Windows 8: A Tale of Two Stacks

Windows 8: A Tale of Two Stacks

Jeremy Likness (@JeremyLikness)
Project Manager, Senior Consultant
jlikness@wintellect.com
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Agenda

• Windows 8: A Dual Personality
• Introducing the Desktop ―Blue‖ Stack
• Features and Improvements
• Introducing the Metro ―Green‖ Stack
• Recap


Windows 8: A Dual Personality


Introducing the Desktop Stack
• USB 3.0 Support
• File Management Improvements
• Windows Explorer Enhancements
• ISO and VHD Support
• Fast Boot
• Malware Protection
• New Task Manager
• Improved Windows Update
• Support for Large Disks and Large Sectors
• New File System
• … and more


USB 3.0 Support

• 10x faster than USB 2.0
• 5 GB/s theoretical limit
• Copy high definition videos in less
than 30 seconds


File Management Improvements

• Consolidated copy experience
• Pause, resume, stop
• Real-time throughput graph
• Improved conflict resolution


demo
File Management Improvements


Windows Explorer Enhancements


Windows Explorer Enhancements

• Ribbon UI
• Home, Share, View
• File Menu
• Contextual Search
• Library Tools


demo
Windows Explorer Improvements


ISO and VHD Support

• ISO mounts with double-click/tap
• Virtual eject
• VHD appears as new hard drive
• Works the same as any other file
storage


demo
ISO and VHD Support


Fast Boot

• Shutdown is now more of a
―hibernation task‖
• Hiberfile.sys
• 75% of system RAM


Malware Protection

• Platform Changes
– Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR)
– Windows Kernel User/Kernel Modes
– Windows Heap Integrity Checks
– Internet Explorer
• Windows Defender
• SmartScreen


New Task Manager

• Optimized for most common scenarios
• End process scenario
• Diagnosing performance issues
– Heat map
– Network and disk counters
– Grouping
– Search and file location


demo
New Task Manager


Improved Windows Update

• All restarts consolidated monthly
• Notification for any upcoming restarts
• 3-day count down
• Delayed restart when needed


Support for Large Disks and Sectors

• New and enhanced APIs for querying
disk size
• NTFS enhanced for large-sector
awareness
• VHD formats extended for large
sectors
• Boot from native 4K disks


New File System

• Resilient File System (ReFS)
• Metadata integrity checks
• Reliable and scalable structures on disk
• Robust disk updates
• Resiliency to corruption
• Continued volume availability
• Storage Spaces

Graphical UEFI Boot


demo
General PC Settings / Advanced Boot Options


Windows-to-Go

• Boot and run from USB
• Installs drivers first time it is booted
• Provides an imaged copy of windows,
targeted to Enterprise
• Allows using multiple devices as the
―host‖ for Windows


Other Features

• Reduced memory footprint
• Multiple monitors
• IPv6
• … how’s that for personality?


Introducing the Metro Stack
• Touch first
• New start screen
• IE10
• Landscape and Portrait
• Picture password
• Sensor support
• ARM support
• Accessibility
• Microsoft Account and Sky Drive
• Integrated Search
• Integrated Sharing


Touch First


demo
Touch, Keyboard, and Mouse


New Start Screen


demo
Start Screen and Searching


Internet Explorer 10


demo
Internet Explorer 10


Landscape and Portrait


demo
Orientation Changes


Picture Password


Sensor Support

• Ambient light
• Screen rotation (orientation)
• Accelerometer (gravity)
• Compass
• Gyrometer (angular velocity)
• Inclinometer (pitch, roll, yaw)
• Location (GPS, IP, WiFi, etc.)

ARM Support

• Special build of Windows
• Metro applications work ―as is‖
• No support for porting x86/64
• Will include special desktop versions of
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote
• Limited support for desktop stack


Accessibility

• Built-in Narrator screen reader
– Multiple languages and voices
– Improved performance on Windows 8
• UI Automation for Metro applications
– Templates have this built-in
– Controls have this built-in
– Supports Narrator, Magnifier, etc.


Microsoft Account and SkyDrive

• Integrated sign-in
• Roaming for settings, desktop backgrounds,
and more
• SkyDrive appears as option in file pickers
• Seamlessly transfer data to and from the
cloud
• SDK for ―single sign-on‖ access


demo
Integrated Search


demo
Integrated Sharing


Recap

• Windows 8: A Dual Personality
• Introducing the Desktop ―Blue‖ Stack
• Introducing the Metro ―Green‖ Stack


Questions?

Jeremy Likness (@JeremyLikness)
Project Manager, Senior Consultant
jlikness@wintellect.com


Windows 8: A Tale of Two Stacks

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