Windows 8 Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Business

[Mike]

On March 1st, Microsoft released a product guide all about the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. While the guide is meant primarily for businesses, it details many of the new features that are found in the operating system. The 15-page document touches on some of the key features that are being discussed. Among them:

• Start screen
• Innovative user interface
• Line-of-business app development
• Touch-first experience
• Choice in form factors
• Internet Explorer 10
• New possibilities for mobile productivity
• DirectAccess
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Work on the road
• Windows To Go
• Mobile broadband
• Work in a branch office
• BranchCache
• Printing enhancements
• Cloud-connected
• Enterprise-class infrastructure technologies
• Enhanced end-to-end-security features
• Trusted Platform Module (TPM)-based Systems
• Trusted boot process
• Measured boot process
• BitLocker Drive Encryption
• AppLocker
• SmartScreen Application Reputation Service
• Claim-based access control
• Unified management across devices
• Testing, deployment, and migration
• Hyper-V
• New Virtual Hard Disk format
• Assessments
• Reset and refresh your PC (native factory restore)
• Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
• Automation with Windows PowerShell

Official Link: Download: Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Business - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

This document may be updated. At present time, it appears to be v1.1, published on March 1, 2012.