will want to take note of two commands right away, since the only window you will see in Core mode by default is the command prompt. By typing in “help” at the prompt then hitting “enter” you will find a list of commands available for general system maintenance. The command I will be focusing on in this lesson is “sconfig.cmd”.
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If you are like me, I have put off installing Windows Server in Core mode because frankly seeing the OS in a graphical interface helps me think. However, we are now living in an age where the remote configuration tools are so rich and simplified that it’s high time I got around to diving in to the GUI-less server mode. So let’s get started! Read more
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My wife has been using her new Surface pretty much non-stop since we bought it on opening day. She has only had one complaint. “Why is there no Facebook App? Sure there is the People app but I like Facebook.” So I told her no problem, lets make a Facebook “app”. This literally takes 2 minutes at most! Read more
In the Atlanta #Microsoft office today for the #Windows8 DevCamp, and we are at max capacity! The Windows 8 excitement is building, are you a part of it? Tomorrow is the Hackathon where developers will be building the next Windows 8 and Server 2012 apps. Exciting times at Microsoft!
