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Group 8
Ian Carr, Chris Lemley, Clay Garrison, Alvaro
Suarez, Amanda Williams.
Introduction
 Windows Vista is the next scheduled version of
Microsoft Windows operating system.
 It will be the broadest update to the Microsoft
operating system family since the jump from
version 3.1 to Windows 95 over ten years ago.
 The scheduled release date to the general
public is projected to be around late October to
early November 2006
Basic Features
 New and enhanced graphical user interface
(GUI).
 Completely redesigned audio, networking, print
and video systems.
 Improved security infrastructure.
 The implementation of numerous digital rights
management technologies.
Key Essentials
According to Microsoft, the Vista platform delivers
on three key essentials:
 Helping people to be more confident by making
the operating system safer, more reliable, and
responsive.
 Gaining clarity by removing clutter and
improving organization.
 Connecting people with others easily and
securely by improving network security and
integration collaboration.
Pillars of Vista
Microsoft refers to new key technologies in this
version as the “pillars of Vista,” and groups them
into four subsets:
 Fundamentals
 Presentation
 Communication
 Workflow
Fundamentals
New developments to the basic structure of the
operating system include:
 Re-architected audio, networking, print, and
video systems
 Redesigned networking and video systems.
 Enhanced security measures and
implementation of digital rights management
technologies.
Fundamentals
Installation and Deployment advancements:
Windows Installer 4.0, ClickOnce
 Repackage files and installations into easier
and more effective solutions
 Advancements similar to and improving upon
MSI packaging
Presentation
 Visual / delivery updates center around the
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which
includes:
 Aero, the revolutionary new graphical user
interface
 The new API (Advanced Programming
Interface), built on .NET framework version
2.0, also releasing with Vista
WPF utilizes XML, .NET 2.0, and vector
graphics.
Aero
Presentation - Aero
 As technology continues to increase, end-users
demand more out of their multimedia
experiences.
 Aero delivers with rich 3-D, animations, fades,
transitions, and effects in a glitch free
environment.
 The result is a greatly enhanced user
experience, with greater interactivity
possibilities, heightened graphics, and improved
overall stability.
 Truly takes advantage of hardware accelerationsupporting graphics cards and super high dpi
displays. “HD” Computing
Communications
 Communications advances center around
development and implementation of the
Windows Communications Foundation
(WCF).
 Local program and/or local client
interoperability
 Service-oriented system messaging system
 Similar to Web Services (networked machine-tomachine interaction through processing language)
Workflow
 Improvements such as Windows Workflow
Foundation (WWF):
 Allows for task automation and transaction
integration
 Fully functional “task manager”
 Unlimited production to marketplace
possibilities
WinFX
 Collectively, the WPF, WCF, and WWF are
known as WinFX.
 Short for Windows Framework
 Being developed within and alongside
Vista, but won’t be limited to the Vista
operating system; launch plans include
backwards compatibility with existing
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
installations.
End-User Features
 Additional new features include:
 Enhanced user-account control
 Improved Windows Shell
 (improved user engine)
 Windows applet sidebar
 Additional toolbar for applets, coined “gadgets”
 Speech recognition
 Internet Explorer 7.0
 Improved internal and external search engine, security
 Windows Collaboration
 Microsoft’s new replacement product for NetMeeting
 Superfetch
 Will speed the loading of programs and data transmission
from external devices such as USB drives
Core Features
 Additional core enhancements include:
 Improved memory management
 Full utilization of 64-bit processing, memory
dumps, and proper allocations
 Rewritten kernel algorithms
 Native IPv6 stack (Internet Protocol version 6)
 BitLocker drive encryption
 Software-to-hardware disk security
 Atomic transmission / Transactional NTFS
 Completely eliminates file corruption. During file
transfer, the data is either sent 100% successfully,
or is failed altogether; zero tolerance.
Conclusion
 Safety, security, and reliability
 Clarity and organization
 Ability to communicate with customers
 Flexibility in the integration of business
applications
 Easy connection to others through network
security, and integration collaboration