Ian Carr, Chris Lemley, Clay Garrison, Alvaro Suarez, Amanda Williams.

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• Group 8
• Ian Carr, Chris Lemley, Clay Garrison, Alvaro
  Suarez, Amanda Williams.

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Introduction

• Windows Vista is the next scheduled version of
  Microsoft Windows operating system.
• It will be the broadest update to the Microsoft
  operating system family since the jump from
  version 3.1 to Windows 95 over ten years ago.
• The scheduled release date to the general public
  is projected to be around late October to early
  November 2006

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Basic Features

• New and enhanced graphical user interface (GUI).
• Completely redesigned audio, networking, print
  and video systems.
• Improved security infrastructure.
• The implementation of numerous digital rights
  management technologies.

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Key Essentials

• According to Microsoft, the Vista platform
  delivers on three key essentials
• Helping people to be more confident by making the
  operating system safer, more reliable, and
  responsive.
• Gaining clarity by removing clutter and improving
  organization.
• Connecting people with others easily and securely
  by improving network security and integration
  collaboration.

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Pillars of Vista

• Microsoft refers to new key technologies in this
  version as the pillars of Vista, and groups
  them into four subsets
• Fundamentals
• Presentation
• Communication
• Workflow

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Fundamentals

• New developments to the basic structure of the
  operating system include
• Re-architected audio, networking, print, and
  video systems
• Redesigned networking and video systems.
• Enhanced security measures and implementation of
  digital rights management technologies.

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Fundamentals

• Installation and Deployment advancements Windows
  Installer 4.0, ClickOnce
• Repackage files and installations into easier and
  more effective solutions
• Advancements similar to and improving upon MSI
  packaging

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Presentation

• Visual / delivery updates center around the
  Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which
  includes
• Aero, the revolutionary new graphical user
  interface
• The new API (Advanced Programming Interface),
  built on .NET framework version 2.0, also
  releasing with Vista
• WPF utilizes XML, .NET 2.0, and vector graphics.

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Aero
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Presentation - Aero

• As technology continues to increase, end-users
  demand more out of their multimedia experiences.
  
• Aero delivers with rich 3-D, animations, fades,
  transitions, and effects in a glitch free
  environment.
• The result is a greatly enhanced user experience,
  with greater interactivity possibilities,
  heightened graphics, and improved overall
  stability.
• Truly takes advantage of hardware
  acceleration-supporting graphics cards and super
  high dpi displays. HD Computing

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Communications

• Communications advances center around development
  and implementation of the Windows Communications
  Foundation (WCF).
• Local program and/or local client
  interoperability
• Service-oriented system messaging system
• Similar to Web Services (networked
  machine-to-machine interaction through processing
  language)

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Workflow

• Improvements such as Windows Workflow Foundation
  (WWF)
• Allows for task automation and transaction
  integration
• Fully functional task manager
• Unlimited production to marketplace possibilities

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WinFX

• Collectively, the WPF, WCF, and WWF are known as
  WinFX.
• Short for Windows Framework
• Being developed within and alongside Vista, but
  wont be limited to the Vista operating system
  launch plans include backwards compatibility with
  existing Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
  installations.

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End-User Features

• Additional new features include
• Enhanced user-account control
• Improved Windows Shell
• (improved user engine)
• Windows applet sidebar
• Additional toolbar for applets, coined gadgets
• Speech recognition
• Internet Explorer 7.0
• Improved internal and external search engine,
  security
• Windows Collaboration
• Microsofts new replacement product for
  NetMeeting
• Superfetch
• Will speed the loading of programs and data
  transmission from external devices such as USB
  drives

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Core Features

• Additional core enhancements include
• Improved memory management
• Full utilization of 64-bit processing, memory
  dumps, and proper allocations
• Rewritten kernel algorithms
• Native IPv6 stack (Internet Protocol version 6)
• BitLocker drive encryption
• Software-to-hardware disk security
• Atomic transmission / Transactional NTFS
• Completely eliminates file corruption. During
  file transfer, the data is either sent 100
  successfully, or is failed altogether zero
  tolerance.

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Conclusion

• Safety, security, and reliability
• Clarity and organization
• Ability to communicate with customers
• Flexibility in the integration of business
  applications
• Easy connection to others through network
  security, and integration collaboration

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