1. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material Windows Vista: Overview and Roadmap Thomas Lee Chief Technologist QA plc thomas.lee@qa.com

2. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 2 Agenda Challenges and Trends Security and Reliability More Effective at Work User Experience Mobility Deployment & Manageability Platform and Outlook

3. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 3 Challenges Today Stagnating Productivity, Escalating IT Costs, and Security Risks Increasing IT spending to support users, maintain the existing desktop environment, and avoiding downtime for employees Employees are overwhelmed with information and struggle to be productive in teams and on the road Security threats and breaches divert time and money to protect business systems and information

4. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 4 PC Technology Trends Storage Moore’s Law for disks Flash invading devices x64 goes mainstream New PC performance Multi-core CPUs performance and efficiency x86 proliferation Ultra-mobile Compact PC Devices & CE Graphics processors (Moore’s Law)³ & smarter Memory LargerFaster LCD’s new Fabs = bigger, cheaper & higher resolution Network Ubiquitous Wireless Radios in all devices PC = intelligent switch

5. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 5 Next generation platform for connected living Connecting people, information, applications and systems Windows Vista Anywhere mobility and device synchronization Supports existing & latest hardware, software and services Build next generation applications faster and easier More effective at work Information empowerment and enhanced productivity Smart, intuitive information management Easy to collaborate and share Streamlined user experience Greater confidence and control More security and reduced operational costs Start, run and stay more secure High performance and more reliable Cost efficient to deploy and manage

6. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 6 Feedback and Trends Constant and growing threat of hackers, viruses and malware Patching takes too much time and resources Protect against loss or theft of confidential information High cost of lost productivity and downtime Most organizations allocate 1-5% of total IT budget to security Top 3 causes of losses due to computer security incidents – virus, denial of service, and theft of proprietary information (Source: 2004 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey) Protecting Against and Responding to Security Threats Greater Confidence And Control More Secure & Dependable

7. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 7 More Secure & Dependable Key Investments Security Reliability Performance Isolation & resiliency Updating & monitoring HW-based security Built-in diagnostics No hangs Driver model Quick boot & resume OptimizationResponsiveness

8. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 8 Security Parental Controls User Account Protection Custom Authentication Mechanisms Firewall Internet Explorer Data Protection E-Mail Protection from Malware Network Access Protection Windows Services Hardening

9. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 9 Reliability Fewer Application Restarts Detects Impending Features Automatic Recovery File Shadow Copies Faster Startup Multi-Tiered Data Protection Rapid Reflexes Data Synchronization

10. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 10 Feedback and Trends Basic tasks still to difficult Minimize downtime Information overload More than 80% of enterprise's digitized information reside in individual hard drives and personal files (Source: Microsoft) Companies spend up to $18K/yr per employee trying to find hidden data (Source: IDC) Information Management More Effective At Work Visualization and Organization

11. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 11 Search Organize Share DesktopEnterprise “Stuff I’ve Seen” SharingP2PMeetings Lists & Auto Lists FiltersStacks More Effective At Work Visualization and Organization

12. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 12 Experience Visualizations Glass and Animations Flip and Flip 3D Thumbnails

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14. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 14 Organization Windows Sidebar Folders & Virtual Folders Properties Navigation & Preview Panes Quick Search Box and Column Headers Internet Explorer Quick Tabs / RSS

15. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 15 Feedback and Trends Laptops Communications devices Connect anytime, anywhere Employees get 50%-75% of their relevant information directly from other people (Source: Gartner) Connecting Teams Mobile & Connected

16. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 16 Sharing Computer-to-Computer Search Computer-to-Computer Synchronization XML Paper Specification Docs

17. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 17 Mobile Power Management Mobile Settings Networked Projection Windows Mobility Center Group Collaboration Tablet PC Safe Sleep & Quick Resume Windows SideShow Wireless Networking

18. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 18 Deployment Management Servicing Deployable & Manageable Key Investments Fewer images Fast distribution and installation Scriptable migration Patching improved Automation Group Policies for all new features Remote Assistance Configuration lockdown Improved Help

19. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 19 Deploy and operate Windows Vista™ New Security Features Deployment Visualize, Search, and Organize Information Easy Sharing Improved Performance Reliability User Interface

20. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 20 Monad Object-based command line language Created using:.NET interfaces to management objects Thin Cmdlets/Providers for a rich experience Integrates command line, COM, and.NET Uniform data access Download Beta from microsoft.com now! Scripting Languages (Python, Monad).NET Monad Runtime & Services Monad Commands Shells (MSH, MMC) Monad Command Shell

21. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 21 Next Generation Platform Key Investments Unified UI approach Vector-based composition engine Brings designers directly into application development Take advantage of new technologies and hardware advances Builds on.NET and Win32 Deploy & manage applications centrally & more securely Unifies today’s distributed technology stacks Cross-platform interoperability Maximizes productivity for Service Oriented Apps Programming Model Presentation & Graphics Messaging Infrastructure

22. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 22 Developing for Windows Vista™ WinFX Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Communication Foundation Windows Vista User Experience

23. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 23 Streamlined management Server roles for improved agility Responsive and robust infrastructure Integrated Windows Platform Common code-base Most secure highest quality release of Windows ever IT operational efficiency Information worker productivity Next generation developer platform

24. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 24 Windows Release Cycle Base platform releases update full line of products Windows 2000, Windows Vista Product release updates targeted Windows XP Home, Pro, Tablet PC and Media Center PC PlatformRelease PlatformReleasePlatformReleaseProductUpdateProductUpdate ~ 3-4 years ~ 1-2 years

25. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 25 Windows Vista Timeline Sept 2003 Sept 2003 Developer engagement April 2005 OEM & IHV engagement July 2005 Platform beta, IT engagement Winter 2005 End user engagement 2H 2006 Broad availability

26. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 26 Ask The Experts Get Your Questions Answered You can find me at the Microsoft Ask the Experts area, located in the Exhibition Hall: Wednesday16 November 12:30 – 14:00

27. Microsoft Confidential – NDA Material 27 Community Resources http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx Most Valuable Professional (MVP) http://www.microsoft.com/communities/mvp Newsgroups Converse online with Microsoft Newsgroups, including Worldwide http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities /newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities /newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx User Groups - Meet and learn with your peers http://www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups /default.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups /default.mspx