How does an enterprise deploy Microsoft Windows 8?

Microsoft's next-generation operating system Windows 8 (Win 8), the biggest feature is the latest Win 8 UI interface, Microsoft and the opportunity to plan a table machine, smart phones and tablet computers can share a consistent user experience, it shows that Microsoft intends to revive the market in recent years by taking this operating system as an attempt.

Microsoft said that after Windows 8, the global compatibility device will be up to 690 million, far more than Android 345 million and iOS 196 million, the Windows Store App Store will become the world's largest software market. If this estimate is true, for software developers or businesses, it is bound to be concerned about the significant impact it will bring to the market.

Applications in the Windows marketplace are divided into four major categories, based on the current market in the order of app availability (about 70%), E-commerce (about 15%), business software packages, and enterprise internal applications (approx 2至3%). Within the Enterprise app specifically LOB (line-of-business) application, the operating application requires the user to authenticate with the company authentication to access the internal network information, is designed for internal use. For example, an expense report application that the IT department provides to employees.

There are two ways to deploy within an enterprise, one of which is to allow employees to download through the Windows market, while the other is to deploy, update and control the internal network of the enterprise through a side-load (side-loading) approach. A side load is a direct installation of an application to the appliance without having to go through the windows market.

Cai Mengru that, although most are still in the prototype (Prototype) phase, but as win 8 into the enterprise, the enterprise for IT application model will begin to have some qualitative change, enterprise internal app will be a very obvious example. There are a number of corporate information executives who are not comfortable with the security of the Android platform and are not likely to increase their familiarity with iOS for the three mobile apps they need, unless they are services provided to consumers and will lose competitiveness if they are not provided.

In addition to the development capabilities of enterprise app, there are also problems with devices. Whether you're developing apps on Android or iOS, businesses have to buy tablet computers for users, but only a handful of companies have enough capital to do so, so apps are often limited to a handful of specific users. Because of the need to purchase additional tablet computers, enterprise apps are unlikely to be universal, and win 8 is a good solution to the plight of business apps.

The problem with app development capabilities is that for companies that already have a Microsoft development environment, they can develop Windows market applications using existing developers and development environments, and these apps can be run on desktops, pens, tablets, mobile phones, only once. There is no need to develop different applications for different platforms.

Win 8 is a set of cross-platform operating systems that support multiple hardware specifications, including Intel, ARM, and mobile device platforms. Cai Mengru stressed that for program developers, there is no need to worry about application compatibility, as long as you use the visual Studio 2012 development platform to quickly produce applications that are required for a variety of platforms without rewriting program code. The hope is to narrow the gap with program developers and attract more people into the Windows Market application Development list.