Building Windows 8 Apps for the Enterprise

1. DEV358 Building Windows 8 Apps for the Enterprise Robert Green rogreen@microsoft.com / @rogreen_ms Technical Evangelist Microsoft Corporation

2. Windows 8 • Windows reimagined • All the apps you want • Cloud-connected • Get more at the Windows Store • Reimagined browsing with IE10 • At home and at work • Great experience across hardware • Built on a solid foundation

3. Types of Metro Style Apps Consumer B2C LOB ISV Custom LOB Examples Headtrax Expense Approval PLM Company News Windows Store Windows Store Windows Store or Side-loaded Side-loaded Distribution Built by Tech Company Enterprise Tech Company Enterprise Consumer Business Used by

4. Examples of Metro Style LOB Apps • Field Apps • Workflow Management • PoS Systems • Product Catalogs • Dashboards • Monitoring and Action

5. Benefits of LOB Metro Style Apps • Mobility • Suited for modern form factors and longer battery life • Increase Productivity • Touch first, fast and fluid experience (live tiles, notifications, contracts) • Performance • Quick startup and designed to be asynchronous • Security • Reduced system vulnerability with isolated app containers • Use What You Know • Same tools, languages and back-end infrastructure you already have • Deployment • Easier, faster deployment with side-loading and zero-install

6. Desktop and Web Apps • Desktop Apps • Pixel accuracy apps like the CAD/CAM • Need chrome like Visual Studio • Background tasks like generating Excel reports • Web Apps • Don’t need platform richness • Accessible across various platforms • Need zero foot print

7. demo Business apps in the Windows Store

8. User ExperienceIncrease Productivity Metro style design Fast and fluid Snap and scale beautifully Use the right contracts Invest in a great tile Feel connected & alive Roam to the cloud Embrace Metro principles

9. Great PCs and Peripheral SupportForm factors and peripherals with in-built support • Peripherals • PCs and Tablets

10. Authentication and SecurityMeeting enterprise standards • Security • Authentication • Integrated Windows authentication • App Certificate – My and Root stores • Multi-factor authentication • Federated ADFS Authentication • Single Sign On with Live, Facebook, etc.. • Enterprise Authentication and Private Network • Windows.Security.Cryptography.Certificates • Credential Picker andShared User Certificates WebAuthenticationBroker.AuthenticateAsync WebAuthenticationBroker.AuthenticateAsync • Isolated App Containers • Crypto APIs • Support for SSL/TLS • App Signing • Robust Capabilities framework

11. Working With Data • Synchronization • Storage • Local store with database support Local file systems and network shares Your backend systems Windows Azure 3rd party services IndexDb, JetDb, SQLite • Enterprise Authentication and Private Network • SkyDrive Database sync Roaming storage

12. Testing LOB Apps • 1 • 2 • 3 Windows App Certification Kit Visual Studio Tools and Debugger Developer license

13. demo Building a Metro Style LOB App

14. Deployment and Management • 1 • 2 • 3 Side Loading Group Policy Management Tools

15. IT Direct Distribution • Apps are certified by the enterprise • Technical certification using the Windows App Certification Kit • Content certification & ISV certification managed locally • Apps are managed by the enterprise • Installation and update by IT based process • Can only be run on enterprise side loading enabled machines • Machines must be preconfigured by the enterprise • Available for IT controlled and personally controlled PCs • Manually configured or via management software

16. demo Deploying a Metro Style LOB App

17. Related Content • DEV369: Creating LOB Metro style Apps in XAML Using Microsoft Expression Blend and Visual Studio WCL203: Windows 8: Understanding the Windows Store and Metro style App Deployment in the Enterprise Find Me Later At Visual Studio Toolbox on Channel 9

18. DEV Track Resources • Visual Studio Home Page :: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us Somasegar’s Blog :: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/ Jason Zander’s Blog :: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jasonz/ Facebook :: http://www.facebook.com/visualstudio Twitter :: http://twitter.com/#!/visualstudio

19. Resources Learning TechNet • Connect. Share. Discuss. • Microsoft Certification & Training Resources http://northamerica.msteched.com www.microsoft.com/learning • Resources for IT Professionals • Resources for Developers • http://microsoft.com/technet http://microsoft.com/msdn

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