web portal

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The web portal tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about online interfaces for Microsoft services, including the shift to online-only activation for Windows and Office, the Azure CycleCloud Workspace for Slurm with Open OnDemand, the HTML Self Service Portal for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, and the Copia Web Portal for social eReading. These threads explore how web portals replace traditional offline methods, improve accessibility for high-performance computing, and provide self-service options in enterprise environments. The tag reflects user experiences and technical details about transitioning to cloud-dependent workflows and portal-based management.
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    Microsoft Ends Telephone Activation: Windows and Office Move Online‑Only

    Microsoft has quietly moved the decades‑old telephone activation workflow for Windows and Office into an online‑only process that now requires signing in with a supported Microsoft identity — a change that effectively ends a fully offline, anonymous activation path and creates immediate...
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    Windows Activation Goes Online Only as Phone Activation Is Removed

    Microsoft appears to have quietly removed the long-standing option to activate Windows by telephone, effectively ending a decades-old offline activation path for Windows 10 and Windows 11 and accelerating a shift that reduces offline activation choices to cloud‑dependent workflows. The change —...
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    Azure & Open OnDemand Revolutionize HPC Accessibility with Slurm & AMD Support

    For anyone who’s ever battled with an HPC cluster, watching as cryptic SLURM commands and arcane SSH rituals defeated your best intentions, there’s a new glimmer of hope on the as-a-service horizon. Azure, along with its regular cast of cloud and silicon heroes, is unleashing a dynamic duo: Open...
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    Update Rollup 8 for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager

    This update contains the new HTML Self Service Portal for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager Link Removed
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    Copia?s Windows 7 Tablet App

    Copia Interactive, LLC announced its application for Windows 7 tablets of its social e-reader, Copia. It has also added features to support IE9 for the Copia Web Portal. The Copia platform was showcased on new Windows 7 tablets and multiple Windows 7 devices at Copia's CES 2011 exhibit. Link...
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    CES Announcement: Copia Featured on Windows 7 Tablets

    Copia, the groundbreaking social eReading platform, today announced that it is shipping a touch-optimized client application for Windows 7 tablets of its social eReader, Copia, and has added features to support IE9 for the Copia Web Portal. Â The Copia platform will be showcased on new Windows 7...
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    Windows 7 Issues Opening Old Word Documents in Office 2010 on New PC

    Hi, A few quick questions on Word. We recently built a new PC that is running the 32 bit version of 7 Home Prem. We moved a bunch of word docs from an older maching running XP Home generated in, I believe, Word 2001(if there is such an animal...it was pre-installed on a Dell we purchased new...
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