Jeremy Boyd - Intergen MSDN Regional Director Windows Vista Platform for the next generation of software

Biggest Windows Release Stacks Network Access Protection Network Location Awareness High Resolution/High DPI Windows Sideshow Windows Vista Display Driver Model People Near Me Windows Defender Power Management Live Icons Windows SideBar Parental controls Windows Feedback Services Desktop Window Manager Registry/File System Virtualization Protected Mode IE Windows Service Hardening Sync Center Aero Presentation Settings Preview Pane User Account Control Ad-hoc Meeting Networks Quick Search Windows Imaging Format Windows Resource Protection MMC 3.0 Cancelable I/O Resource Exhaustion Diagnostics Peer Name Resolution Protocol Reading Pane Windows Disk Diagnostics Restart Manager Transactional Registry Single binary Memory Diagnostics Startup Repair Toolkit Transactional File System Eventing and Instrumentation InfoCard SuperFetch Segoe UI Font Flip3D New Explorers Taskbar Thumbnails IPv6 XAML Search Folders Ink Analysis Split Tokens Mandatory Integrity Control UI Privilege Isolation Secure Startup Windows Filtering Platform User Mode Driver Framework New Open/Save Dialogs Shell Property System Winlogon Rearchitecture Windows Communication Foundation Windows Presentation Foundation Glass Open Package Specification XML Paper Specification Windows Workflow Foundation Windows Installer 4.0 Monad RSS Platform Function Discovery API Wizard Framework Crypto Next Generation Credential Providers Confident | Clear | Connected

Vista: Core Themes ClearConfidentConnected

Agenda Tour through focus areas for developers Experience Security and Reliability Connectivity and Integration of Data DiscoverableMobility

Create the Experience User experience (UX) Refreshed visual look and feel Usability Clearer dialogs and discoverable functions Search everywhere Better support for extensibility Improved responsiveness

What is User Experience? VHS VCR PVR (Windows MCE) MSN MailOutlook Web Access (OWA) Office: Outlook

Creating the Experience New desktop compositing engine (DWM) Windows Presentation Foundation Simple transition for developers Use “system theme” colors rather than fixed palette Use latest comctl32 library for new widgets Use TaskDialog instead of MessageBox Use new Wizards or Explorer host control for flow

Changes to Rendering All applications render to a back buffer Windows Graphics Foundation (Direct3D 10) used to render Aero UI WPF renders using DirectX pipeline Writing direct to screen will disable DWM You will notice this with certain applications or games Benefits are increased reliability and experience

The Windows Vista Experience

Secure It Extends from Windows XP SP2 and trustworthy computing initiative User Account Control (UAC/UAP) Network Access Protection Changes to Internet Explorer 7 to prevent

User Account Control New mechanism for low privilege accounts even when using an administrative account Identified by “shield” icon Behavior controlled by policy

User Account Control

Make it Reliable Windows Feedback Platform Extends Error Reporting Services I/O Cancellation Support Windows Restart Manager

InfoCard Consistent user experience Helps eliminate usernames and passwords Helps protect users from many forms of phishing & identity attack Support for two- factor authentication EasierSafer Built on WS-* Web Services Protocols

Get Connected Windows Communication Foundation IPv6 Peer to Peer Networking DNS resolution of PNRP names

Integrate Data XML Paper Specification Same as the Office 12 packaging format Native support for RSS Common feed list Common data store Sync engine

Connected Data with RSS

Be Discoverable Proliferation of Search New Explorer Property System Integration into Windows Explorer Extensibility of metadata in EPS IPropertyStore extends IFilter OLEDB based query access to Windows Search

Make it Deployable Extending ClickOnce Allowing low privilege user installs through User Account Control Windows Vista Restart Manager “How many reboots?”

Go Mobile Designed for Mobility New Network Connectivity Enhancements Enhanced Network Location Awareness Synchronization Manager WM_POWERBROADCAST message Support for Ink

Managed APIs for Windows Provides a set of managed “building blocks” over the Windows API’s Enhance developer productivity Help us to build this next wave of applications!

WinFX Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Workflow Foundation Windows Communication Foundation Available for Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP SP2 See next session for more details See next session for more details

Summary Helping people to be more confident by making the platform safer, more reliable, and more responsive Helping people gain clarity by removing clutter and improving organization Helping people stay connected with others easily and securely