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Windows 8 Roundtable -- June 2012

Windows 8 Roundtable -- June 2012. Outline. Windows 8 Versions & Editions Pricing & Licensing New Features More New Features And more new features… Demo. Versions & Editions. Simplified Edition List Windows 8 Windows 8 Professional Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 8 RT ( R un T ime)

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Windows 8 Roundtable -- June 2012

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  1. Windows 8 Roundtable -- June 2012

  2. Outline • Windows 8 Versions & Editions • Pricing & Licensing • New Features • More New Features • And more new features… • Demo

  3. Versions & Editions • Simplified Edition List • Windows 8 • Windows 8 Professional • Windows 8 Enterprise • Windows 8 RT (RunTime) • Basic, Home, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate are gone!

  4. Versions & Editions • So what does that mean? Windows 8 is for home users Windows 8 Professional is for business users Windows 8 Enterprise is for SA users Windows 8 RT is for ARM devices

  5. Version Differences • Windows 8 Pro Includes: • Everything in Windows 8 • Bitlocker & Bitlocker To Go • Boot from VHD • Client Hyper-V • Domain Joining • Group Policy • Remote Desktop Host

  6. Version Differences • Windows 8 Enterprise includes: • Everything in Windows 8 Professional • Windows to go • VDI improvements • BranchCache improvements • AppLocker • Only available through SA

  7. Version Differences • Windows 8 RT: • Cannot Join a domain • Cannot be managed by Group Policy • Cannot run any x86 software • Software must be written in Windows RunTime • Control through SSP for management Of course this is all subject to change…

  8. Pricing • Microsoft has been quiet thus far • Plenty of speculation • Same pricing tiers at Win7 • Lower price due to app store revenue

  9. Windows 8 New Features • Big Changes First • Metro – everyone is talking about it • Client Hyper-V • BitLocker upgrades (to pro!) • Secure Boot controversy • Microsoft Sign-In

  10. Metro UI

  11. Desktop is still there (minus start menu)

  12. Desktop Charms

  13. Client Hyper-V

  14. Bitlocker Upgrades Ability to only encrypt used space Full Disk Encryption * Pre-Deployment Encryption Network Unlock *

  15. Secure Boot Controversy Secure boot is a UEFI-based feature to "prevent unauthorized firmware, operating systems, or UEFI drivers from running at boot time". Hardware makers who choose the optional Microsoft Certification will be required to implement UEFI. The bottom line is that it will require bios changes to install a 3rd party OS like Linux on any PC that has windows 8 pre-installed with the Microsoft certification.

  16. Microsoft Sign-In • Lots of features • Ability to Sync: • Desktop Background / Lockscreen image • Browser favorites / history • User tiles /mouse settings/explorer settings • Ability to do single sign in for MS services • Link to Active Directory (or block with GPO) • Reset password via the web

  17. PowerShell Upgrades • Upgraded to version 3.0 • Added many more commandlets • Added networking commandlets • Get-netIPInterface • Disk subsystem commandlets • New virtual disks • Get physical disk info

  18. Group Policy • New offline files settings • New wireless settings • Remote group policy update • Schedule Gpupdate /force from server • Windows Live ID linking settings

  19. Other Changes Windows defender replacing security essentials New task manager Xbox live integration Upgrades to boot from VHD Windows Media Center removed Windows media player no DVD playing Previous versions renamed ‘File History’

  20. Live Demo There are some laptops on the table, feel free to click around.

  21. Are you upgrading We are, as soon as it hits RTM

  22. Questions? Thank you for coming!

  23. Links / References • Download it: • http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview • Links: • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/explore-windows-8.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_8 • http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/04/16/announcing-the-windows-8-editions.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go • http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToInstallingAndBootingWindows8DeveloperPreviewOffAVHDVirtualHardDisk.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_8 • blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/26/signing-in-to-windows-8-with-a-windows-live-id.aspx

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