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A Look at Performance Changes in Windows Vista SP1Ranjana JainIT Pro Evangelist | Microsoft Indiahttp://ranjanajain.spaces.live.com

Today’s TalkWindows Vista Today

• Where are we with Windows Vista• How we learn• Progress have we made to date

What is in SP1

• SP1’s purpose and scope• What’s in SP1 (with demos!)

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Seats deployed to-dateCommitted by December 2007

Windows Vista Momentum Is Strong

Major Companies Are Moving To Windows Vista Now

88M licenses of Windows Vista sold as of our most recent quarterly earnings announcement

Thousands of customers signed new long-term deals, and thousands more renewed their agreements this quarter

The Most Secure OS EverWindows Vista had fewer security issues in its first six months (12 total) than Windows XP had in its first six months (36 total)

The Windows Experience Gets Better Continuously, Thanks To Improvements From Multiple Channels

Windows Experienc

e

Application CompatibilityImprovements

Improved Device Coverage and Driver Quality

Ongoing Improvements

to Windows

Instrumentation Provides Unprecendented Visibility

Internet

Anonymous information regarding performance, configuration and

usage

Anonymous information regarding distribution and impact of reliability

issues

Anonymous information regarding application crashes and system

issues

Anonymous information regarding system crashes (BSODs)

Online Crash Analysis

Customer Experience

Improvement Program

Reliability Analysis Component

Windows Error Reporting

Guidance regarding how to resolve issues recently

observed

Problem Reports and Solutions


Windows Experienc

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to Windows

Microsoft Is Making Steady Progress Resolving Application Compatibility IssuesEngaging with ISVs – driving weekly “wins” in getting major applications work on Windows Vista

50 out of 50 of NPD’s top selling applications are compatible with Windows Vista (per internal testing and/or vendor statements)

Hundreds of applications tested

and remediated by ISVs visiting

our ISV app compatibility lab for a week-long engagementRobust tools at OS Launch to help assess and mitigate application

compatibility problems

November 2006

January 2007 October 2007

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Logoed Applications

More than 2200 applications have the Windows Logo

Over 100 Key Enterprise Application Blocking Deployments have been

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Device Coverage Continues To Grow Rapidly

Number of Logoed Devices exceeds 15,000

and growth is outpacing Windows XP

Windows Vista supports the vast majority of device IDs in

the ecosystem.

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Thousands of Devices Supported

Inbox Windows Update

Pre-SP1 Improvements To Windows Vista Address Some Of The Most Important Issues Affecting Customers

Hundreds of improvements based on direct customer feedback Over 20 Reliability and Compatibility updates delivered to all users using Windows UpdateMany updates (hotfixes) provided to OEMs and enterprises that address specific hardware compatibility, or enterprise deployment issues

Customers can choose which updates they want, and install them with the technology best for their organization

Windows Update (WU) Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) System Center Configuration Manager or 3rd party tools

We will continue to deliver security, compatibility, reliability and performance updates, up to SP1 and beyond, as they are needed


Windows Experienc

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Windows Vista SP1

Windows Vista SP1 Is Another Vehicle To Improve ExperienceWindows Vista SP1 is an update to Windows Vista that, along with improvements delivered via Windows Update, addresses key feedback received from our customers

Windows Vista SP1 is...A vehicle for delivering improvements and enhancements, not new featuresBuilt and tested to enable smooth transitions for applications from Windows Vista RTM to Windows Vista SP1

Windows Vista SP1 Makes Improvements In Areas Most Important To Our Customers

Reliability, performance, and compatibility improvements, including all previously released

updates

Support for emerging hardware and

standards

Improvements to the administration

experience

Improvements Focusing On Reliability, Performance, And Compatibility

Windows Vista SP1 includes all previously released updates

Windows Vista SP1 includes reliability improvements that target the some of the most common causes of crashes and hangs

Windows Vista SP1 improves both overall performance and key scenarios such as copying files and speeding resume time

Windows Vista SP1 improves the security of running RemoteApp™ programs and desktops by allowing RDP files to be signed.

Changes in Windows Vista SP1 improve the success of peer-to-peer connections, such as Windows MeetingSpace or Remote Assistance, when both PCs are behind symmetric NATs


updates

Improvements to the administration experience

Support for emerging hardware and standards

Support For New Hardware And Emerging Standards

Windows Vista SP1 can boot via EFI on an x64 machine

Windows Vista SP1 supports ExFAT, a new standard that will be used in flash memory storage and consumer devices.

Support for SD Advanced DMA Support to improve transfer performance and decrease CPU utilization is part of Windows Vista SP1

A series of new API's and software features to enable 3D application and game developers to make more complete and efficient use of the upcoming

generation of graphics Direct3D 10.1 hardware


updates



Improvements To Further Ease PC Management

Windows Vista SP1 extends BitLocker encryption support to volumes other than bootable volumes

Windows Vista SP1 supports SSTP, a remote access VPN tunneling protocol that will be part of Microsoft’s RRAS platform, helps provide full-network VPN remote access

connectionsWindows Vista SP1 Improves printer management by simplifying printing

to a local printer from within a Terminal Server sessionNetwork Diagnostics in Windows Vista SP1 will help users with the most

common file sharing problems, in addition to solving basic problems already

supportedWindows Vista SP1 includes an update to Disk Defragmenter so administrators

can control which volumes the disk defragmenter runs on


updates



DEMOSMulti-volume Support for BitLockerSearch (start menu)Disk DefragmenterUnZip and File Copy Race

Bitlocker Drive Encryption

Disk Defragmenter before SP1

Disk Defragmenter in Windows Vista SP1

Search before Vista SP1

ReferencesOverview of Windows Vista SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=39B802EA-B2CF-4585-8CEA-2CC6A6247CB3&displaylang=en

Notable Changes in Windows Vista SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?

FamilyID=d69c4e1b-c81a-41be-b1f5-66e615ba5912&DisplayLang=en

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