

This means you can quickly find, manage, and open the tabs you set aside without leaving the page you’re on. It provides easy tools to preview, group, and save tabs. In fact, in development, it is said that Edge was referred to as ‘Spartan,’ a nod to its ‘lightweight structure.’’Thanks to Edge, Tab Chaos’ can be a thing of the past. What's new in Windows 8.1 Update and Windows RT 8.Microsoft Edge Browser upgrade has seen Microsoft ditch Active-X support as it attempts to make the browser as light as possible.


The update includes all other updates released since Windows Server 2012 R2 was released. For more information, see Configuring Alternate Login ID. This change does not affect the Active Directory schema. It also allows users to log in to Office 365 services by using an email address instead of a UPN. This enables customers to adopt Azure Active Directory without modifying on-premises User Principal Names (UPNs). The specific Windows 8.1 features installed when you install Desktop Experience have not changed from those in Windows Server 2012 R2 (see Desktop Experience Overview).Īctive Directory Federation Services (AD FS) has added the capability for an administrator to enable signing in with an alternate login ID that is an attribute of the user object in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). For details, see What's new in Windows 8.1 Update and Windows RT 8.1 Update.

If you install the Desktop Experience feature, other changes introduced with Windows 8.1 Update will also be visible. The user interface includes buttons for Search and Power on the Start page. For more information, see the Internet Explorer 11 FAQ for IT Pros or TechNet documentation. You can specify a list of web apps to render dynamically in Enterprise Mode, avoiding compatibility problems with web apps written for older versions of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 11 now includes an “Enterprise Mode.” This mode is available if you disable Enhanced Security Configuration and provides better compatibility for sites designed for Internet Explorer 8, along with tools to manage which web apps use it. Changes included in the updateĪfter the update is installed, the following features are present: If Windows Server 2012 R2 Update is installed, the value reported for Hardware Abstraction Layer will be. To confirm the exact version of Windows Server 2012 R2 that is installed on a computer, run Msinfo32.exe.
