Introducing Microsoft Windows Vista

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Introducing Microsoft Windows Vista
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Presentation Overview

• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Visual Improvements
• Search Organize
• UAC User Access Control Parental Controls
• Performance Reliability
• Windows Sidebar
• Internet Explorer 7
• Guided Help
• .Net 3.0

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Vista Versions

• Business
• Enterprise
• Home Premium
• Home Basic
• Ultimate
• http//www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/edi
  tions/

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Microsoft Windows Vista

• Clear. Windows Vista offers new ways to easily
  search, organize and use your informationso you
  can focus on what matters to you.
• Confident. Windows Vista enables a new level of
  confidence in your PC with new features and
  improvements that make Windows easier to use and
  more secure.
• Connected. Windows Vista makes you more
  productive by seamlessly connecting you to
  people, devices, and information.

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Visual Improvements

• New Functionality. Gives you more room to work
  with your files while taking up less space.
• AeroTM Desktop. Provides a more sophisticated
  visual environment while giving you a clearer
  view of what you want to do.
• Taskbar Preview. Shows you live previews of the
  tasks you have open.
• Flip and Flip 3D. Shows live previews of your
  open applications and windows.

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Aero is the User Experience for Windows
Vista-wave applications
Authentic Energetic Reflective Open
accessible
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Demo 1 AERO Interface
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Search Organize

• New features to help you find and manage all the
  information that resides on your PC
• Start Menu
• Search Explorer
• Advanced Filter Pane
• Search Folders
• Quick Search Box
• Navigation Pane
• Metadata Customization

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One Search Technology

• Client server products built on shared indexing
  engine
• Embedded in Windows SharePointTM Services, SQL
  ServerTM, Exchange ServerTM and Office server
  products
• Windows platform component in Windows XPTM
  Vista
• Common extensibility across products
• Underpins MSN Search Toolbar

Client
Server
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Demo 2 Search Organize
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Windows Vista UAC Goals

• All users run as Standard User by default
• Explicit consent required for elevation
• High application compatibility

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UAC Architecture
Standard User Rights
Standard User Mode
Admin logon
Split Token
Administrative Rights
Admin Privileges
Admin Token
Standard User Token
Token
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The Shield Icon

• Make applications run without elevation
• Ensure standard users can be fully productive
• After installation administrative intervention
  NOT required
• Clearly identify administrative tasks
• Consistently use shield icon
• Allow users to predict elevation requirement
• Displayed if UAC disabled
• Only one state
• Does not retain state

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Demo 3 UAC in Action
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UAC Manifest

• Allows operating system to identify application
  context
• Embeds in application manifest
• Legacy code still runs
• Nonmanifested code can run with administrator
  privileges
• An extension to existing manifest schema

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Manifest Requirement

• To meet the UAC requirement, every executable
  (with an .exe extension) included with an
  application must have an embedded manifest.

ltrequestedExecutionLevel level"asInvoker
highestAvailable requireAdministrator" /gt
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Demo 3.1 Shaping up for UAC
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Performance and Reliability

• Performance Info Tools
• SuperFetch
• ReadyBoost
• ReadyDrive(Hybrid Drives)

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Demo 4 ReadyBoost
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Windows Sidebar

• Keeps information and tasks at your fingertips
  helping you to be more productive.
• Gadgets for Windows Sidebar Brings a host of
  new tools to your desktop for easy access

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Why Gadgets?

• Fingertip Information
• Bring data onto the desktop
• Personalization
• Gadgets fill in a missing piece
• Need for light-weight applications
• More screen real estate available
• Personalized desktop experience

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Demo 5 SideBar Gadgets
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

• New features to improve your Internet experience
• Search
• Tabbed Browsing
• Print Preview
• RSS Support
• Anti-Phishing
• One-Click Security Settings Fix

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Demo 7 IE 7
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Guided Help

• Guided Help doesnt just tell you how to complete
  a task
• it teaches you.

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Demo 8 Guided Help
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.Net Framework 3.0

• WPF-Windows Presentation Foundation
• XAML
• XAMLPad, Expression Editor, VS Designer
• CardSpace
• WCF-Windows Communication Foundation
• WF-Workflow Foundation
• Orcas
• .Net 3.0 Visual Studio Extensions

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QuestionsMicrosoft Windows Vistawww.microsoft.
com/windowsvista/