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WINDOWS 8 Virtualization Deep Dive Day - March 10, 2012 AGENDA Why Windows 8? How did this happen? The Central UX Dilemma Understanding Metro Desktop’s Role Business Features? To the Future: Phones and Devices WHAT’S NEW? Windows 8 Consumer Preview released Web installer plus ISOs I’ve written ~50 articles, blog posts and editorials about the Consumer Preview since February 29: It’s all available at the SuperSite for Windows (www.winsupersite.com) .... And a bit of writing each day on “Windows 8 Secrets” HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Windows 8 was originally going to be another evolution. CES 2010: “There are fingerprints on everything.” Heated internal battle over future of devices: Bring Windows “down” to tablet/phone or bring Windows Phone “up” to tablet? (The latter won.) Windows 8 is a very different thing with little in the way of “not invented here” technologies: Silverlight, .NET are thrown out, WinRT/new APIs brought in, with new Metro-style user experience. THE CENTRAL UX DILEMMA Windows 8 ships with two different user experiences, Metro and desktop. Metro is better for small, touch-capable screens and devices. Desktop is backwards compatible, runs existing Windows apps, and works better on big screens. Metro is for fun … Desktop is for work. Metro is for consumers … Desktop is for businesses. Metro is the OS … Desktop is (sort of) an app. Related: WOA vs. Intel x86/x64 UNDERSTANDING METRO “Touch-first” but works with mouse, keyboard. Works in landscape and portrait modes, landscape is default Apps are always full-screen, but some support unique Snap feature for side by-side use. Sandboxed and protected from OS and from other apps. Only found/downloaded/sold via Windows Store. New system-wide services in the form of contracts, including Share, Search, and File Picker, which allow blind app to app communication. Lock screen, password screen, and Start screen, plus apps, are full screen experiences. Back, Switcher, Start, Charms, Notifications, Search, other panes are not. DEMO THE DESKTOP’S ROLE Evolution of the Windows 7 desktop, with (hopefully) little in the way of training. Full backwards compatibility with apps, utilities. Not self-contained: Metro experiences invade everywhere. New Windows Explorer with ribbon UX. New file copy experience. Integrated support for ISO/VHD mounting/navigation. SmartScreen (optionally) integrated into file system. New Task Manager. Implications for businesses: Boot directly to desktop? DEMO BUSINESS FEATURES(?) Windows 8 is an evolution for businesses, for now, with a Windows 7- like desktop and that crazy Metro thing on the side. A future of managed Start screen-based dashboards? Hyper-V 3.0 Windows To Go (not in Consumer Preview) Windows Defender Metered mobile broadband Secure Boot and Measured Boot (requires UEFI) New group policies, of course TO THE FUTURE: PHONES, DEVICES Now highly componentized and stripped down, Windows 8 will form the basis of new generations of client and server OSes, but also deviceand smart phone-based OSes. Windows Phone 8 Windows on ARM (WOA) is Microsoft’s iPad play Windows 8 on Intel-based tablets and hybrid devices of all kinds for those who need the full experience, plus for businesses that want the full management experience. WINDOWS 8 SECRETS Finally, a quick plug! All-new content, (virtually) nothing carried over from previous book(s) Covers only what’s new in Windows 8, assumes reader actually knows Windows already Will cover desktop, laptop, tablet/slate, and (where possible) phone Some business coverage Looking at ~500 pages instead of ~1,000 WINDOWS 8 SECRETS A. Getting Started Get It Done: Productivity Apps Pre-Flight Checklist: What To Do Before You Get Windows 8 Relax: Digital Media Apps How to Choose a Windows 8 PC or Device Play: Windows 8 and Games B. Getting To Know Windows 8 Installing and Upgrading to Windows 8 Metro: The New User Experience (Still) Alive and Kicking: The Windows Desktop Make It Yours: Personalizing Windows 8 C. App Experiences Windows Store: Finding, Acquiring, and Managing Your Apps Browsing the Web with Internet Explorer 10 D.Tools of the Trade Backup and Recovery Accounts and Security Networking and Connectivity E. Putting Windows to Work Windows 8 for Business Better Together: Windows 8 and Windows Server