Slides from the session Surface Pro&Book explained with myself and Olav Tvedt at NIC 5th edition 2016 in Oslo Spectrum, Norway

1. Surface Pro & Book explained
Brought To You By
The Blue Screen Brothers

2. The Blue(s) Screen Brothers
Alexander Blues:
• MVP: Windows and Devices for IT
• Twitter: alexsolaat
• Blog: solaat.no
• Mail: mvp@solaat.no
Olav Blues:
• MVP: Cloud and Datacenter Management
• Twitter: olavtwitt
• Blog: olavtvedt.blogspot.com
• Mail: olav@Tvedt.info

3. Current «Challenges»
• Wifi
• Battery / Sleep
• USB
• Hello
• Outlook Closing
• Randomness

4. Current «Challenges» Solutions (?)
• Wifi – Solved by Update
• Battery / Sleep – Better for some
• USB – Extension Cord
• Hello - Solved by Update
• Outlook Closing – Turn of Hardware graphics Acceleration
• Outlook Options – Advanced – Display – Disable hardware grapichs acceleration
• Randomness

5. Major changes
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4

6. Surface Pro 4

7. Minor changes
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4
• 12” – 2160 x 1440 px
• 4th gen. Core i3, i5 and i7
• 4 or 8 GB LPDDR3 - 1600MHz
• 64 – 512 GB mSATA SSD
• Windows Goodbye?
• “Has camera”
• 256 level sensor
• 12,3” – 2736 x 1824 px
• 6th gen. Core i5 and i7 or m3
• 4, 8 or 16 GB LPDDR3 - 1866MHz
• 128 – 1024 GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
• Windows Hello
• Autofocus camera
• 1024 level sensor
• …and a new thermal design

8. Surface Book
Spec:
• CPU – 6th Gen Intel Core
• i5
• i5 /dGPU
• i7 /dGPU
• Memory (LPDDR3 1866 MHz SDRAM)
• 8 GB
• 16 GB
• Display
• 13.5 PixselSense multitouch
• 3000x2000 (267 PPI)
• GPU
• Intel® HD graphics 520
• NVIDIA GeForce w/1 GB (GDDR5) Equal to
GeForce 940M

9. Surface Book

10. Surface Book

11. Surface Data Eraser
• Creates a USB-bootdisk
• Repair, repurpose or decomission

12. SURFACE DATA ERASER
Demo

13. • Brand New Version 1.9x
• Windows 10 Supported
Surface Deployment Accelerator
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt621179.aspx

14. SURFACE DEPLOYMENT
ACCELERATOR
Demo

15. • Windows Hello in Windows 10
• Requires PIN to activate
• Stored locally on device
Surface Hello Camera

16. DOUBLE ACCOUNT PROBLEM!
Demo

17. Firmware - Legacy Bios VS UEFI
UEFI
• 32/64-Bit Code
• It’s complicated
• GUID Partition Table (GPT)
• 9 ZB
• 128 Primary partitions
• EFI System Partition(ESP)
• Secure Boot
Legacy Bios
• 16-Bit Code
• 16->32->64 Modes
• Master Boot Record(MBR)
• 2 TB
• 4 Primary partitions
• 1 Bootloader

18. Microsoft Created UEFI
Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 4 / Book

19. Microsoft Created UEFI

20. SURFACE UEFI ENTERPRISE
MODE
“Rumors”

21. Absolute Lojack
• Enterprise grade security
• Recover data from stolen device
• Track stolen device
• Report: Hardware, Software & Data

22. ABSOLUTE LOJACK
Demo - Endpoint Data Discovery & Geofence

23. And…..
• Great Sexy Geeks Hardware!
• Enterprise Grade Security And Management
• But Still Some Issues

24. Grand Prize
tinyurl.com/nic2016
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