One of the awesome new features in Windows 8 (Client) is the built-in support of Hyper-V!  This means you can run multiple desktop operating systems without the pain of constantly reinstalling or re-imaging.  This is particularly useful if you are like me and always like to try the latest and greatest.

I read the description about the support, and it indicated that your processor needs to support SLAT; that was a new term for me so I dug around and found an easy way to tell.

Here is a link to a TechNet Article that describes how to know!

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1401.aspx

In the article, it talks about CoreInfo, this is a SysInternals tool (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc835722) that provides you with insight as to what virtualization support is supported by your processor (and enabled in the BIOS).  After downloading it and running it..

YES!  Now I just need to have some downtown to upgrade my desktop to Windows8...

At last!  We can start talking about some of the cool new stuff in Visual Studio 11.  As many of you know, I have been busily working on Guidance that also has finally shipped!  Anywhere, where are some useful links to directly download both Windows 8 and Visual Studio 11!

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/29/welcome-to-windows-8-the-consumer-preview.aspx

Something else of note, with TFS11, there is a new version called TFS 11 Express, which is free for up to 5 users!  The users have to be “named” users, but it does provide a way to play with the product, without purchasing in.

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Below is a list of all of the newly published Guidance, for your reference.  Many are still applicable to 2010 and 2008.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/02/29/welcome-to-visual-studio-11-alm-rangers-readiness-beta-wave.aspx

The link above provides a link to the ALM Rangers page that has the release information.

I can be found listed as a contributor in several materials from these groups:

Visual Studio Architecture Tooling Guide
Visual Studio Lab Management Guide
Team Foundation Server Process Template Customization Guide
Team Foundation Server Upgrade Guide (reviewer)