@scottalanmiller said:

So this interesting. We have our first desktop added into InTune that is running Windows 10 Tech Preview. In InTune it does not display as "Windows 10" as I would have expected. Instead it displays as "Windows 6.4" which is slightly confusing as the kernel is "NT 6.4" and the name is "Windows 10." Blending the two is odd.

Just found it interesting.

I've seen this behavior before - I think it was WSUS - windows 8(.1) was reported by something than it's normal name.

@NetworkNerd said:

I'm guessing the fact that with the server piece you get PWA is one of the main attractions over just using Project Pro through O365 in conjunction with files on Sharepoint?

Yes, PWA is an extension of Sharepoint that gives you even more power and features. Although the web access feature is new while PWA has been around for a long time. The web interface is not the main feature.

@Mike-Ralston said:

@Dashrender said:

If you are booting from UEFI mode (not legacy mode), you must use FAT32 as UEFI won't boot from NTFS.

I haven't had this issue, I can boot from UEFI into a NTFS configured drive. Possibly a special UEFI designed around that, I have no idea.

Exactly.

The UEFI specification explicitly requires support for FAT32 for EFI System partitions (ESPs), and FAT16 or FAT12 for removable media;[20]:section 12.3 specific implementations may support other file systems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Disk_device_compatibility

@ajstringham exactly. Because cloud vs. premise is all a matter of perspective.

@g.jacobse said:

While I can't tell you the date I created the rule, looking at my mailbox, I have not seen a [SPAM] tag email since Sept 4th.
I've turned it off to see what happens, and will try as you have mentioned the report option.

There has always been SPAM filtering. It is reporting the SPAM to Microsoft to review that appears to be brand new.

@Bill-Kindle said:

@scottalanmiller My jaw dropped when I heard that guy say that. Why does he still have a job? If it were any place else people would be calling for his head!

I find this one of those annoying examples where because someone is an expert in one field (running an IT company) they are asked for their opinion on another field (HR). The guy clearly hasn't a clue on whether or not women should ask for a raise, not least because he's not a woman and it's been a very long time since he was in a normal job. He knows about as much as me, but no-one would ever ask my opinion, or take my answer in the least bit seriously.

When "business leaders" are asked questions like this I wish they'd just answer "No idea - not my field. Why don't you ask an expert?"

I find it part of the culture where we worship the rich and powerful and seek their opinion on everything and I hate it.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2834414/microsoft-windows/what-you-will-love-and-hate-about-windows-10.html

My feeling is that Windows 10 (which does not make me happy as a name) will likely be a make it or break it moment for Windows. Mac OSX and Linux are taking Windows to task big time but people are mostly playing a waiting game to see what Microsoft will do with their upcoming release. They are giving them a chance to course correct now that Ballmer is out on his ear. Can Microsoft turn things around with someone new at the helm? Or will they continue to steer into the iceberg?

Windows 10 appears to be well situated to have a good recovery trajectory for Microsoft. But we will just have to wait and see. If they botch this like they did with Windows 8, they are going to lose market share very quickly. I think that they have to make this work.

@Dashrender said:

@Bill-Kindle said:

@JaredBusch said:

This is a huge benefit. Also a good portal into lifetime subscriptions.. We'll see how it plays out once people start graduating.

I still have my community college email, and I just used it for this offer and it worked. I've attended off and on since 2006 though.

Does it give a personal O365 account, or a business style one ? I'm guessing the business style, with an email address of the school?

As far as I can tell, it appears to be business style. There's a Sharepoint page too.

@Joyfano said:

@nadnerB said:

Looks like a mix of Windows 7, 8 and Linux.

I hope they rename it in Australia to Windows Mongrel.

Hmm why Mongrel Sir?

Mongrel
A mongrel or mutt is a dog that is not the result of breeding and belongs to no breed. Wikipedia

Well, windows can be a bit of a dog. Windows 9 is from such a mixed background, it going to have an identity crisis. It seems to be random parts of other OS's slapped together. However, in saying that, no one will really know until the official announcement event comes around when there will be better information.

It may lose mongrel status but Microsoft have to be 100% sure of their direction AND stick to it

@scottalanmiller said:

@JaredBusch said:

@scottalanmiller I don't use Imaging.
I guess I should break down the costs of buying the box without windows and using VL instead. probably a decently close comparison.

VL is upgrade only. It can't be used on a machine without OEM. You buy one VL license to get imaging rights so you don't need to track OEMs. Buying more VLs is for upgrades.

Exactly - Imaging rights is about the only nice/gime that MS has done with their licensing.

You buy ONE VL upgrade and you can apply imaging rights to all computers in your company with that exact same version. I.E. If you OEM licenses are all Windows 7, and you buy the VL upgrade for one of them, you can use the Windows 7 VL media to image every one of them.

There's no point in buying VL for the rest of the computers unless you plan to upgrade them to the next OS. (yeah I know this is the long winded way to say what Scott just said)

@scottalanmiller said:

Makes sense. They've been heading in this direction for a while.

You see this alluded to in a lot of PowerShell literature too.

So Ballmer is now getting an effective payoff for having been so crappy for so long by Nadella simply not being Ballmer and the stock inflating based on Ballmer leaving. That hardly seems like a good compensation scheme.

@Bill-Kindle said:

By harder I hope they mean that it will be harder to boot camp these tests.

The description makes it sound that way, at least.

@Carnival-Boy said:

But it's totally unmanageable for anything other than tiny environments. To the degree that I would say the low cost version is no longer available.

Yeah, If only that were true, that's it no longer available. The powers that be know they exist because they see it in the store 'Office Home Business Edition'

The concept to watch out for is "investing in technical debt".

Great link, thanks for providing it here.