Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Available for Download

Microsoft has made available for download the Preview version of Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview builds on the Windows 8.1 Preview which adding premium features designed to address mobility, security, management and virtualization.


Overview
Windows 8.1 introduces new manageability, mobility, security, user experience and networking capabilities that will be available later this year - with the goal of offering customers the best business tablets and versatile modern business PCs driven by the most powerful operating system designed for today’s modern businesses.

Here are some of the benefits that will be offered to customers as a part of the Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview:
  • Best business tablets and PCs: Enhanced user experience (improved multi-tasking, multi-monitor support, and mouse and keyboard navigation), boot to desktop, new Search experience, support for latest hardware innovation (processors, InstantGo, displays, smaller tablets, NFC, biometrics)
  • Windows apps for business: Develop, deploy, and manage new mobile apps easier and faster, across PC and Phone (commonality of app platform, same tools, consistent user experience, easy portability)
  • Mobility for the enterprise: Enhanced mobile broadband, NFC ‘tap to pair’ printing, Wi-Fi Direct printing, native Miracast wireless display, auto-triggered VPN with built-in clients, broadband tethering
  • Empower Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): Improved IT controls (Start screen layout and consistency), remote business data removal, Open MDM (OMA-DM support for Windows Intune and third-party MDM,) workplace join, work folders
  • Enterprise grade security: Modern access controls (fingerprint-based biometrics, multi-factor authentication using virtual smart cards), malware resistance (Windows Defender with network behavior monitoring and Internet Explorer 11 scan of binary extensions)

Download Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview (ISO files)
The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.


To access technical product resources-such as evaluation guides, demos, training courses, and forums please visit Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Resource Page.

Notes:
1. Registration Required: You must register with Microsoft account (Hotmail, Messenger, SkyDrive, Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE or Outlook.com) to receive this download.
2. Evaluation expires January 14, 2014.

Product Key
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview supports product key activation:
YNB3T-VHW8P-72P6K-BQHCB-DM92V

Languages
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview ISO is available in: Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Taiwan), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

System requirements for Windows 8.1 Preview
Windows 8.1 Preview works great on the same hardware that powers Windows 8:
  • Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
  • RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
  • Free hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • Graphics card: MicrosoftDirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

The Windows To Go feature requires advanced hardware. To learn more about USB drives certified for Windows To Go, please visit www.microsoft.com/WindowsToGo.

Things to Know: Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview should be installed on a test machine.

References
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Now Available
What's new in Windows 8.1?

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