Cloud and Windows Consulting Services
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Microsoft officially launched Windows 8 on October 26th along with a new tablet device, the Surface RT. This launch of Windows and devices represents Microsoft’s shift from a software company to a devices and services company. Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, said Windows 8 “is the biggest change since Windows 95” at their Worldwide Partner Conference in June. You remember the questions you had back then. You may even remember your first experience with Windows 95. What questions will you have this time? How will you find the answers? What will your first experience be with Windows 8? Get prepared for this change by joining us at the Microsoft Store in Lenox Mall on November 12th. Spend the morning with other business owners and managers as we look at Windows 8 and what changes it introduces. Then, experience Windows 8 with hands on access to the latest devices from Microsoft and other manufacturers. Finally, we will discuss how Windows 8 on these new devices combined with Microsoft Online Services can have a positive impact on your business.
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- 4. What’s New in Windows 8 • Use finger to navigate • Easy access to settings • Pinch, zoom, scroll, • Access tools and select resources quickly • Five point touch • Context sensitive tools sensitivity • Always available • On screen keyboard • Semantic zoom • Swipe from edges to • Quick app launch manage apps • Organize apps the way • Quick app switching you work • Use two apps at the • Live tiles and dynamic same time content • View all open apps
- 5. Windows 8 | Touch Put two or more fingers on Touch the screen or an an item and then turn your item with two or more hand. Rotates things in the fingers, and then move direction you turn your the fingers toward each hand. Only some items can other (pinch) or away from be rotated. each other (stretch). Drag your finger on the screen. Moves through what’s on the screen. Similar to scrolling with a mouse. Press your finger down and leave it there for a few seconds. Shows info to help you learn more about an item. Opens a menu specific to what you're doing. Similar to right- clicking with a mouse.
- 6. Windows 8 | Charms
- 9. Feature Windows RT Windows 8 Windows Pro Windows Enterprise Exchange Active Sync Mobile Broadband SmartScreen Device Encryption Storage Spaces Domain Join Group Policy BitLocker & BitLocker To Go BranchCache Client Hyper-V Boot to VHD/ISO Remote Desktop Host Windows To Go Enterprise Sideloading Processor ARM Intel Intel Intel Upgrade Capable Legacy App Support Office Versions Office Home and Student RT Office Standard, Pro, Pro Plus Office Standard, Pro, Pro Plus Office Standard, Pro, Pro Plus Digital Ink
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- Hi, My name is <Name>. I am excited to talk to you today about the great value Windows 8 can offer to business customers and how businesses should plan for it.
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- Windows 8 has many new features and capabilities. A new touch interface with navigation and application management built in to the edges of the screen plus Charms and a new Start menu to organize your devices and applications are a few of the features that greet users first.
- The touch interface has many of the same features you may be accustomed to with other similar types of device interfaces. These interactions with the interface are intended to be intuitive and easy to learn. Many new devices, including those with Windows 8 like the Microsoft Surface, support 5 or more fingers at a time for special interactions and capabilities.
- The Windows 8 Charms are accessed at any time by swiping left from the right edge. The charms provide quick access to the most used features and settings in Windows 8. The settings option in the Charms is context sensitive with the application currently open on the screen.
- Windows 8 is built around the premise that its users want to see and use their applications in full screen without menu bars and options getting in the way at all times. Many of these menus and options, though, are readily available when using the “swipe” navigation on the edges of the screen. One great capability includes quick application access when swiping to the right from the left edge.
- The Start menu is not only one of the most anticipated views of Windows 8, but also one of the most criticized. However, as you begin to use Windows 8, you’ll see how this view becomes a cornerstone of your Windows 8 experience. From quick access to all applications, to organizing your applications the way you use them; the new Start presents a new beginning for everyone.
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- Hi, My name is <Name>. I am excited to talk to you today about the great value Windows 8 can offer to business customers and how businesses should plan for it.