Windows 8 enters the commercial market, the main mobile card

December 12 news, with the release of Windows 8, consumers with the new PC pre-installed Windows 8 on the market began to contact the new system, and in terms of enterprise customers, Microsoft began to promote it with full management of mobile devices and unified IT management.

Microsoft China Windows Commercial Market Director Bao Jiafeng said yesterday that in the context of the increasing participation of tablets and smartphones in the work environment, the main features of Win8 Enterprise Edition can make enterprises better. Manage mobile devices.

Although the outside world once questioned the need for enterprise users to accept Win8 more time, but the list of Microsoft, global companies Johnson, Bank of America, British Telecom, Chinese companies Zhejiang University, Shanghai Municipal Education Bureau, South Companies such as aviation have begun internal deployment of new systems.

Several features designed for enterprise-class mobile devices

Unlike professional versions that individual consumers can appreciate, Enterprise Edition Windows 8 is only available for corporate customers. The main difference is Windows To Go, Direct Access, BranchCache, AppLocker, VDI enhancements, and new Win8 application deployment.

Take Windows To Go as an example. This is an enterprise-class Win8 stored in a USB disk. When employees use a personal computer office and plug in the USB disk, they can temporarily use the enterprise environment instead of Personal information is confused with job information.

Bao Jiafeng introduced that after using Direct Access, users can directly access intranet information in various places, without the need for cumbersome VPN access.

Several other features have also improved mobile office, and the problem of using personal computers for employees has been solved.

& ldquo; All that companies need is a personal computer with Windows 8 Professional installed. & rdquo; Bao Jiafeng said.

It is estimated that 70% of users will abandon Windows XP by June next year.

How to make Windows 8 deployment for enterprise users is not easy, but what has always been Microsoft’s most guilty is How to let users give up Windows XP. This decade ago system still accounts for 40% of Windows users.

According to market research firm Net Applications, Windows XP’s market share in November was 39.82%.

Perhaps because of this, Bao Jiafeng said frankly that when he communicates with the company, the biggest point is that he hopes that the company will give up Windows XP and at least upgrade to Win7.

A lot of investigations and reactions, enterprises are still waiting to see the Windows 8 touch screen, especially the new system requires a lot of learning costs, business managers hope that employees first learn by using a personal computer. And Microsoft has provided a variety of management solutions for such situations.

Bao Jiafeng said that the demand for enterprise user systems is still determined by his own situation, but by 2014, Microsoft will completely stop supporting Windows XP, which means great risks.

However, after three years of Windows 7 release, the new system has already gained a considerable share in the enterprise market. Bao Jiafeng said that Microsoft expects that by the end of June 2013, 70% of enterprise users will With Windows 7 or Windows 8, XP users will be less and less.