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Windows 10 First Look

Webinar

Introduction to Windows 10

Presenter: Terry Smith

MCT, MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, MCSA,MCDST, CCA,

MCNE, CNE, A+,CTT+

tsmith@nhdallas.com

Topics to Cover

• Microsoft Strategic Plan for Windows 10

• Windows is Free to Licensed Home Users

• Start Menu is Back

• Cortana – Your Digital Assistant

• Microsoft Edge – Better than Internet Explorer

• Continuum – Seamless Switching from Tablet

to Laptop

• Virtual Desktops

• Windowed Store Apps

Microsoft’s Strategic Plan

• To unite all devices under a unified

desktop.

One Product Family

One Platform

One Store

Microsoft’s Strategic Plan

Windows 10 Free to Home Users

• Widows 10 is free but only if you qualify,

Windows 7 and 8 consumers upgrade to Windows 10 for free,

provided they register within one year of Windows 10’s release on

29th July 2015.

OEM versions (the ones that came pre-installed when you bought

the computer) are non-transferable

Retail licensed copies can be transferred to other computers

Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise are not

included in the terms of free Windows 10 Upgrade offer unless the

business is a part of the active Software Assurance program.

Those customers will continue to have rights to upgrade to

Windows 10 enterprise offerings outside of this offer

The Start Menu is Back

Cortana – Your Digital Assistant

• Cortana is your clever new personal

digital assistant.

• Cortana will help you find things on your

PC, manage your calendar, track

packages, find files, chat with you, and

tell jokes. The more you use Cortana,

the more personalized your experience

will be.

Cortana – Your Digital Assistant

• Cortana supports natural language

search for files on your computer. For

example, you can ask Cortana to “find

pictures from August” or “find documents

about Windows” to find pictures from the

months of August or document files

related to Windows. Voice support is not

enabled out-of-the box.

Cortana – Your Digital Assistant

Microsoft Edge – Better than Internet Explorer

• Write, type, and doodle directly on your web

page with Web Note, then share your notes

with others.

Microsoft Edge – Better than Internet Explorer

• Reading list

gives you a place

to save articles

or other content

you want to read

later—on the

bus, over the

weekend—

whenever you

like.

Microsoft Edge – Better than Internet Explorer

• When you stumble across a topic

on the web you’d like to know

more about, Cortana is your

ready and able, all-knowing guru.

Highlight a word or phrase, press

and hold (or right-click) it, then

Ask Cortana to find out all about

it.

Microsoft Edge – Better than Internet Explorer

Continuum – Seamless Switching from

Tablet to Laptop

• Continuum is a new, adaptive user experience offered in

Windows 10 that optimizes the look and behavior of apps

and the Windows shell for the physical form factor and

customer's usage preferences.

• Continuum is the name Microsoft has given to Windows

10's unique ability to mold to the platform on which it's

running.

• Continuum switches to touch screen mode when there is

no mouse or keyboard attached to a multipurpose device.

• Add a mouse and keyboard and continuum switches

automatically to laptop mode.

Virtual Desktops

• A virtual desktop is a method of extending a computer users’ workspace

beyond what’s typically shown on the screen at any given time.

• Instead of having one workspace with a taskbar and icons of operating

programs, you can have multiple desktop windows, each with its own

open software.

• You could theoretically have one desktop open and showing a 3D render

in progress, while a second desktop is dedicated to tutorials and

research on 3D rendering and a third desktop has your IM windows and

email tucked away.

• If you need to constantly switch between open applications, virtual

desktops could make your life a whole lot easier.

Virtual Desktops

Windowed Store Apps

• Windows Store apps have been given a refreshed look.

Instead of being immediately dumped into a full-screen

style app, they will be windowed, offering a mouse-

friendly toolbar. These apps will also alter their interface

to best fit the size of the user's display.