it works locally on OS X and Windows 7 but on server with Windows Server 2012, fresh installation of mysql, it's not.
In my.ini of mysql on os x and windows 7 I have:
[mysql]
default-character-set=utf8
[client]
default-character-set=utf8
[mysqld]
skip-character-set-client-handshake
character-set-server=utf8
collation-server=utf8_general_ci
init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'
I added this on server but nothing changed 🙁