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Windows 8 Enterprise: Screenshots

Summary: The RTM release of Windows 8 Enterprise, which is designed for corporate deployments, shows off a few recent UI tweaks.

Simon Bisson

By Simon Bisson |

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Windows 8 Enterprise is part of the Software Assurance programme, so you'll need to connect to a Windows Activation server. The Activation tools built into the desktop control panel will show you if and when a PC is activated, and what product key is currently in use.

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Topics: Windows, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Reviews

Simon Bisson

About Simon Bisson

Simon Bisson is a freelance technology journalist. He specialises in architecture and enterprise IT. He ran one of the UK's first national ISPs and moved to writing around the time of the collapse of the first dotcom boom. He still writes code.

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  • Just hit Enter to go to desktop...

    If you place the desktop tile at top left, you don't have to click it (or tap it), you can just hit your enter key, and you're on the desktop. Be sure to pin your most used desktop apps to the taskbar, and add other shortcuts as desktop icons (or if too cluttered, place the shortcuts in a folder on your desktop).
    Papa_papa
    Reply 6 Votes

    • So, in other words, Metro is awesome

      because with enough effort and knowledge, I can find a bunch of ways to get around it.
      baggins_z
      Reply 4 Votes

      • No, in other words, Metro is awesome

        because it works for people who would like to give clean simplified apps a try as well as those who feel they need an old style desktop.
        SciZDNet
        Reply Vote

  • Buy I like the transparency on windows frames..

    So you can still have that by choosing a Win7 theme did you know that? I really dont like the opaque frame... its so 90s, I can live without the window shadow though
    sergio.rivera@...
    Reply Vote

  • You have not shown anything unique to Enterprise

    BitLocker is in Windows 8 Pro. Features that are specific to Enterprise include Direct Access, Branch Cache and Windows To Go.
    adacosta38
    Reply 1 Vote

    • We're still waiting for RTM for Server

      Some aspects, like DirectAccess need an RTM Windows Server 2012 - which we will be reviewing soon.

      Also watch out for a separate piece on the Windows To Go tooling (it should be published soon).
      sbisson
      Reply 2 Votes

  • Still a FUGLY POS

    Did MS fire all their "designers"?
    itguy10
    Reply 3 Votes

    • this isnt apple

      MS doesn't hold style over substance.
      Scarface Claw
      Reply 6 Votes

  • Was the interface actually designed by BOB?

    I'm wondering if Bob came up with this epic Lego Block desktop.
    wpreece
    Reply 3 Votes

    • Steven Sinofsky A.K.A Handy Manny.

      The head of the windows division when to kindergarden classes to find the Windows 8 designers.
      MLHACK
      Reply 2 Votes
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