What Is Mail App? Mail app is a built-in program in Windows 8 that allows users to access their email inboxes without installing any other email client application. Mail app has an easy to use interface that users can configure for easy mail communication. Registering...

What Is SkyDrive? SkyDrive is a cloud service hosted by Microsoft that can be accessed by using built-in SkyDrive app in Windows 8. When users create a Microsoft account, they are provided with 7 GB of free online storage on the SkyDrive, which they can...

What Is Keyboard Customization? Keyboard customization is a process in which default keyboard settings are modified according to users’ personal preferences. In most cases, default keyboard settings are quite adequate for normal people. However the...

Microsoft Windows Store Windows Store is an online store from where Windows 8 users can download various free or paid apps. In order to install apps from Windows Store, users must log on to the Windows 8 computer with Microsoft account. Microsoft account...

About User Accounts Windows 8 supports two types of user accounts that users can use to log on to the computer. The two types of user accounts that Windows 8 supports are: Microsoft Account – Microsoft account is an account that can be created either...

About Microsoft Account Microsoft account is a user ID created on either Hotmail.com or live.com. As soon as a user account is created on any of these websites, the credentials can be used on any Microsoft website such as TechNet.com, etc. Apart from...

About DNS Records Since DNS server plays an important role when it comes to keeping the network up and accessible, it becomes important for the administrators to keep a close eye on the DNS records, and verify their validity on a regular basis. DNS records...

About Adding an Alternate UPN Suffix to a Domain UPN suffix is the name of the domain that is added after the ‘@’ sign when a domain user account is created. An example of a UPN suffix can be ‘mydomain.com’. When a domain user account is created,...

About CNAME Records (Alias Names) CNAMEs or Canonical Names a.k.a. Alias Names are the user friendly names of the computers with complex hostnames. Alias names are created in order to make it easier for the users in the network to access a specific computer,...

About Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is a computer that has Windows Server 2008 R2 installed on it, and is responsible for assigning IP addresses to the computers automatically. IP...