120626Windows8

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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 (RunTime)

• Basic, Home, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate are gone!

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

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

Version Differences • Windows 8 Enterprise includes: • • • • •

Everything in Windows 8 Professional Windows to go VDI improvements BranchCache improvements AppLocker

• Only available through SA

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…

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

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

Metro UI

Desktop is still there (minus start menu)

Desktop Charms

Client Hyper-V

Bitlocker Upgrades • • • •

Ability to only encrypt used space Full Disk Encryption * Pre-Deployment Encryption Network Unlock *

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.

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

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

Group Policy • New offline files settings • New wireless settings • Remote group policy update • Schedule Gpupdate /force from server

• Windows Live ID linking settings

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’

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

Are you upgrading

We are, as soon as it hits RTM

Questions?

Thank you for coming!

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-8editions.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go http://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToInstallingAndBootingWindows8DeveloperPreviewOffAVHDVirtualHa rdDisk.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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