Enterprise Deployment Windows 8 application Path

Since Microsoft launched its next-generation operating system, Windows 8, last year (2012), the industry has been paying close attention to Windows 8, both consumers and corporate customers. We saw the birth of Windows 8, which ushered in the new operating system era, and in a sense it pointed to the future direction of development. Today we will focus on the features of Windows 8 and the value of enterprise-class applications (commercial), Bauga, who interviewed Microsoft's China Windows Business Marketing director, who gave a wonderful reading of Windows 8 features and business value.

Upgrading Windows 8 is imminent

Windows 8 has done a lot of innovation compared to Windows XP systems, and Bauga points out that Windows XP is now in use by users, and Windows XP is already a 10-year-old operating system, and Microsoft plans to stop Windows XP support Services in April in 2014.

From the current situation, consumers and corporate customers are constantly updating its devices, including software and hardware, all the speed of updates are increasing, then why install the old operating system? It's like buying a new car and installing an old launch device. And the introduction of Windows 8 can give consumers or customers a different experience and office capacity. This is because:

First, Windows 8 is a new direction for Microsoft, and Windows 8 can be better used on touch-screen tablet PCs.

Second, from a customer's point of view, Windows 8 and Windows 7 are now more than 90% compliant, and from an enterprise customer perspective, it is 95% to 99% compliant. Applications can be used in Windows 7 and are also available in Windows 8. Customers now use Windows XP, and most importantly, upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 or Windows 8. "We don't need to buy a new car, buy a new hardware device, and then put an old 10-year ' generator '."

Commercial value of Windows 8

It is understood that Windows 8 is divided into several editions, Windows 8, Windows 8 Professional, and Windows 8 Enterprise, so what are the features of the enterprise version of Windows 8 and what are the value to the enterprise customers? Bauga that the problem should be seen from several angles.

First, hardware

Now mobile phones, tablets, PCs can be office, if the three different equipment "compression" into a device for office, must be able to bring convenience to customers, I believe many customers are willing to use. Windows 8 is a commercial tablet, and now that Windows 8 tablet is commercially available, customers can do all of their work with one device.

Second, security

Third, the management of

Corporate customers are also thinking about how the enterprise's IT department can manage mobile management, such as PCs, databases, and so on, if mobile office is implemented, p these issues need to be considered, and Windows 8 is well managed.

Using Windows 8 to improve office capacity, but also to improve the security of the enterprise, management, with the function of Windows to help enterprises more in the development.

Enterprise Deployment Windows 8 path

For Windows 8 features and business value, how should enterprise customers deploy the Windows 8 system? For this reason, Bauga gives the answer to the question of how Windows 8 will be upgraded safely from Windows XP systems.

Bauga pointed out that now Microsoft has a lot of partners have started to support Windows 7 or Windows 8, from the enterprise point of view it will take some time, enterprise customers in the deployment of Windows 8 o'clock, the first thing to do is compatibility testing;

Second, for customers, migration is a "headache" problem, there are many software does not support Windows 7 or Windows 8, when the enterprise user has done the compatibility test, will find that the compatibility can reach more than 90%, and the remaining 10% inside will find only 1 to 2 applications are used every day, In these 1 to 2 applications, both in-house development and other companies are easier to develop, and Microsoft will provide the appropriate support. For enterprise customers, Microsoft will work with partners to solve problems for corporate customers, and sometimes it may take only 30 minutes to resolve.

Second, on the deployment side, Microsoft has a lot of technical support to help enterprise users to do better support. For example, virtualization features, some software may be incompatible, we can virtualize software applications so that they do not conflict, so that migration and deployment is very simple.

Third, service

When enterprise users deploy Windows 8, Microsoft also provides a range of training materials for customers, as well as a variety of ways for businesses to use the new operating system.

During the deployment of Windows 8, many customers complain that they do not need Windows 8 systems without touching the screen, and "If you want to buy these devices in the next 3-12 months, users can migrate the office environment to Windows 7 first, and Windows 7 to Windows 8 Migration is very simple, They are all very compatible. "

Summary

Windows 8 is a very revolutionary change for Microsoft, its importance is to the family and personal life entertainment can be connected with the office, through the use of a device, an operating system to manage, so as to better reduce costs, improve efficiency. From an IT perspective, Windows 8 is gradually beginning to be the focus of enterprise CIOs for its efficient security and manageability.