Wednesday 27 December 2017

Microsoft's Free Windows 10 Upgrades For Assistive Technologies Users Ends This Week

If you have been taking advantage of the generous offer from Microsoft to provide free updates to Windows 10 for customers using assistive technologies, the promotion will end in a few days. Microsoft originally made Windows 10 free for all customers with a legitimate copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8.x installed when it launched the operating system during the summer of 2015. The free update for most customers ended a year later on the 29th July 2016


However, Microsoft continued to provide the free update for those who told the company that they made use of assistive technologies. The last day to take advantage of this offer is Sunday:

    If you use assistive technologies, you can upgrade to Windows 10 at no cost as Microsoft continues our efforts to improve the Windows 10 experience for people who use these technologies. Take advantage of this offer before it expires on December 31, 2017.

Although this offer has been addressed to customers who use assistive technologies, the company does not have "controls" to determine if they really tell the truth. So, anyone can claim the free update as long as their system qualifies. With that said, Microsoft probably is not too worried in one way or another, and maybe it left this gap open to help drive the installation base of Windows 10.

It remains to be seen if Microsoft will end up extending the term again to allow this gap to persist for the foreseeable future. However, we would not bet against the extension of the offer, perhaps with less promotion from the company.

Microsoft announced last month that Windows 10 is currently installed on more than 600 million devices worldwide. However, that figure not only includes PC, but also smartphones with Windows 10 Mobile and Xbox One consoles.

Thursday 7 September 2017

Microsoft MB6-705 Question Answer

Where are model store files located in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3?

A. in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 database running on Microsoft SQL Server
B. in a shared folder on each client computer
C. in a shared folder on the network that each Application Object Server (AOS) can access
D. in a separate model store database running on Microsoft SQL Server

Answer: D


You examine unprocessed messages in the Application Integration Framework (AIF) queue.
You need to delete unprocessed messages by using the Queue manager form.
Which two statuses allow the message to be deleted? Each answer presents a complete solution.

A. Ready
B. Error
C. Hold
D. Malformed XML

Answer: BC

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Microsoft, Baidu Pledge to Use AMD's New Server Chips


Advanced Micro Devices Inc., seeking to re-enter the lucrative server chip market, will gain the help of Microsoft Corp. and Baidu Inc. who have committed to using their new Epyc product in their data centers.
"This is just the beginning of the commitment. You will see a lot more of us," said CEO Lisa Su. "AMD at his best was a very strong player in the data center."

Epyc, which goes on sale Tuesday, is AMD's attempt to turn around a market share that fell to less than 1 percent, ceding the entire market to Intel Corp. Registering with Data Center Operators Such as Baidu, China's largest search engine. It became more important in the decade since AMD was a serious contender for Intel. That's because those customers are growing at a much faster rate than the industry at large and buying directly to build their own computers.

AMD announced Epyc versions ranging from about $ 4,000 to $ 400 per chip in price. Server chips will be cheaper than its direct counterparts from Intel and offer more performance, according to Forrest Norrod, a vice president of the company. The company made comparisons with Intel chips currently on sale and said it believes it will maintain its leadership at some benchmarks even as the world's largest chip maker updates its product range.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Dell Technologies Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and other companies will offer servers based on Epyc and Microsoft, Red Hat Inc and VMware Inc. will ensure that their software will work on the new chips.

Microsoft, for its Azure services, aims to "be the first global cloud provider to deliver AMD Epyc, and its combination of high-performance and value, to customers by the end of the year," said Girish Bablani, corporate vice president of Microsoft Azure Calculate .

Baidu said it plans to use AMD server chips for search, artificial intelligence and cloud applications.

"The choice is only important if we are able to get the performance we need for our workloads," said Liu Chao, senior director of the company's systems technology department, in a statement. "With AMD and its new Epyc processor, we are confident that innovation in the server market will accelerate."

Since taking over AMD in 2014, Su has been working to turn around the chip maker, which has struggled to compete with Intel through long periods of its 48-year existence. Last year, Intel returned $ 17 billion of sales from its data center unit to $ 7.5 billion in operating profit.


"We take all competitors seriously and as AMD tries to re-enter the server market segment, Intel continues to deliver more than 20 years of uninterrupted data center innovations while maintaining broad ecosystem investments," Intel said in A statement before AMD Event to present the chip on Tuesday in Austin, Texas. "With our next generation Xeon Scalable processors, we look forward to continuing to deliver the highest system and core performance compared to AMD."

The latest increase in AMD's revenue and revenue was more than a decade ago when its share of the Opteron server allowed it to get more than 20 percent of the market. Tracking models failed to arrive on time or did not deliver on performance promises, and Intel improved its products. Finally, all but launch to AMD the most lucrative area of the processor market.

AMD is trying to return to the level reached by Opteron's initial success, but warns that it will take time.

"Today we are at less than 1 percent, at our peak we were above 25 percent," Su said, adding that the company's interim target is a two-percent market share. "We are realistic in that it will take some time - in the next two years."

Thursday 4 May 2017

Microsoft MB6-705 Question Answer

Which two techniques can you use to move an entire model? Each answer presents a complete solution.

A. Use the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Management Shell cmdlets to import and export.
B. Use the standard Windows features to copy the application object (AOD) files.
C. Use the AxUtil.exe to import and export.
D. Use the Import and Export tool in the Development Workspace to move an XPO file

Answer: AC
 

You need to create a new service group in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3.
What should you do?


A. Publish all services in the service group to multiple web services description language (WSDL) files.
B. Configure the service group by the using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Server Configuration utility.
C. Associate the service group with an enhanced integration port.
D. Use the Application Object Tree (AOT) to create the service group.

Answer: D

Thursday 30 March 2017

Microsoft MB6-705 Question Answer

Which statement about Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 security authentication is true?

A. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 can use authentication providers other than Active Directory.
B. You can configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to apply data security before authenticating users.
C. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 can only use Active Directory authentication.
D. You can configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to apply security role authorization before authenticating users.

Answer: A


You are using the Record Level Security Wizard to restrict access to specific Sales records.
You need to implement record-level security.
What should you do?


A. Specify the duty and table to filter and the query to use.
B. Specify the role and table to filter and the query to use.
C. Specify the user, table, and form to filter.
D. Specify the record and form to filter and the query to use.

Answer: B

Friday 17 March 2017

Microsoft MB6-705 Question Answer

You need to extend an existing security role.
Which two security elements should you add to the security role? Each answer presents a complete solution.


A. role center
B. duty
C. permission
D. process cycle
E. privilege

Answer: BE


You are developing an Extensible Data Security (XDS) policy.
Which item must you use?


A. query on the constrained table
B. constrained map
C. query on the primary table
D. duty context

Answer: A

Thursday 23 February 2017

Microsoft MB6-705 Question Answer

You need to allow a user access to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
Which two actions should you perform? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.


A. Set up a segregation of duties.
B. Ensure that the user is enabled.
C. Assign at least one role to the user.
D. Develop a security hierarchy.
E. Authorize data security.

Answer: BC