Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Operating System Is For Business

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Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Operating
System Is For Business
NameTitleCompany Name
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Objective

• Demonstrate why Windows NT Workstation operating
  system version 4.0 is the recommended operating
  system for business computing

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Topics

• Microsoft operating system strategy
• Windows NT Workstation features, benefits, and
  demos
• Product issues
• Summary
• Questions

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Windows Scalable FamilyChoices and innovation
ServerCluster
Server
Workstation
DesktopPC
Portable
NetPC

• Departmental and enterprise servers
• Windows NT
• Server

Windows Terminal

• Knowledge work
• Windows NT Workstation

• Knowledge work
• Windows NT Workstation

Handheld PC

• Mobile knowledge
• Windows 9x, Windows NT Workstation

• Task-based users
• Windows NT Workstation

• Task-based users
• Remote Windows

• Mobile knowledge
• Windows CE

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Desktop Platform Focus

• Windows NT Workstation
• New business systems
• The most powerful 32-bit desktop operating
  system,with a focus on reliability,
  manageability, security,networking, and
  performance
• Windows 95
• Consumer use/business upgrades
• The easiest path to a 32-bit desktop operating
  system
• Windows 98
• The next version of Windows, making computing
  easier, faster, and fully integrated with the
  Internet

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Windows NT Strategic Direction

• Windows NT Workstation is Microsofts
  recommended operating system for business
• New business systems with Windows NT Workstation,
  Pentium processor, and 32 MB of memory recommended

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Microsofts operating
system for business provides

• Ease of use of Windows 95
• Industrial-strength reliability
• Built-in file security and privacy
• Improved performance
• Ease of management and support

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Ease of use of Windows
95

• Look, feel, and use of Windows 95
• Works in mixed desktop and network operating
  system environments
• Easy, secure access to the Internet

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Ease of use of Windows
95

• For example
• Start button and taskbar
• Right-click menus
• Desktop shortcuts

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Industrial-strength
reliability

• Designed to deliver nonstop operation
• Runs applications in separate memory space
• Task Manager provides graceful exit from
  misbehaving applications

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Industrial-strength
reliability

• For example
• Task Manager
• Graceful application exit
• Performance Monitor tab

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Built-in file security
and privacy

• All files are privateperiod!
• A single PC can have multiple users,each with
  complete file security
• The operating system offers government C2-level
  certifiable file security

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Built-in file security
and privacy

• For example
• Windows NT Workstation file security and
  profiles
• Task Manager
• Folder passwords
• Simple profiles and security

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Same PC, more power

• 1724 faster than Windows 95
• Robust, high-performance multitasking

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Easy to manage and
support

• Advanced reliability and security to decrease
  user issues
• Performance Monitor and Event Viewerfor local
  and remote troubleshooting
• Reduction in help desk calls and the need for
  on-site support

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Easy to manage and
support

• For example
• Event Viewer
• Windows NT diagnostics
• Disk Administrator

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Product issues?

• Fewer printer/peripheral drivers
• Plug and Play
• Advanced Power Management
• Windows NT Workstation and notebooks
• Application compatibility with 16-bit MS-DOS
  and Windows
• Comparison with Windows 95

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Fewer
printer/peripheral drivers?

• Driver support now exceeds that for Windows 95
• Service Packs contain many updated drivers
• Microsoft is working to make easy online driver
  resources available
• Microsoft is working in close partnership with
  hardware vendors to address driver issues

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Broad driver support

• Sampling of compatible devices
• 1,157 printers HP, Lexmark, Tektronix, Epson
• 1,455 modems US Robotics, Supra, Hayes
• 377 LAN cards 3COM, Xircom, Intel
• 32 sound cards Creative Labs, Yamaha
• More information http//www.microsoft.com/hwtest/

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Selected printer
drivers
Windows NT driver? Yes Yes Yes Yes
HP printers DeskJet 692c DeskJet 870cxi LaserJet
5L-FS LaserJet 6P
Driver location SP2, HP disk, Web SP2, HP disk,
Web Windows NT CD SP3, HP disk, Web
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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Lacks Plug and Play,
but...

• Thousands of compatible devices
• Extensive third-party software available
• Wizards for printer, modem installation
• Quarterly Service Packs for Windows NT

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0No Advanced Power
Management, but...

• PC vendor can provide third-party APM solutions
• APM mostly extends battery life duringextended
  inactive periods, so consider obtaining an extra
  battery for notebooks!

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Runs legacy 16-bit
Windows-based applications

• Windows NT Workstation runs the leading 16-bit
  business applications
• Microsoft extensively tests all market-leading
  business applications
• Windows NT Workstation improves 16-bit
  application reliability by running in separate
  memory space
• In 20 business categories, each product with 10
  market share is compatible

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Running 16-bit
applications
Selected examples

• 16-bit Windows
• Acrobat Exchange
• Adobe PhotoShop
• ccMail
• Corel Draw Graphics Suite 5.0
• Eudora
• Microsoft FoxPro
• FreeHand
• Harvard Graphics
• Lotus Notes Client
• Microsoft Office 4.2
• Microsoft Works 3.0
• Pagemaker
• Paradox
• Peachtree Accounting
• Persuasion
• Quattro Pro
• QuickBooks
• Simply Accounting

• MS-DOS
• ccMail
• Clipper 5.3
• Crosstalk XVI
• Dbase 5.0
• Microsoft FoxPro
• Harvard Graphics
• Lotus 1-2-3 r4
• Microsoft Works 3.0
• OZCIS
• Paradox
• ProComm
• Quattro Pro
• SuperProject
• TAPCIS
• Microsoft Word 6.0
• WordPerfect 6.0

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Windows NT Workstation 4.0Value in increased
reliability, security, and performance

• Increased uptime and reliability is
  importanttime is money
• Secure information is a critical business asset
  just as property is
• Up to 24 performance increase for a small
  increase in system cost is a good value
• Performance reliability security increased
  productivity
• Easier to support means increased uptime,
  increased productivity

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Windows NT Workstation Summary

• Windows NT Workstation 4.0 is the most powerful
  32-bit desktop operating system, with a focus on
  reliability, manageability, security, networking,
  and performance
• Windows NT Workstation 4.0 provides the ease of
  use of Windows 95, plus
• Reliability
• Security
• Performance
• Manageability
• Product issues are manageable
• Take advantage of the momentum building behind
  Windows NT Workstation 4.0

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Questions/Feedback
Company Name, Company Web Address
www.microsoft.com
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