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~ Lars Iwer | Consultant II

There’s a new app available that you’ll want to check out if you’re needing a quick and easy way to get started learning the basics of System Center 2012 Operations Manager. It’s called the Operations Manager 2012 Learning Roadmap and is available for Windows 8 (x86, x64, ARM) based systems. A colleague of mine recently turned me on to this app and while it is not officially associated with Microsoft in any way I thought it might have some value for any of you who are new to the product.

Today we are pleased to make several important announcements. We are extremely excited that on October 18^th, eligible customers will able to download Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, and use the latest update to Windows Intune.  Also on October 18^th, Windows 8.1 will be available to consumers and businesses worldwide. To find out more about this announcement, see Microsoft Vice President, Brad Anderson's blog, "Mark Your Calendars for October 18th, the R2 Wave is Coming".  While you’re there, be sure to also check out his special series on “What’s New in 2012 R2” for a deep dive on all the new innovations to expect in the R2 wave of products.

~ R.B.Ganesh | Senior Support Escalation Engineer

~ Jitendra Mishra | Support Engineer

Two weeks ago I, along with 7,500 of my closest friends, attended the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, NV. I can’t speak for everyone, but I certainly had a great – if not exhausting – time while there. While there were a lot of great talks, a personal highlight for me each year is the chance to meet and talk with the various people who attend. It was even more fun for me this time around, as we had some great new programs here at Microsoft to talk about.

DOS v5.0, released in 1991, introduced the concept of DOS loading "high".  That is, into the high memory area - that special 64kb area at the top of the first megabyte of memory.