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:
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.
- 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.
