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Windows 8 is a product that is initially both exhilarating and confusing. The Metro Style UI first experienced in Windows Phone 7 is at the forefront of Windows 8. It is fresh and inviting to the user while providing the information users need to keep up to date without drilling into applications.On the other hand, we are all asking ourselves, “Where are my windows?” The truth is that Windows 8 and what was announced at the Microsoft BUILD conference the week of September 12 is intended to allow the Windows universe the ability to grow and innovate.I attended the BUILD conference and many of the Windows 8 sessions regarding this exciting upcoming Windows release. In the first webinar in this four-part series, I will provide an overview of what was announced at the BUILD conference, present my insights and opinions on Windows 8 and demonstrate some of great features of Windows 8 that will allow people to understand the path upon which Microsoft is embarking.
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BUILD Conference Highlights:
How Windows 8 / Metro is Revolutionary
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Windows 8
What happened to my Windows?
Windows reimagined
Windows 8 is Touch
Keys of Windows 8
Consumer Focused Touch is even with Keyboard and
Mouse Affordable Tablets Hybrid PC’s New ways to show information Empowering consumers and
employees
You still have the current Desktop so don’t panic
Windows 8
Demo
What is the Metro UI Style?
Windows 8 Apps Reimagined
8 Traits of a Metro Style App
Metro style design Fast and Fluid Snap and Scale Contracts Live Tiles Feel Connected Roam the Cloud Embrace Metro Principles
Live Tiles
Windows 8 Apps
Demo
• Trial Periods• Not Just Windows 8 Metro Apps• Certified Apps• Similar to Apple App Store• Private App Stores for Internal
Business Apps
HOW WE WILL SELL AND DISTRIBUTE SOFTWARE
Windows Store
Windows 8 will leverage Cloud
• Sync settings between Windows devices
• Ability to store content in the Cloud through SkyDrive
• User login will use Windows Live so only 1 password to keep track of
• Windows 8 apps will have native features that can use Azure/Cloud for better customer satisfaction.
REMEMBERWindows 8 application have the same DNA as Windows Phone 7.5
apps
Where does the Enterprise fit into
Windows 8?
What is the Windows RunTime?
What was shown at BUILD
Simple View of Windows 8
Borrowed from Shawn Wildermuth’s Blog
Key Windows 8 Features for Developers to Know
Highly biased toward touch interface Can’t use the Windows API; must use WinRT Restricted API — no local file or database access Subset of .Net 4.5 libraries available No shared user libraries; each app is an island unto
itself No interapp comm, except through “contracts” No GDI; can only get to the screen thru DirectX No plug-ins for Metro IE — no Flash, no Silverlight Differences between ARM and Intel unknown
Biggest Feature for Windows 8 Developers -- Contracts
Your apps will connect customers to the people and apps they care about
Customers will easily share content from your app through other apps installed in Windows 8
The Share landscape is networked The more apps, the more sharing
opportunities
Windows 8 Server
Windows Server 8 Key Features NIC Teaming Live Migration Active Directory Recycle Bin Intellisense PowerShell Domain Controller Replication Cluster Aware Updating Storage across Remote SMB 2.2 File
Shares Flexible Deployment Hyper-V Network Switch
Windows Server 8 Dashboard
What does this all mean to me?
Thursday October 6 @ 1:00PM EST Microsoft //BUILD Conference – How Windows
8 / Metro will Affect Enterprise IT, and How You Can Prepare
Thursday October 13 @ 1:00PM EST Microsoft //BUILD Conference – How Windows
8 / Metro will Impact Developers Thursday October 20 @ 1:00PM EST
Microsoft //BUILD Conference – How Windows 8 Will Leverage Windows Azure
NEXT 3 THURSDAYS
Future Webinars in Series
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