Longhorn Windows® Client Roadmap [4 November, 2004] Arvindra Sehmi Architect, Developer & Platform Group Microsoft EMEA HQ

Windows “Longhorn” Business Value Value Enabling people and businesses to be more productive Costs Lower Total Cost of Ownership for IT New scenarios enabled by developers Choice Deploying Longhorn will bring quantifiable business value to the bottom line

Lowering TCO Deployment Application compatibility Friction free deployment Fast image distribution Easier, faster user migration Security Get clean and stay safe from most malware Non-admin accounts “just work” Isolation and containment of infected machines System starts and runs in a known good state Management Group policy advancements Improved update technologies Clean uninstall of applications

Improving Productivity Connected Confident Get Online AnywhereGet Online Anywhere Ad-hoc NetworkingAd-hoc Networking Sync PCs & DevicesSync PCs & Devices Fast StartFast Start Fewer RebootsFewer Reboots Advanced PerformanceAdvanced Performance Organized Find Information FastFind Information Fast Stay OrganizedStay Organized Publish & Protect DocumentsPublish & Protect Documents

Next Generation Platform Enabling developers to take advantage of new technologies Best of Windows combined with best of web Seamless connectivity through offline and online Secure web services for distributed applications Enabled by a new programming model, WinFX™ Built on the.NET Framework Easily extend Win32 applications

Recent Longhorn Announcements Longhorn client broadly available in 2006 Beta 1, 16 February, 2005 RTM, 22 May, 2006 Some Windows developer technologies downlevel to Windows XP and Windows 2003 “Avalon” (presentation subsystem) “Indigo” (communications subsystem) “WinFS” (storage subsystem) delivered later In Beta at the time of Longhorn Client OS broad availability; RTM one year later with Longhorn Server OS in 2007 Better alignment of client and server

What does this mean to you? Smoother, more evolutionary deployment Smoother, more evolutionary deployment Reduced complexity in deploying the Longhorn OS Ability to choose when and how to test, pilot and deploy WinFS Flexibility to take advantage of next generation applications on a broader set of platforms Will enable software developers to write next generation applications that run on hundreds of millions of PCs sooner Supports mixed desktop environments

What does this mean to you? Joe Wilcox, Jupiter Research “I see the more subdued approach as more realistic and better suited to businesses that eventually adopt Longhorn and to developers creating products for it.” - Joe Wilcox, Jupiter Research David Smith, Vice President Gartner Inc “This is a pragmatic [step], and overall it will let enterprises and developers do better planning”- David Smith, Vice President Gartner Inc

Windows Client Product Roadmap

The Road to Longhorn Today - 1 Deploy Windows XP SP2 Desktop, Embedded, Retail editions Deploy Windows Server 2003 There are 5 editions to suit your needs Leverage packaged server products SharePoint, BizTalk, SQL

The Road to Longhorn Today - 2 Write new applications in managed code Use.NET Framework & WSA for standards-based Interop Leverage Rich Client technologies for managed code E.g. ASP.NET, Windows Forms, VSTO, Smart Client Use layered service-oriented architectures Starting with ASMX Web services & XML Messaging Service-oriented convergence Adopt best practices and design patterns E.g. Enterprise Library, Smart Client Framework, EDRA

Summary Longhorn will deliver significant value to business customers Improved TCO for IT Greater productivity for people and businesses Next generation platform for developers What should you do? Preview Longhorn & the SDK at Give us your feedback at

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