INTRODUCING WINDOWS 8

By W. GISAU

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW WHY WINDOWS 8? EXPERIENCES AND DEVICES ENTERPRISE-GRADE SOLUTIONS WHAT’S NEW FOR WINDOWS 8? END-TO-END SECURITY MANAGEABILITY AND VIRTUALIZATION HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS HARDWARE INNOVATION TOUCH LONG BATTERY LIFE THINNER, LIGHTER, FASTER SENSORS AND SECURITY NEW FORM FACTORS WINDOWS 8 EDITIONS GETTING STARTED WITH WINDOWS 8 SUMMARY CONTENTS CHAPTER 2 EXPERIENCING WINDOWS LIKE WINDOWS 7—ONLY BETTER EXPLORING THE WEATHER APP RETURNING TO THE START SCREEN ORGANIZING TILES INTO GROUPS PINNING TILES TO THE START SCREEN SHOWING ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS FINDING AND LAUNCHING APPS QUICKLY SEARCHING FOR FILES AND SETTINGS SWITCHING BETWEEN OPEN APPS USING THE APP SWITCHER SNAPPING APPS TO THE SCREEN EDGES CLOSING AN OPEN APP IMPROVEMENTS TO TOOLS FILE EXPLORER TASK MANAGER CHAPTER 3 WINDOWS 8 FOR IT PROS REIMAGINED SYSTEM APPLICATIONS WINDOWS TASK MANAGER WINDOWS EXPLORER FILE HISTORY CUSTOMIZING AND CONFIGURING WINDOWS 8 PROFILE CUSTOMIZATION TILE CONFIGURATION PC SETTINGS CLIENT HYPER-V REDESIGNED NTFS HEALTH MODEL AND CHKDSK KEY DESIGN CHANGES NEW NTFS HEALTH MODEL CONTENTS WINDOWS POWERSHELL 30 NEW FEATURES INTEGRATED SCRIPTING ENVIRONMENT (ISE) NETWORKING ENHANCEMENTS BRANCHCACHE DIRECTACCESS MOBILE BROADBAND SUPPORT IPV6 INTERNET SUPPORT REMOTE SERVER ADMINISTRATION TOOLS WINDOWS SERVER 2012 VIRTUALIZATION REFS CHAPTER 4 PREPARING FOR DEPLOYMENT WINDOWS 8 SKUS APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY ACT 60 IMPROVEMENTS COMMON COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS USER STATE MIGRATION DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES NEW DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS WINDOWS TO GO VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE CHAPTER 5 DEPLOYING WINDOWS WINDOWS ASSESSMENT AND DEPLOYMENT KIT DEPLOYMENT AND IMAGING CONTENTS WINDOWS PREINSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT USER STATE MIGRATION TOOL VOLUME ACTIVATION MANAGEMENT TOOL WINDOWS PERFORMANCE TOOLKIT WINDOWS ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT WINDOWS ASSESSMENT SERVICES DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS MICROSOFT DEPLOYMENT TOOLKIT 2012 UPDATE DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION PREPARATION AND REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY WINDOWS TO GO WORKSPACE CREATION CHAPTER 6 DELIVERING WINDOWS APPS A LOOK AT WINDOWS APPS WINDOWS APP LIFECYCLE BUILDING A WINDOWS APP USING VISUAL STUDIO TO BUILD A WINDOWS APP DISTRIBUTING IN THE WINDOWS STORE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS THE APP PURCHASE EXPERIENCE DISTRIBUTING WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE SIDELOADING AN APP MANAGING WINDOWS APPS CHAPTER 7 WINDOWS 8 RECOVERY THE WINDOWS RECOVERY ENVIRONMENT ADVANCED OPTIONS CONTENTS REFRESH AND RESET REFRESH YOUR PC RESET YOUR PC CUSTOMIZING THE WINDOWS RECOVERY ENVIRONMENT BUILDING A CUSTOMIZED WINDOWS RE ENHANCED RECOVERY WITH DART CHAPTER 8 WINDOWS 8 MANAGEMENT WINDOWS POWERSHELL GROUP POLICY IMPROVEMENTS POWERSHELL GPO MANAGEMENT NEW FUNCTIONALITY APPLOCKER SYSTEM CENTER 2012 CONFIGURATION MANAGER REDESIGNED MANAGEMENT CONSOLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS EXPANDED REPORTING OPTIONS MOBILE DEVICE SUPPORT SYSTEM CENTER 2012 ENDPOINT PROTECTION WINDOWS INTUNE CLOUD MANAGEMENT COMPANY PORTAL CHAPTER 9 WINDOWS 8 SECURITY PROTECTING THE CLIENT AGAINST THREATS BOOT OPTIONS FOR SECURITY SMARTSCREEN VULNERABILITY MITIGATION AND SANDBOXING PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA BITLOCKER ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION OF BITLOCKER WITH MBAM SECURE ACCESS TO RESOURCES VIRTUAL SMART CARDS DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL CHAPTER 10 INTERNET EXPLORER USING INTERNET EXPLORER FOR THE DESKTOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER NEW INTERFACE AND NEW USAGE PATTERNS NEW FEATURES IN INTERNET EXPLORER 10 GROUP POLICY IN INTERNET EXPLORER 10 NEW GROUP POLICIES CHANGED GROUP POLICIES CHAPTER 11 WINDOWS 8 VIRTUALIZATION CHOOSING THE RIGHT VDI DEPLOYMENT COMPLETE DESKTOP VIRTUALIZATION APPLICATION VIRTUALIZATION USER STATE VIRTUALIZATION C H A P T E R OVERVIEW ? WHY WINDOWS 8? ? WHAT’S NEW FOR WINDOWS 8? ? HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS ? HARDWARE INNOVATION ? WINDOWS 8 EDITIONS ? GETTING STARTED WITH WINDOWS ? SUMMARY W INDOWS 8 IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE WINDOWS FAMILY, AND EVERYONE AT ­MICROSOFT IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT MICROSOFT REIMAGINED WINDOWS 8 TO REFLECT THE WAY PEOPLE WORK AND PLAY, THE DEVICES THEY WANT TO USE, AND THE EXPLOSION OF SOCIAL MEDIA YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO THINK THAT WINDOWS 8 SIMPLY IS A CONSUMER RELEASE—AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY A LOT OF GREAT NEW FEATURES THAT CONSUMERS ARE GOING TO LOVE—BUT WINDOWS HAS A LOT FOR BUSINESSES AND IT PROS, TOO THE NEW USER INTERFACE AND APP MODEL ENABLE BUSINESSES TO CREATE THEIR OWN ­LINE-OF-BUSINESS (LOB) APPS TO HELP IMPROVE USERS’ PRODUCTIVITY THE OPERATING SYSTEM IMPROVES ON THE FUNDAMENTALS, SUCH AS SPEED, RELIABILITY, AND SECURITY LASTLY, WINDOWS