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The Windows 10 operating system is the newest member of the Microsoft Windows family. It differs from earlier Windows releases as much for what it does not change as for what it does change. That is, the features that IT pros loved about Windows 7 are still there in Windows 8—just better. The same keyboard shortcuts, management tools, security features, and deployment options are available in Windows 8. But in many cases, Windows 8 improves them in intuitive and significant ways. Some examples are the ribbon in File Explorer and faster disk encryption when using BitLocker Drive Encryption. This book describes these enhancements plus many of the new features in Windows 8.

ASP.NET MVC 4.5 is the latest lead from the house of ASP.NET. Much evidently, it has taken on the legacy to the next level with its unparallel appeal. Enjoying the profound market presence and firm reputation of the ASP.NET platform, the highly promising and now well established junior, the MVC 4 has opened up a new chapter of ASP.NET’s popularity. Confirming itself on practical grounds, the profoundly conceived and well built ASP.NET MVC 4 has helped developers to bring in the most advanced experience for its users, using the leveraging MVC architecture provided by the framework.

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is a full-featured relational database management system (RDBMS) that offers a variety of administrative tools to ease the burdens of database development, maintenance and administration. In this article, we'll cover some of the more frequently used tools: SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Profiler, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Configuration Manager,