Jordan Remix - Windows 7

Windows 7: What’s in it for you?
AlaaAjweh
MCT
Jordan BITS®

Agenda
Introduction to Windows 7
Usability Improvements
Performance & Power Saving Enhancements
Deployment Improvements
Manageability and Recovery

Introduction to Windows 7
The Name, why “7” ?
Windows 7 Editions
Upgrade paths to Windows 7
Windows 7 Hardware Requirements

The Name
The name is based on the NT version
Not the first time to have the NT version name as the OS Name
Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT 4.0
Why it reads NT 6.1 in the “winver” command?

Windows 7 Editions
Mainly, only 3 are available for retail (X86 and X64)
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Ultimate
Another 3
Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic for Developing Countries
Windows 7 Enterprise not for OEM
Special editions like “K” and “N”

Windows 7 Upgrade Paths
Upgrade from an Equivalent Windows Vista Edition
No In-Place upgrade from Windows XP
Transitioning is available from XP through Windows Easy Transfer
Alternately in-place to Vista then in-place to 7.
Clean Installation is always recommended.

Windows 7 Hardware Requirements
Windows 7 requires less resources than its predecessor
CPU: 1 GHz
Memory: 1 GB Ram
Graphics: Support DirectX 9 device, 128 MB
Hard Disk Space: 16 GB of Free Disk Space
Windows 7 performs better on the same hardware than its predecessor.

Windows 7: Usability Enhancements
New Taskbar
Aero Enhancements
Search Enhancements
Windows Home Groups

New Taskbar
Pinned Applications
Index Number Shortcut
Integrated Start Menu Applications
Tray Icons new management
Power Management

Aero Interactions
Aero Snap, Mouse and Keyboard
Full Screen
Vertical Maximize
Left and Right
Aero Shake!
Aero Peak
New Themes

Search Enhancements
Faster search results
Introducing windows libraries
Integrated with Sharepoint
Search the internet from within Windows Explorer

Windows Home Groups
Easily share Pictures, Music, Videos, Documents, and Printers
For printers, automatically download printer dirvers
Safe, using a Home Group password
Control which to share and which to prevent

Windows 7: Performance Enhancements
Startup, shutdown, hibernation and sleep
Graphics
SuperFetching
Triggered Services
Overall memory savings

Startup, shutdown, hibernation and sleep
Allows multiple drivers to load at the same time.
Starts certain services, the remaining are off.
More aggressive to user applications
Reports which services took more time to stop
Less information written to the hard disk
Optimized for post-sleep responsiveness

Graphics
GDI Concurrency
Vista used to allow holding system-wide exclusive blocks
Achieved through thorough analysis
Claiming for system-wide exclusive block is fine-tuned for rendering
Desktop Graphics
Amount of data needed to run applications has been cut in half
Accelerate common GDI operations

SuperFetching, Triggered Services
Enhanced user tracking, reduced when the user is active
Doesn’t run if the Windows Experience Index Disk higher than 6.5
Reduced prefetching for large seq. files, write-only files, low memory machines
Services are off if not used
Domain Join, IP Change, device arrival and removal

Overall Memory Savings
Over 500 memory saving across kernel and runtime components:
Device support
Kernel
File System
Security Components
Graphics
Media
Networking
Shell

Windows 7: Deployment Improvements
Windows Deployment Services
Windows AIK 2.0
Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)

Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
A Server Role in Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2
Supports remote installations of Operating Systems.
Supports Multicast installations.
Works in Collaboration with Windows AIK

Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK)
Installation of Windows 7 and prior windows editions.
Capture windows images using ImageX
Create and manage WindowsPE images.
Supports configurations using DISM

Deployment Image Servicing and Management
DISM replaces the pkgMgr, PEImg, and intlConfg
Offline and Online servicing.
Supports WIM and VHD.

demo
Jordan Remix 2009

Windows 7: Manageability and Recovery
Problem Steps Recorder (PSR)
Windows Powershell 2.0 and ISE
AppLocker
User Account Control
DirectAccess and BranchCache
Boot from VHD and VHD Mounting
System Restore Preview
Event Triggered Actions
Restore points from Backup

Problem Steps Recorder
All-new feature to Windows
Records what user clicks and takes a capture.
Captures what application is involved.
Let’s the user comment on his actions
Generates a zipped file to be sent

Powershell 2.0 and ISE
Built-in for Windows 7
Over 100 new cmdlets
Remote Management
Integrated Scripting Environment
Support for transactions
Get-help online parameters
Background Jobs
http://microsoft.com/powershell

AppLocker
Controls what applications are allowed to Run
Improved version of Software Restriction Policy
Works in collaboration with Server 2008 R2
Managed through Group Policy
Highlights:
Publisher
Version Number
User groups
Import and Export

DirectAccess™
Solves VPN overhead problems
Works in the background
Managed through Windows
Server 2008 R2
Only available with Windows 7

BranchCache™
Another improvement to Branch Office Scenarios
Caches data coming from any other
Branch connected via WAN Links
Works in collaboration with
Windows Server 2008 R2
User rights are checked against the
Datacenter version

Boot from VHD and VHD mounts
Supports booting Windows 7 from a VHD
A VHD can be mounting as a if it’s a new hard disk
VHDs can also be created using Computer Management

More Features!
Restore Point Preview
System Restore from Backup
User Account Control
Event Viewer – Trigger Actions

Resources
Windows 7 Website
http://www.microsoft.com/windows7
Microsoft Technet
http://technet.microsoft.com

Thank You!
Jordan Remix 2009

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