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While searching for documentation about how to install, configure and administer the latest Microsoft Sharepoint released, I found two very relevant documents that combined give a really good work basis for deploying a fresh install of a server farm or maybe just a standalone development server.
First came the Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 Preview. It’s the preview version but it has useful information on, for example, how to use a network share to install the software prerequisites. It looks a bit like a work in progress documentation, but it has some bits and pieces that are gone from the definitive guide.
Second, came the definitive Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013. It’s an official free eBook to learn how to install and configure SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation. It comes in several formats and it’s a downloadable source of the content available at the TechNet Sharepoint Library.
The first guide is really nice if you’re an experienced administrator that comes from the 2010 version, but lacks some specific guidance. The second one is a complete guide and covers the operation and maintenance aspects very well.
Download the Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 Preview here.
Download the Deployment guide for SharePoint 2013 here.

If you’re beginning to use the new Microsoft Office 2013 and your native language isn’t English, you’ll surely want the new proofing tools.

You can download them from this page at Office Online. Afterwards, install it and restart any open applications from the Office suite.

You’re all set to go.

For those who are still not using the RTM version of Windows 8 but want to take advantage of the new Cmdlets present on Powershell v3, you can download it already from Microsoft as a part of the Windows Management Framework.

The supported operating systems are: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.

Download Windows Management Framework 3.0