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Intro to Windows 8

By Ajesh Issac & Jitendra Sankhala

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Agenda for Today

Something for Developers / QA

Basic First New Stuff

Introduction to Metro App

Something For Enterprise users

Novell Client for Windows 8

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Section 1 - “Lets Start with some Basic First”

Virtualization Software's that likes Windows 8

Basic System Requirements

Different flavors of Windows 8 & Licenses

Demo on First Look & Feel

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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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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/comparehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editions

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Virtualization Software's supporting Windows 8• VM Ware Workstation 8.0• VM Player 8.0 • Virtual Box 4.x series

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Section 2 - “What's New”

New Highlighted features

Comparison b/w Windows 7 & Windows 8

Some devices to Look out

Demo on some of New features

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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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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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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_Windows_Phone_devices

• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/tablets-computers

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Demo Time

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Section 3 - “Something for Enterprise users”

Windows to Go Direct Access

AppLocker

BranchCache

Windows 8 App Deployment

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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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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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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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AppLockerIn 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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New Windows 8 App DeploymentAn 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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Section 4 - “Now Something for

Developers/QA”

Visual Studio 2012

New .Net Framework 4.5

New Microsoft SDK & WDK 2012

Porting

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.Net Framework 4.5• .Net for Windows Store Apps• Portable Class Libraries• Core New Features & Improvements• Tools• Parallel Computing• Web• Networkinghttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171868.aspx

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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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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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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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Porting

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Section 5 – Lets Talk about Metro App or Modern UI

How to get Started?

“Its all about being Live”

Tools & Language Supports

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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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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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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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Section 6 - “Introducing Novell Client For Windows 8”

Investigations done for Windows 8

Challenges faced during Porting

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Any Questions?