Whats New In Windows 7 And What To Expect

Windows 7 - What's new and what to expect?

About me…
Work with the Packaging Team at TI
MVP [Setup-Deploy] & STEP Member for Windows 7
Xpertised in Application Setups & Deployment
Xtremely passionate about Technology Evangelism
Xcited about Cricket and Music
Biggiee Fan of Mark Russinovich, Sachin and Rahman.

Crazy Disclaimers 
I am not a Microsoftie !
I do not get paid from Microsoft for Evangelizing Windows
Windows is a closed product developed by few product teams at MS.
With all this, why do I love Windows 7?
– Lets look at this presentation.

Agenda
Windows 7 Evolution
UX Enhancements
Kernel Improvements
Performance Enhancements
Power Enhancements
Security Enhancements
IT Pro Features

Windows Evolution

Lessons Learnt
Awkward Preview pane
Complicated Shutdown button
Arranging windows
Unpleasant User Account Control
The ultra-minimalist Defrag utility
No-options backup program
…………..

Areas of Improvement
Too many launch surfaces
Redundancy
Organizing Data
VPN Connectivity involves lengthy procedure
Too many prompts
Arranging windows involves acrobatics

UX Enhancements
Demo
No of Gadgets in right side ?
What application do u build that is aware of where u are??
How many Icons in your Sys Tray ??
How do u check the system health ?
How do u see the download status without having the window on top ?
Minimize all ?? Clicks ??
When was the last time u used MS paint ?
How can u open a document right from Start menu ?
Set the window on right, Left ??
How do I have many wallpapers how do they change ??
How do I have multi locations shown in same folder ?
How do I see / close the program/ document without getting on top?
How do u setup Color Calibration ?
Action Center ??

Significant Enhancement in Windows 7
System Tray
Biometric Devices
Taskbar
Quick Launch
Windows Health Center
Progress bar
No Dock Gadgets
Show Desktop
Jump List
FAST !!!
Desktop Slideshow
New Paint
Aero Snap
Smarter UAC
Calculator
Data Library
Backup
Superbar Thumbnails
Federated Search
Easy Networking
Ribbon Buttons
Enhanced control panel
MinWin
Home Group
Program Grouping
Fast Shutdown
Display Color Calibration Wizard
Aero Shake
Credential Manager
Aero Peek
Overlay Icons
Multi Touch
ClearType Text Tuner
Color Hot Track
Improved Search
New Installation Process
Fast Boot
Window Management
Action Center
Interactive Thumbnails
Windows Sensors
Location Platform

Fast! How Fast ??

Kernel Enhancements
Performance Enhancements
Fast Boot
Working Set Improvements
Triggered Services
Power Enhancements
Display Dim
Core Parking
Sleep Hibernate Improvements
Security Enhancements
UAC and Virtualization

Win Vista – Application Patching Challenges
Requirement: Ability to keep the highest version of a shared component when a patch to it is uninstalled
Design Change: Application Patches uninstall behavior should consider the global machine state instead of just the product state
Install Word
Install Outlook
Apply a patch to Word
Uninstall the patch to Word
Word
Word
Outlook
Word
Outlook
Word Patch
Word
Outlook
Updates Spell Checker to v12.0
Installs Spell Checker v12.0

Install Word
Install Outlook
Apply a patch to Word
Uninstall the patch to Word
Word
Word
Word
Outlook
Outlook
Word Patch
Spell Checker 12.0
Spell Checker 12.5
Spell Checker 12.6
Spell Checker 12.5
MSI Datastore
Word
Outlook
Word’s cache
Outlook’s cache
Spell Checker 12.0
Spell Checker 12.5
Win 7 – Application Patching Improvements

IT-Pro Enhancements
Search Federation
Search Connectors
Direct Access
Bit Locker
VHD Enhancements
Branch Cache
PowerShell V 2.0 for Clients

Windows 7 Builds on Windows Vista
Few Changes: Most software that runs on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7 - exceptions will be low level code (AV, Firewall, Imaging, etc).
Hardware that runs Windows Vista well will run Windows 7 well.
Few Changes: Focus on quality and reliability improvements
Deep Changes: New models for security, drivers, deployment, and networking

Resources
Online:
Engineering Windows 7 - http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/
Chris Jackson - http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/
My Technical Blog - http://www.msigeek.com
Follow me on Twitter at “msigeek”
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Whats New In Windows 7 And What To Expect

by Vijay Raj on Dec 17, 2009

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