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Just downloading it now, will load it up in VMware Workstation once downloaded...

The Enterprise edition is here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn798751.aspx?ocid=wc-mscom-wol

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stryder144

Thanks for the link! I'm going to install it tonight in a virtual environment. Looking forward to it!

Asif Dasl

No problem, looking forward to it myself!

If you need to check the file hash - this is a great little addition to Windows Explorer...

RomBUS

Awesome stuff! Thank you

Is anyone having trouble signing in to download the trial from the Eval center?

stryder144

I had no problems at all.

Asif Dasl

I really like it, Microsoft is back in business!
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It took me exactly an hour to download.
It took me 10 minutes to install from start to finish (VMware Tools) - On an i7-4700HQ with RAID-0 SSDs - no exaggeration.
Much improved start menu.
Resizable windowed or fullscreen apps.
Charms are gone.
4 Window snap assist is a welcome addition.
Multiple desktops but I already use Dexpot already so nothing new there.
It has IE-11 on it, so will still be using Chrome so!
Very like Windows 7/8/8.1 mashed up in a blender that I think it will appeal to most people & enterprises.

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You know the way people said Windows 7 was what Windows Vista should have been, well Windows 10 is what Windows 8 should have been.

Much will change, it needs polishing - it's a technical preview and we still have the release candidates to come but hopefully not too much will change, I like this very much I must say...

Surge

Thanks for the heads-up ! Getting this rolling in the lab now so I can check it out.

VinnyCisco

Left a screenshot below. Running it on a VMware ESX server I have setup at home. They have blended the Windows 7 Start Menu and Windows 8 Tile Menu together.

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Tyb

I went ahead and dove in and installed it on my work machine, worse case I will have to reimage. I just hope that they get the remote admin tools out quickly. So far I am liking what MS has done, only glitch we have found so far is the scroll bar will flicker in some windows.

J_86

Anyone else trying this out in VirtualBox? I got it to install with no problems, but I can't get full screen mode to work because the guest additions will not install..

I noticed they included Skype right out of the box with this.

Qord

Tyb wrote: »

I went ahead and dove in and installed it on my work machine, worse case I will have to reimage. I just hope that they get the remote admin tools out quickly..

I did the same, "upgraded" my D630 from Windows 8 to this. Office 2013 works fine, although it had to "reconfigure" itself. Only issue I've noticed so far is that RSAT broke, so no more MMC for me.

Tyb

Download Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 Technical Preview from Official Microsoft Download Center looks like they got the RSAT tools out pretty quick.

srabiee

Have any of you guys tried the Windows Server "Next" technical preview? I'm curious to hear about some of the new features and technologies that are being rolled out in this version.

stryder144

Posting from Windows 10 Technical Preview running inside VMware Workstation 10. No issues installing the VMware Tools, so it is running in full-screen mode. Very nice. I like what Microsoft did to it. The only thing that confuses me is that the task bar is on the top of the screen.

alokin123

i wish they would just get rid of the windows store apps from the start menu. It just looks really silly merging half of the old start menu and the metro UI. I'm probably the only one but i dont really like it

srabiee

I agree. Honestly, I wish they would just do away with "apps" altogether when it comes to the desktop or enterprise workstation. It's not a damn tablet or phone, "apps" just get in the way and remind me of the identity crisis that is/was Windows 8. I think that aspect of Windows 10 is still going to be rejected by many consumers.

Asif Dasl

srabiee wrote: »

Have any of you guys tried the Windows Server "Next" technical preview? I'm curious to hear about some of the new features and technologies that are being rolled out in this version.

Just tried it this morning... download was unbelievably fast, like 10 minutes for 4.3 GB!.. install was about 5 minutes, crazy fast... Looks identical to Server 2012 but with a Windows 10 start menu. These are the new features:

What's New in the Windows Server Next Preview | Windows Server content from Windows IT Pro

srabiee wrote: »

I agree. Honestly, I wish they would just do away with "apps" altogether when it comes to the desktop or enterprise workstation. It's not a damn tablet or phone, "apps" just get in the way and remind me of the identity crisis that is/was Windows 8. I think that aspect of Windows 10 is still going to be rejected by many consumers.

I disagree... and it's going to stay whether you like it or not, Apps are the central reason for the cross platform roll-out of Windows 10. Microsoft doesn't care if you are using a phone, tablet, laptop, PC or Xbox - you are getting the same style interface and app store. It wasn't joined up right the first time, I think they will get it right this time around. Developers will now be able to develop an App for just one platform Windows and know that they will be able to access right across the spectrum of devices.

Asif Dasl

Just noticed this on twitter/reddit - the possible reason why they jumped version 9...

cranbourne comments on New Windows Version will be called Windows 10

Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form

if (version.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{ /* 95 and 98 */
}
else {

and that this was the pragmatic solution to avoid that.

Sounds very plausible...

Snow.bros

Why are they skipping to windows 10 I was expecting windows 9?

jibbajabba

Snow.bros wrote: »

Why are they skipping to windows 10 I was expecting windows 9?

See post right above yours

Asif Dasl wrote: »

Just noticed this on twitter/reddit - the possible reason why they jumped version 9...

cranbourne comments on New Windows Version will be called Windows 10

MTciscoguy

I really don't care what they call it, as long as they have fixed some of the irritations and miss steps with it.