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Now available: Windows Azure Backup and HDInsight, new MVA courses and live events

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Volume 15, Issue 25 | October 30, 2013




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Windows Azure Backup is now generally available
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise

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Windows Server 2012 R2

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Windows Intune 30-day trial

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Want to win an Xbox One or Surface Pro 2? Check out the Power BI demo contest


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Edge Show: Integration of Virtual Machine Manager with Operations Manager in System Center 2012 R2


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Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V component architecture poster and Hyper-V mini posters


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Free training from MVA: Windows Application Compatibility and Migration


Only a few months remain until Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014. In a free course from Microsoft Virtual Academy, Microsoft Architect Chris Jackson leads you through the application migration process to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.



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Moving from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 at Microsoft: Quick reference guide


Discover how Microsoft IT deployed the Windows 8.1 beta to more than 20,000 computers. Find out how easy it was to upgrade systems from the earlier
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