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Your Presenter:
• Howard Forder• MCT, MCSE, MCDST, MODL, MCITP,
SharePoint
Exchange
Windows 7,8,10
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Windows 10 Wow! - Table of Contents
The Major Announcements
Universal Windows and Apps
Live Demo of Features
Server products and IoT
Questions and Answers
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Table of Contents
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The Major Announcements
“Windows 10 will be able to run on everything”
Satya Nadella
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The Major Announcements
First, Windows 10 will be released July 29th in mass to the public. For many of us already running Windows 7 or above, we see a new Window icon on our taskbar to reserve our free upgrade.
The free upgrade is
available for 12 months
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The Major Announcements
The Edge Browser – formally known as Project Spartan
The new web browser is faster, leaner and more useful than IE…
You can write on it
You can save it for later reading (and use Reader Mode)
You can send to your friends
You can have Cortana use it
Just click this icon on your browser or search for spartan.
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The Major Announcements
Multiple Desktops
Move between desktops
Drag and drop apps between desktops
True multitasking similar to multiple computers
Ctrl-Windows key-right or left arrow to switch fast
“Of all the virtual desktop feedback provided by Windows Insiders since the
January Tech Preview (build 9926), over 63% of requests were in regards to
making it easier to move windows across desktops. We heard you loud and
clear! We decided to expedite drag-and-drop support in our schedule so that we
could provide Insiders with the feature sooner.”
- Richie Fang, User Experience Program Manager at Microsoft
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Multiple Desktops
From this mess
Into this layout
Win + CTRL + LEFT/RIGHTWin + CTRL + DWin + CTRL + F4
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Multiple Desktops
Win + CTRL + LEFT/RIGHTWin + CTRL + DWin + CTRL + F4Or drag-n-drop!
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Universal Apps (Universal Windows Platform – UWP)
• Introduced in
Windows 8.1
that targets
both Windows
and Windows
Phone from a
shared
codebase.
• Windows 10
goes far
beyond.
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Universal Apps (Universal Windows Platform – UWP)
• Introduced in
Windows 8.1
that targets
both Windows
and Windows
Phone from a
shared
codebase.
• Windows 10
goes far
beyond.
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The Major Announcements
Cortana – Talk to Me!
Started on Windows Phone
Competes with Siri and Google Now
Uses computer’s Search index and web resources
Talks in a natural voice
Summoned using “Hey Cortana…”
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Cortana responses are useful!
Ask Me Anything
“What’s the weather like in Toronto?”• “Who’s your daddy?”• “Show me the top headlines”• “Play We are the champions”• “Take Note: pickup eggs at the supermarket”• “Open camera”• “Sing me a song”• “Tell me a joke”
How “She” responded
• Pulled up Bing weather for Toronto• That would be Bill Gates• The top news headlines are shown• The song starts playing from my songs• OneNote appears and makes the note• Camera app opens and is live• “you are my sunshine, my only sunshine…”• “Did you hear the one about….”
Hey Cortana…
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Some featuresshown live
Presented by: Howard Forder
MCT, MCSE, MCITP, Exchange, SharePoint, Windows
Live Demo
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Surface Hub
The device will feature a
84-inch 4K display, with
an array of sensors such
as Speakers, NFC, WiFi,
microphones and dual cameras.
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The Major Announcements
First, Windows Server vNext will be released in early 2016 (Server 2016)
Not released this year with the corresponding client OS – Windows 10
Microsoft has been reorganized by Satya Nadella, putting the Server and
System Center teams together (previously, the Server team was more closely
aligned with the Windows client team).
The Azure team is also working closely with the
Server team in an internal open source model
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The Major Announcements
Nano Server is the Server vNext special core version.
A real core server, small footprint, full functional server
Managed by PowerShell and remote web-based tools
Calls WMI and PowerShell remotely
Works with a number of platforms, including "Chef, PHP, Nginx, Python 3.5, Node.js, GO, Redis, MySQL, OpenSSL, Java (OpenJDK), Ruby (2.1.5) and SQLite,"
Chef users can build on top of Nano Server.
Chef makes solutions for automating server management.
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Internet of Things (IoT)
Steve Teixeira (@SteveTex) at Microsoft says:
We’re embracing the simple principle of
helping Makers and device builders do more
by bringing our world-class development
tools, the power of the Universal Windows
Platform, direct access to hardware
capabilities, and the ability to remotely debug,
update, and manage the software running on
Raspberry Pi 2 devices.
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IoT (Internet of Things) Windows 10 IoT Core
Using mobile technology, the cloud-
based system gathers control-system
data to produce reports and
dashboards on the condition of an
individual vehicle’s drive train and
fracking performance, as well as
process performance and maintenance
trends related to entire fleets.
Creating cloud-connected elevators
ThyssenKrupp Elevator transformed
data from thousands of sensors into
valuable business intelligence.
Back in February, when we launched
Raspberry Pi 2, the sharp-eyed among
you will have noticed the folks at
Microsoft making an announcement
about bringing. We’re excited to share
that Windows 10 for IoT landed on the
Raspberry Pi – along with a ridiculously
cool demo.
The chap in the video is HoloLens
designer Alex Kipman.
Examples of IoT in Action
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Internet of Things (IoT)
A Pi 2 driven robot (lower part) and a
holographic upper part, with Windows 10
Here is the video… very impressive.
https://vimeo.com/126458720