Last Friday turned Microsoft’s widely acclaimed operating system Windows 10 one year. Gosh how time flies. Tuesday was their birthday present to users in the form of Windows 10 anniversary update. With millions of users, it is difficult to please everyone, but here IDG News lists five things that business customers should know about the anniversary update.
first No off button at Cortana
Cortana is no longer just a virtual assistant who can come up with the weather forecast. Now she is more or less the core of the operating system’s search function. But can no longer be turned off. Off button is gone.
“Bots are the new apps,” words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella from the Build developer conference earlier this year. Even where it was possible to imagine the way he envisioned. For the personal assistant is really the focus of the anniversary update.
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Cortanas new central role they take a step towards more interaction based on natural language, between Windows and the user. Instead of using the Start menu or use the individual apps, Cortana can act as a bridge between systems. And help users get things done.
How much you get out of Cortana depends on how much one is willing to surrender. Sheep assistant access to all the apps and information, she will get a better idea of your habits and get smarter as you go.
No, Cortana will not close after the update. But it is possible to restrict what information she takes part in and it is possible to make her less present. Log out and deny her personal information. Let Cortana be a simple search engine instead of a personal assistant.
The ambition of Windows 10 is that it will overlap all units, telephone – Tablet – PC. If you miss a call, a message pops it up in the computer. Or ask the assistant, via computer, to send a text message if you are late for a meeting.
It still feels strange for many people is to talk to their phone. For us to start giving instructions to the virtual assistants in the office environment, or even when working from home, it requires enough that we change our behavior and not least habits.
2. Increased security
Security is why the company wants to upgrade to Windows 10. It says Rob Epstein, director of marketing for Windows in the UK. Which may not come as a surprise given that the model Windows 7 now has a couple of years old. Because you will only so far on repairs and updates.
– Security landscape did not look out now as then, and the threats that exist have changed tremendously in that time, he said.
The US Department of Defense is one of the organizations that suffered most attacks worldwide. They will upgrade nearly four million units of Windows 10 in the coming year. And especially to gain access to the function Device guard says Rob Epstein. This security guard enables companies to shut down the hardware to protect against malware and continuous hacker attacks known as Advanced Persistent Threats, APT.
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With the anniversary update follows a number of features to help companies and organizations to detect threats. They come in the form of advances Defender threat protection that will provide IT security team a better view of the attacks and intrusions that can be directed against the company. With is also the possibility to better divide the business and personal data as more and more employees are using computers and telephones outside the job. The feature is called Windows information protection, information protection for short.
They have also made changes in the biometric logon as the update also will work in browsers Edge and individual Windowsappar. Away with passwords, in with fingerprints and facial recognition.
3rd Ink – slightly more than pen and paper
The pen be or not to be in the computer context debated healthy over the years. Idiot explained, pronounced dead and resurrected. Looking ahead, the writing tool for Surface to have a central location in Windows 10. The pen should be there as an option for those who wish to do so.
– While we have shown support for the pen earlier too, but now we try to embed the additional operating system. We want to make it easier to use pen and paper. There should only be to open the machine and start writing, says Rob Epstein.
This sounds suspiciously like the existing tools, just pencil and paper. But if you want to do more than just record the following additional features in this digital version. By a click on the Bluetooth pen starts workspace on the device. Start writing in a document or on a post-it and then share with colleagues via OneNote, Dropbox or any other app used to share files within the company.
Ink can recognize certain words and identify those handlingsord , words that can act on. As the “tomorrow” – the word is to right-click and Cortana can then create an event in the calendar. Enter a flight number can Cortana also search in Bing for information and update you if there are some changes that impact the trip.
To use the Ink requires a Surface unit and the pen is sold separately for about 500 SEK. The hope is that third-party developers to develop applications that can interact with skrivverktygets open API.
4th A good bag every year
Probably, if you can believe industry experts, so Microsoft will release a major update, called a feature update, each year. This is so that they move more and more towards a continuous update cycles, something they call Windows-as-a-service. A bit like Apple is working with ios.
These updates will not be forced to corporate customers said Rob Epstein. It can go a few years between when a major update is available, until the company is ready to implement it. So there should not be any rush and it’s fine to skip an update.
5th Sharper Edge
Not surprisingly, Microsoft said that their browser Edge is the fastest on the market. A claim not all are willing to sign on. But they have still finputsat browser and added some improvements. Faster, safer and kinder to the battery says Rob Epstein.
Free ship sailed on Friday, and now is the payment that applies if you want to upgrade their seventh to tenth. There are some loopholes, but they will probably not last forever.
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