Windows for

Education: Enabling Flexible Teaching

and learning with Windows

8.1 Enterprise

Windows Strategy for Education

Devices and Experiences

Users Love

Enterprise Grade Solutions

Institutions Require

Best Education tablets and PCs

Mobility: Productive and connected

Empower BYOD

Enterprise grade security

Windows apps for Education

Windows for education

Best Educational Tablets and PCs

Supports the latest processors – better performance, increased battery life

InstantGo keeps apps up to date

Supports new touch displays, both ultra high-res and smaller screen sizes

Smaller tablets, natural for portrait mode reading

Enables the latest hardware innovation: Miracast, NFC, biometrics

A new class of devices

TOUCH | LIGHTER, THINNER, FASTER

LONG BATTERY LIFE | MODERN SECURITY

NEW FORM FACTORS | SENSORS AND CONNECTIVITY

Windows 8.1: Best Educational Tablets

Great Windows Devices for Mobile Users

Modern Windows Apps for Learning and Teaching

Touch, Mouse, Keyboard, Pen Support

Office, Windows Productivity, and LOB Apps

Enterprise Class Manageability and Security

Great Experiences Across Hardware & Devices

Windows 8.1: UI Enhancements

See the desktop only when you need it

Leave the desktop only when you want to

Enhanced windowing and multi-monitor support

Enhanced Search Experience

IT Control of Start Screen

Enables a single Windows Store app experience on the device

User only experiences the specified app

Unable to access system files and other apps

Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry – broader set of device lockdown capabilities (ATMs, etc.)

Windows 8.1: Assigned Access

Windows 8.1: Connectivity

SoC-integrated mobile broadband

Native Miracast wireless display

Wi-Fi Direct printing

Your PC as a personal hotspot

NFC tap to pair with enterprise printers

Mobility: Productive and Connected

Mobility: Productive and Connected Learn and Teach Anywhere on Any Windows Device

Connected on

the go

Productivity

every where.

Your data and apps on any

Windows Device

Productive Across

Windows Devices

NETWORK

Work Anywhere on any Windows Device: Connected on the go with DirectAccess

FIREWALL

Mobile Broadband

Wi-Fi

DirectAccess

SkyDrive

Lync

SharePoint

SkyDrive Pro

Data servers

Exchange

*Internet access required

*Internet access required

LOB App

Your Apps and Data Always With You

Pro

Replacement Device User Settings on

Replacement Device

Work folders or

Windows Device Lost or Damaged Device User Data on

Replacement Device

Empower BYOD

Empower BYOD Flexible solutions for your school

Joining workplace with

personal devices

Windows To Go

VDI* Device

Management

*Powered by Remote Desktop Services

Manage access to school data

Register personal devices

Simple for user

Device enrollment with Windows Intune

Windows 8.1: Workplace Join

Simplify Virtual Desktops: Diverse OS environments with Client Hyper-V*

* Windows 8 Pro required

Windows 8 VM

Windows 7 VM

Windows Server VM

Linux VM

Run multiple operating systems on a single Windows 8 PC

Work from Many Devices

with Flexible Use Rights

Access to Windows 8.1

Enterprise

Virtualize, Manage,

Restore with MDOP

Software Assurance for Windows

DirectAccess Connected to corporate networks, seamlessly

and more securely

BranchCache Users in the branch office can download documents and apps

faster

AppLocker Specify what software is allowed to run on a user's PCs

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Improved end-user experience

Windows To Go Creator Create a corporate Windows 8 environment on a USB stick

Windows To Go Use Rights Access from any SA/VDA licensed device

Use WTG on personal PC at work* or at home

Microsoft Advanced Group Policy

Management (AGPM) Checkpoint your policy rollout, minimize downtime

Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery

Toolset (DaRT) Restore user productivity quickly

Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) Change your device, keep your experience

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) Virtually any application, anywhere

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization

(MED-V) Enable your Windows XP-based apps on Windows 7

* Companion Subscription License Required

Enterprise Sideloading Deploy Windows 8 apps from outside of the Windows Store

Microsoft BitLocker Administration

and Monitoring (MBAM) Simplified BitLocker management

Companion Subscription License VDA/WTG right can be extended to up to 4 companion

devices under add-on for SA

Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) Enable users to access virtual instances of Windows in a

variety of user scenarios

Free VDA rights for Windows RT companion devices

Enterprise Sideloading Deploy Windows 8 apps from outside of the Windows

Store on Windows RT and Pro

SA foundational use rights, technology, support

Start screen control Control Start screen configurations for different groups using

Group Policy

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