The next version of Windows 10 is not just for the gamers and digital content creators, business users will have also a number of benefits. As Microsoft says, Windows 10 is built for modern IT, offering advanced features for security, manageability and new experiences for the business users driving the digital transformation inside of the corporate networks. This talk will cover the most important (and most expected) Windows 10 new and improved features for enterprise along with the best additions for business users.

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Windows 10 Creators Update: what’s
on tap for business users
Windows Insider MVP, Software Engineer – Cerner, Co-founder
MOBzine.ro
Ionut Balan
@balanionut

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3. At work, are we using the OS that
we like?

4. We use the OS that suits the best
our needs.

5. Windows 10 Creators Update: build
1703

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Windows 10 Creators Update
• UI & shell
• Usability & performance
• Security

7. UI & shell

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Windows Shell
• Hide app list via Settings >
Personalization > Start >
“Hide app list in Start menu”.
• Group Tiles in START.
• Redesigned Share option.
• New devices area in Settings.
• PowerShell is the new shell.
• New pages in Settings (Cross
Device, Night Light etc.
• Resizable

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Power Management
• Better info
• Optimization
• Batter saver option in Quick Action

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New Settings page
• Identical with the
Windows 10 Mobile

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Compact Overlay
• Picture in Picture
• Works with dedicates apps
• Resizable window
• Allow control inside the app
• Few apps

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New DPI & Scale
• Dedicated section in Settings.
• Multiple display.
• START menu shows on active display.
• Windows resizing works better, smoothly.
• Better DPI support.

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WiFi settings
• Single page.
• Combination for Wi-
Fi Sense and Paid
WiFi.
• Customization
setting.

14. Usability & Performance

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Microsoft Edge
• Multitab
• EPUB display
• Extensions: Ebates, Intel TrueKey, Read & Write.
• Sharing tabs
• Set tabs aside
• New customization options you can apply to Microsoft Edge, starting with version 1703:
– Allow Address bar drop-down list suggestions.
– Allow clearing browsing data on exit.
– Allow search engine customization.
– Configure additional search engines.
– Configure the Adobe Flash Click-to-Run setting.
– Disable lockdown of Start pages.
– Keep favorites in sync between Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.
– Prevent the First Run webpage from opening on Microsoft Edge.
– Set default search engine.
• Developer options – mobile, predefined list of hardware
• Jump lists
• Web Note full set of Windows Ink colors.
• More secure?

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Night Light
• Auto change brightness.
• Color temperature.
• Schedule (auto or predefined).

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Touchpad customization
• Set sensitivity.
• Optimization.
• Quick Action > Project.
• Gesture recognition.

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Windows Registry
• Same Windows Registry.
• New address bar, File Explorer like.
• Windows Explorer Shortcuts.

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Cleanup space
• Auto cleanup

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Hyper-V
• “Quick Create”.
• Checkpoint and Save for nested Hyper-V.
• Hyper-V instances will now remember your zoom
level for the next session.
• Override the scaling in Hyper-V virtual machines.
• You can now resize Hyper-V windows in Enhanced
session mode.
• Networking improvements (NAT)
• Developer-centric memory management

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Cortana
• Microsoft assistant.
• Management: shutdown, volume.
• Music integration.
• Improvements on reminders.
• Pick up where you left off using Cortana
– Works on Edge & Office
– Same Live ID
– Cortana > Notebook > Pick up where I left
off, and make sure to turn on the Help me
pick up where I left off toggle switch.
• Notifications from Mobile Devices.

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Dynamic Lock
• Locks unlocks PC
• Via Bluetooth
• Cortana
• Sign in option

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Task Manager
• Better image of Windows image
• Services are shown as processes
• Better memory allocation

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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
• Runs on Developer
Mode.
• Install via Windows
Features.
• Run native,
unmodified Linux
command line tools.
• No VM’s

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MBR2GPT Tool
• New command line
• Convert to GUID Partition Table (GPT) from
MBR
• Works from WinPE and Windows Full OS
• Non destructive
• Fast

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Windows Ink

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Windows Configuration Designer
• Aka Windows Imaging and Configuration
Designer
• App in Windows Store
• Wizards to create the packages
• Remove preinstalled apps
• Integrates with PowerShell cmdlets

28. Security

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Windows Defender Antivirus
• New window.
• A lot of new features.
• Overview for system
health.
• Block at first sight (via
GP).
• Windows Defender
Advanced Threat
Protection

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Updates
• New icon to show the status.
• Active Hours up to 18.
• Pause updates up to 30 days (Security) or 365
(features).
• Clear info about the updates.
• Driver updates.
• More accurate info about the installation time.

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Windows Information Protection
• BitLocker
• Windows Hello Enrollment 2 factor auth

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Windows Insider Program for Business
• Better support IT Professionals
• Register for the Windows
Insider Program for Business
using your Azure Active
Directory corporate credentials
to help us build a better
Windows experience for you
and your organization.

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Windows 10 CU availability• Windows 10 (version 1703) is ready for download immediately
using Windows Update or Windows Update for Business. If
your organization IT environment runs on Windows 10
Enterprise, you can download this new release from
the MSDN Subscriptions Center.
• Microsoft is even offering a 90-day trial of Windows 10
Enterprise Creators update, which you can download from
the TechNet Evaluation Center. You can also use the Upgrade
Readines service to help speed up the migration process in
your organization by identifying problems that can block the
upgrade and suggestions for fixes.
• Starting on May 1st, Windows 10 Creators Update will also be
available for volume licensing customers from the Volume
Licensing Center.

34. Ionut Balan
Microsoft Insider MVP
Software Developer
Cerner Romania
@balanionut
ionut.balan@cerner.com
www.facebook.com/CernerRomania