What were the Exciting Stories Revealed in Windows 10 Event? Yesterday was an exciting night for technology lovers in India and worldwide!
Microsoft unfolded loads of consumer (mostly) related features and innovative technology pieces in the “Next Chapter of Windows” event.
There was loads of exciting news, and the most important one for me is that Windows 10 is free (more details below)!! There was nothing much for the enterprises (big touch TV—Surface HUB) in this event.
I was expecting some, but more could be on the way (some are nicely hidden)! Three pillars highlighted by Satya in his yesterday’s speech are:
- Windows as a service,
- Mobility
- Cross-platform Services
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| What are the Exciting Stories Revealed in Windows 10 Event |
| What is HoloLens? |
| Windows 10 Mobile Devices |
| What is Surface Hub? |
| Xbox on Windows 10 |
| Cortana on Desktop |
| Spartan the New Browser |
- Windows 10 Accelerator Program Session at BITPro Event
- EndPoint DLP Endpoint Data Loss Prevention Windows 10 Devices
- Windows 10 Version Numbers Build Numbers Major Minor Build Rev
- Updated Windows 10 End of Life Dates
What are the Exciting Stories Revealed in Windows 10 Event
Windows 10 will be available free for one year to users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 (I think there are more catches there 🙂 ). There won’t be any end-of-support life for Windows 10; End-of-Support is more linked to the end of the “device” life. So think about it!
Is Windows 10 Free? What is Microsoft HoloLens? Road-map for Windows 10 on Mobile devices ! What is Surface Hub? Big touch TV for Enterprises ! Experience Xbox Apps on Windows 10 ! Cortana is coming to Desktops ! Spartan the new browser ! Bye Bye to IE (Internet Explorer)
What is HoloLens?
It is an era of holographic computing. When you change the way you see the world, you can change the world you see. I felt that it was not worth comparing Google Glasses with Hololens. Microsoft Hololens is untouchable technology at the moment. It is not affordable for consumers. This is for enterprise customers!!
https://www.youtube.com/embed/aThCr0PsyuA
Windows 10 Mobile Devices
The next version of the Windows 10 preview build will be released next week. I’m so excited to try Windows 10 on my Windows Phone. As mentioned in the previous post, YES, the First Build of Windows 10 on mobile devices will be available in February 2015! There are so few days to go!
What is Surface Hub?
Microsoft announced the Surface Hub. So what is Surface HUB, by the way? Is it a huge touchscreen TV? It is an 84-inch 4K screen meant for the workplace. It has cameras, speakers, mics, Bluetooth, NFC, and a touchscreen interface for a stylus.
Microsoft Surface Hub – Unlock the power of the group
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FRLDRQePY1o
Xbox on Windows 10
I’m not a game freak, but there is some exciting news for “gamer friends“! The Xbox experience is coming to Windows 10. Together, they’ll take your gaming further with the world’s most fantastic multiplayer community, the best of Xbox Live, and more !!
Cortana on Desktop
Cortana is also available on desktops. It offers digital personal assistance! Windows 10 will be included in the build Cortana!
Spartan the New Browser
Bye-bye to IE (Internet Explorer). New Browser for a new era of computing and a new era of browsing. Project Spartan has online editing and commenting options (I hope it’s more than screen capture). Cortana will be in the build component of the Spartan browser.
Resources
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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.
great summary Anup…