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Course Overview
For organizations and their employees, Windows 10 may very well become Microsoft's greatest platform ever made. Windows 10 is not only more familiar from a user experience standpoint, but it also includes so much of what businesses need—including enterprise-grade security, identity and information protection features, which reduces complexity and proves a better experience for the modern needs of business. Microsoft has even simplified management and deployment to help lower costs, including in-place upgrades from Windows 7 or 8 that are focused on making device wipe-and-reload scenarios obsolete and are delivering continued improvements based on customer feedback.

Course Outline

1 - A Single Converged Platform
• Universal apps
• Simplified application deployment for IT across platforms

2 - Improved User Experience/New Features
• Consistent interface
• Similar experience with touch or traditional mouse & keyboard
• Live tiles across
• Windows snap
• Continuum mode
• Cortana
• Edge web browser

3 - Enhancements to Windows Security
• SaaS - the new OS will be continually patched and up to date
• Enhancements in 2 factor authentication
• Data at rest, in motion, in the cloud
• VPN protection
• Secure identities/protected LSA
• Enterprise credential protection
• Built in advanced malware protection

4 - An OS Managed for Continuous Innovation
• Users getting the best experience with less administrative overhead
• Dynamic Provisioning
• BYOD or Corporate issued devices
• Transition away from wipe and load deployments
• Business Store Portal

5 - Other New Features
• New Photo app
• New Music app
• New People app

6 - Other Windows 10 Technologies
• Surface Hub
• HoloLens
• Holo Studio
• Xbox live integration, game streaming

7 - Free Upgrade to Windows 10
• Windows 7 SP1
• Windows 8.1
• Active Software Assurance customers
• Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise, Windows RT excluded

8 - Windows Insider Program
• Help shape Windows 10
• Millions already enrolled
• Access to Technical Preview

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