New Highlighted Features in Windows 8 & Also some interesting features in Enterprise Editon. Concluding with new .Net Framework 4.5 & SDK & WDK 2012 & Visual Stdio 2012

1. Intro to Windows 8
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By Ajesh Issac & Jitendra
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2. Agenda for Today
Basic First New Stuff Something For
Enterprise users
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Something for Introduction to Novell Client for
Developers / QA Metro App Windows 8
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3. Section 1 - “Lets Start with some
Basic First”
Basic System Different flavors of
Requirements Windows 8 &
Licenses
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Virtualization
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Windows 8 & Feel
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4. Basic System Requirements
• Processor : 1 GHZ or faster with support
for PAE, NX and SSE2
• RAM: 1GB (32 bit) or 2 GB(64 Bit)
• Hard disk : 16GB(32 Bit) or 20GB(64 Bit)
• Graphics Card : Microsoft DirectX 9
graphics device with WDDM driver
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5. Different Flavours of Windows 8
• Windows 8
• Windows 8 Pro
• Windows 8 Enterprise (Volume License
Customers)
• Windows RT : Mainly for tablets &
Mobiles.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-
IN/windows/compare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editi
ons
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6. Virtualization Software's supporting
Windows 8
• VM Ware Workstation 8.0
• VM Player 8.0
• Virtual Box 4.x series
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7. Section 2 - “What's New”
Comparison b/w
Windows 7 & Some devices to
Windows 8 Look out
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New Highlighted Demo on some of
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8. Comparison b/w Windows 7 &
Windows 8
• Touch
• Start Up Screen
• Multiple Monitor Support
• Charms
• Support for ARM
• Windows Store
• Cloud Integration
• Ligting Fast Boot Time
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9. Highlighted Features
• Start Screen
• Login Methods(Picture & Pin)
• File Explorer & Task Manager
• File Copy Operations
• Windows Defender & SmartScreen
• And Many more…
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10. Some Devices to Look out For
• Microsoft Surface
• Nokia & Samsung Mobiles with Windows
8
• Dell Latitude 10 tablet & UltraBook & XPS
Convertible
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Windo
ws_Phone_devices
• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-
US/windows/tablets-computers
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11. Demo Time
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12. Section 3 - “Something for
Enterprise users”
Windows to Go Direct Access BranchCache
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Windows 8 App
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13. Windows to Go
• Supports BYOD
• Supported on any Mass Storage like
Flash Drives & External HDD
• Certified Vendors like Kingston
• http://tweaks.com/windows/52279/how-to-
create-a-windows-to-go-usb-drive/
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14. Direct Access
• VPN like Technology i.e intranet
connectivity to client machines when
connected to Internet.
• Traditonal VPN vs DirectAccess
• DirectAccess establishes IPsec tunnels
from the client to the DirectAccess server,
and uses IPv6 to reach intranet resources
or other DirectAccess clients.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/tangent_thoughts/
archive/2012/03/19/windows-8-direct-
access-beta-installation.aspx
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15. BranchCache
• Improves the overall performance of
BranchCache
• Streamline Deployment & Maintenance using
polices.
• Performance is improved in BranchCache by
reducing data transfer size requirements through
cache encryption, using data de-duplication, and
minimizing cache block sizes.
• The new database and storage technologies used
with Windows 8 BranchCache make it more
scalable, secure and faster.
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/jj127252.aspx
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16. AppLocker
In Windows Server 2012 & Window 8
• The ability to control the installation and the
running the packaged app
• The ability to control all the components of
the app with a single rule rather than
controlling individual binaries within the app
• The ability to create application control
policies that survive application updates
• Management of packaged apps through
Group Policy.
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17. New Windows 8 App Deployment
An app package is a container based on the Open Packing
Conventions (OPC) standard. OPC defines a structured
means to store data and resources for the app using a
standard ZIP file.
Deployement
• Windows Store
• Certified by Microsoft
• IT Direct Distribution
• Certified by Enterprise
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Introducing-Windows-8/Deploying-Enterprise-Apps
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18. Section 4 - “Now Something for
Developers/QA”
New .Net New Microsoft SDK
Framework 4.5 & WDK 2012
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Visual Studio 2012 Porting
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19. .Net Framework 4.5
• .Net for Windows Store Apps
• Portable Class Libraries
• Core New Features & Improvements
• Tools
• Parallel Computing
• Web
• Networking
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/ms171868.aspx
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20. SDK & WDK 2012
• SDK
• New Headers, Libraries & tools for creating
Windows App
• .Net Framework 4.5 SDK
• Integrated Direct X SDK
• Windows App Certification Kit
• Windows App Certification Kit for Windows RT
• No more command line build environment
• Required Compiler & Build Environment Separately
• For Complete solution : Use VS 2012 Express
• Decreased Size (300 MB nearly Half)
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21. SDK & WDK 2012
• WDK
• Fully integrated into Visual Stdio
• Developing, Building, Packaging, testing and
debugging drivers
• Can develop drivers to run on Win 8, 7 or Vista
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windows/hardware/hh451220(v
=vs.85).aspx
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22. Visual Studio 2012
• Integrates New SDK & WDK
• Design & Build Window Store Apps
• Game Development
• XNA Games both 2D & 3D
• HTML5 & CSS3 support
• Kernel Debugging
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windows/hardware/hh830880.aspx
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23. Porting
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24. Section 5 – Lets Talk about Metro
App or Modern UI
“Its all about being Tools & Language
Live” Supports
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How to get Started?
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25. Its all about being “Live”
• Visual differentiator :- Apps can generate the dynamic
feeds which can seen without even accessing the
App.
• Metro Apps
• Based on New Runtime
• Improved Application Securtiy
• AppContainer – (Sandbox)
• Write to only AppData Folder
• New Intergity Level for Apps
• The AppContainer integrity level blocks read and write access to
objects marked with a higher integrity level
• Vista and Windows 7 processes running with low integrity could read
objects marked with medium or high integrity, but were prevented
from modifying them.
• The sandboxed environment provided by the AppContainer integrity
level in Windows 8 will block interprocess communications, apart
from some limited capabilities
• All Metro apps use the AppContainer sandbox except IE10, which
runs with medium integrity.
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26. Tools & Language Support
• Tools
• VS 2012 Express
• Win 8 SDK Tool Kit
• Language
• XAML + C# or VB or C++
• Javascript & HTML
• C++ & Direct X
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windows/apps/br211386.aspx
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27. How to Get Started?
• Desktop App Vs Windows 8 App
• Download Visual Studio 2012 & latest
SDK
• Get Free Developer License
• Build the First App
• Read http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windows/apps/hh464920.aspx
to check if the App meets all requirement
• Submit to Window Store for Review
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28. Section 6 - “Introducing Novell
Client For Windows 8”
Investigations done Challenges faced
for Windows 8 during Porting
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29. Any
Questions?
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