TechEd North America 2012 Highlights

TechEd 2012 featured the official unveiling of Microsoftâ€™s â€œEra of the Cloud OS,â€ pulling together the cloud-optimized Windows Server 2012, an enterprise-ready Windows 8, and new services and features to deliver infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service capabilities. View More

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Ars Technica: Windows Phone Gets Ready for Enterprise

Thanks to the common Windows core, it will support secure booting and full device encryption, based on BitLocker. This will integrate with existing device management systemsâ€¦

Windows Phone Blog

Announcing Windows Phone 8

Joe Belfiore provides a high-level sneak peek at the Windows Phone 8 platform. Look for a more complete tour of new features later on this blog.

Analysis

Gizmodo: Surface Makes the MacBook Air and iPad Look Obsolete

According to this Gizmodo article, Surface â€œjust bumped the MacBook Air and the iPad to the back seat.â€ Itâ€™s â€œbeautiful and functional and simple and honest.â€

First Look

Watch the Surface Unveiling on Demand

Watch the announcement of Surface, a new family of Microsoft-made tablet PCs that seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise.