What kind of service is Live Tiles in Windows 8

In Building Windows 8, Microsoft wrote this article by Ryan Haveson to explain in detail the internal working mechanism of Win8 Live Tiles. Microsoft's Windows 8 notification platform is one of the important aspects of the new start screen. Real-time data obtained from web servers and applications can be pushed, and then the Win8 start screen changes dynamically. Ryan Haveson said in a blog post that a noticeable thing, when using Windows 8 internally, starts the uniformity of the screen and high-quality readability, which can enhance the efficiency of online business applications. With the scalability of the new push platform, the Windows 8 feature can achieve minimal impact on the operating system, which is a big improvement in today's Windows mechanism.

Windows8 notification and real-time block has replaced the traditional Windows7 and gadgets among Vista. Microsoft has been working hard to ensure that hundreds of real-time tiles are updated without affecting system performance. Instead of using flags and text, tiles provide real-time information and images. Based on the Windows Live Messenger service, Microsoft established the Windows Notification Push Service (WNS). The service that informs the platform is built by the same team. Haveson added that few teams in the world have the expertise and knowledge to build such a large number of this global expansion service with such high efficiency.

Microsoft has also added a new task manager system, so that users can keep track of network bandwidth occupied by each application. In general, the resource usage of the tile is relatively low. After the release of the Windows 8 Developer Preview in September, Microsoft established a monitoring service. After installing Windows 8 by thousands of users, you can see a huge number of notifications spreading rapidly around the world.

In Windows8, Microsoft designed the notification platform while providing real-time information, will not affect the performance and battery life; the information provided on the tradition of plug-ins and widgets terms more clear. Haveson continues to explain that every design decision considers its impact on performance and battery life. Microsoft said users will not worry about the performance impact of installing too many favorite applications. After Microsoft opens the Windows Store, we will see Windows 8 Metro applications and their notifications and real-time tiles truly.