I haven’t got much time for publishing new articles in my blog, but I found this brand new publication and I thought it could be useful for a lot of people around there: “Introducing Windows 8, an overview for IT Professionals” (preview version).

This book has some quite important topics that every IT guy which is considering implement Windows 8 in their company should read it carefully. Here’s a short summary for the topics included (I’m just naming a few; the entire list is available in the download):

1. 1. Overview
2. 2. Experiencing Windows 8
3. 3. Windows 8 for IT Pros
   • Customizing and configuring Windows 8
   • Client Hyper-V
   • Redesign NTFS
   • PowerShell 3.0
4. 4. Preparing for Deployment
   • Windows 8 SKUs
   • Application compatibility
   • User state migration
   • Windows To Go
5. 5. Deploying Windows 8
   • Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
   • Deployment and Imaging
   • User state migration tool
   • MDT 2012 Update 1
   • e. SCCM 2012 with SP1
   • f. Desktop Virtualization
6. 6. Delivering Windows Apps
7. 7. Windows 8 Recovery
   • DaRT
8. 8. Windows 8 Management
   • Group Policy Improvements
   • Windows Intune
   • Mobile device support
9. 9. Windows 8 Security
10. 10. Internet Explorer 10
11. 11. Windows 8 virtualization
    • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
    • Application Virtualization
    • User State virtualization

I did not read it completely, but for what I’ve seen so far the content is not fully detailed with step-by-steps but contains valuable information and guidance that must be read it if you are implementing / managing Windows 8.

Enjoy!