WINDOWS 8Virtualization 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 device- and 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 Pre-Flight Checklist: What To Do Before

You Get Windows 8 How to Choose a Windows 8 PC or Device   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

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Get It Done: Productivity Apps

Relax: Digital Media Apps

Play: Windows 8 and Games

 

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