July 14, 2015

Windows 10Wow!

Presented by: Howard Forder

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• Howard Forder• MCT, MCSE, MCDST, MODL, MCITP,

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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

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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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Surface Hub

Designed

for the

modern office!

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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

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Do You Have Any Questions?Presented by: Howard Forder

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