Related posts:        – This Post – almost RTM – Search Service Issue – Sharepoint RTM – Setup and Install

Today, I’m proud to let you know some of the great news!

This year, Microsoft is going to launch a lot of amazing products! So the first previews of some of those are now out and ready for you to be evaluated

Please watch CEO Steve Ballmer sharing Microsoft’s news from San Francisco press conference:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/office/liveevent.aspx

 

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Preview:

The official public preview can be downloaded here:

Download Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Preview!

Note!  Preview is currently only available in english, japanese and spain.

 

SharePoint 2013 for IT pros
Explore the new SharePoint details about installation, upgrade, migration, and services

• SharePoint 2013 IT pro reviewers’ guide
• What’s changed in SharePoint 2013
• What’s new in social computing
• What’s new in web content management

more

50 videos available! see here the full list on Vesa Juvonen’s blog: 
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vesku/archive/2012/07/17/sharepoint-2013-it-pro-and-developer-training-materials-released.aspx 
or http://technet.microsoft.com/sharepoint/fp123606

 

Community and Discussion Forums: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointitpropreview/threads

 

 

Plan your test environment:

• Hardware and software requirements
• Plan authentication
• Plan for virtualization
• Plan search
• Plan for social computing
• Plan for mobile devices
• Plan for business intelligence
• Plan for eDiscovery

more

Deploy

• Install and configure SharePoint 2013
• Install and manage apps for SharePoint
• Upgrade to SharePoint 2013

more

 Operate

• Manage search relevance
• Backup and restore
• Configure eDiscovery
• Business intelligence operations
• Create and configure communities

more

For more detailed information and other related stuff, please visit the following links:

Get started with SharePoint 2013

Please see also:
AppStore
Discontinued features

Resource centers

• Capabilities and features
• Install and deploy
• Upgrade and migrate
• Architecture design
• Business intelligence
• Sharepoint for IT Pro’s

Downloads

• SharePoint Server 2013 Preview
• SharePoint Foundation 2013 Preview
• Upgrade planning worksheet
• SharePoint 2013 technical library in compiled help format

 

 

More preview products:

Office Products in Pre-Release:

• Office ProPlus 365 Preview
• Project Professional 2013 Preview
• Visio Professional 2013 Preview
• SharePoint Designer 2013

Server Products and Technologies in Pre-Release

• Exchange Server 2013 Preview
• Lync Server 2013 Preview
• Project Server 2013 Preview
• SharePoint Server 2013 Preview

 

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 Explore the Office applications on
 

           

http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en

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Build apps for Office and SharePoint

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   RTM release planned for End of October 2012!

Find more Info on Brandon LeBlanc‘s Blog post here:  http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/09/upcoming-windows-milestones-shared-with-partners-at-wpc.aspx 

Windows 8 Release Preview – Download

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All about Windows Server  2012 as of current:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver

Get Started:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/hh534429

   

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Already launched (RTM):

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 related links and resources

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  Download Trial: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh505660.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_103_1_33

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/default.aspx

https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/colleges/SystemCenter2012