1. Vijay Raj “VJ”

2. About me… Work at Texas Instruments MVP [Setup-Deploy] & STEP Member for Windows 7 Xpertised in Application Setups & Deployment Xtremely passionate about Technology Evangelism Xcited about Cricket and Music Biggiee Fan of Mark Russinovich, Sachin and Rahman.

3. Agenda Windows 7 Evolution Kernel Improvements Performance Enhancements Power Enhancements Security Enhancements Focus Areas when you migrate Application Compatibility IT Pro Features

5. Areas of Improvement Too many launch surfaces Redundancy Organizing Data VPN Connectivity involves lengthy procedure Too many prompts Arranging windows involves acrobatics

6. Significant Enhancement in Windows 7 Taskbar Progress barNo Dock Gadgets Calculator New Paint Home Group Easy Networking System Tray Jump List Quick Launch Enhanced control panel Show Desktop Data Library Federated Search Program Grouping Multi Touch Aero Peek Ribbon Buttons Superbar Thumbnails Overlay Icons Interactive Thumbnails Improved Search Window ManagementAction Center Color Hot Track Aero Shake Desktop Slideshow Smarter UAC New Installation ProcessFast Boot Fast Shutdown MinWin Windows Sensors Location Platform Aero Snap Backup ClearType Text Tuner Display Color Calibration Wizard Credential Manager Biometric Devices Windows Health Center FAST !!!

7. Fast! How Fast ??

8. Kernel Enhancements Performance Enhancements Fast Boot Working Set Improvements Triggered Services Power Enhancements Display Dim Core Parking Sleep\ Hibernate Improvements Security Enhancements UAC and Virtualization

9. Few Changes: Most software that runs on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7 - exceptions will be low level code (AV, Firewall, Imaging, etc). Hardware that runs Windows Vista well will run Windows 7 well. Few Changes: Focus on quality and reliability improvements Deep Changes: New models for security, drivers, deployment, and networking Windows 7 Builds on Windows Vista

10. Top Focus Areas coming from Earlier Versions Operating System Version Changes Standard User / User Account Control (UAC) Windows Resource Protection (WRP) Internet Explorer Impacts of 64-bit Operating Systems (no 16 bit) File Libraries Deprecations/GINA/Session 0 (High Impact/Low Frequency)

11. App-Compat

12. IT-Pro Enhancements Search Federation Search Connectors Direct Access Bit Locker VHD Enhancements Branch Cache PowerShell V 2.0 for Clients

13. Resources Online: Engineering Windows 7 - http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ Chris Jackson - http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/ My Technical Blog - http://www.msigeek.com Follow me on Twitter at “msigeek” Offline Windows Kernel Internals – Edition 6 – Mark Russinovich