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Lesson 19: Configuring

Mobility OptionsMOAC 70-687: Configuring Windows 8


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Using WindowsMobility Controls

Lesson 19: Configuring Mobility Options

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Opening WindowsMobility Center

Windows Mobility Center provides users withquick access to the configuration settings mostcommonly adjusted by mobile computer users.

To open the Windows Mobility Center on aWindows 8 mobile computer, open the ControlPanel and click Hardware and Sound >Windows Mobility Center to display the window.

You can also press the WIN+X key combinationand select Mobility Center from the contextmenu that appears.



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Opening WindowsMobility Center

The Windows Mobility Center



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Configuring MobileDisplay Options

To accommodate presentation audiences andother situations, mobile users are likely to adjusttheir display settings more frequently thandesktop users.

One of the biggest benefits of mobilecomputing is the ability to collaborate withother users, bringing your data and yourapplications with you.

Many portable computers have the capability

to connect an external display device, makingit possible for a group of users to view thedesktop without having to crowd around asingle small screen.



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Connecting anExternal Display

In most cases, the ability to connect an externaldisplay to a portable computer depends on thesystems hardware and software.

Many portables includeo External video port:Such as a VGA (Video Graphics

Array), DVI (Digital Visual Interface), S-Video, High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), or DisplayPortconnector, that enables you to attach an external

display to the computer.

o Video drivers:Enable you to configure the propertiesof each display separately.



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ConfiguringMultiple Displays

To modify the default configuration, openthe Windows Mobility Center and, in theDisplay tile, click or tap the Disconnect

Display button. This causes a fly-out SecondScreen menu to appear on the right side ofthe screen.

The other method for controlling the displays

is to open the Display control panel andclick Adjust resolution to open the ScreenResolution dialog box.



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Configuring Multiple Displays

The Second Screen menu



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Mirrored displays in the Screen Resolution dialog box



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An extended display in theScreen Resolution dialog box



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Using a Display Projector A display projector is a device that works like a

monitor, except that instead of creating animage on an LED, LCD, or plasma display, itprojects a live image of the computers desktoponto a screen.

Most display projectors can connect to acomputers video port, just like a regularmonitor.

Unlike Windows 7, the Connect to a Network

Projector Wizard is not installed with Windows 8by default. It is instead provided as a featurethat you must add before you can run it.



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Install and Run the Connect To aNetwork Projector Wizard

The Windows Firewall is blocking the network projectorfrom communicating with your computer page



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The How do you want to connect to a networkprojector? page



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The Enter the network address of anetwork projector page



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ConfiguringPresentation Settings

Windows 8 includes a dialog box that bundlestogether the configuration settings that usersmost often adjust before giving a presentation,which makes it possible to activate all the

settings with a single switch. To activate the Presentation Settings feature:

o Open the Presentation Settings dialog box, select theI am currently giving a presentation check box, andclick OK.

Or

o Open Windows Mobility Center and in thePresentation Settings tile, click Turn on.



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Configure Presentation Settings

The Presentation Settings dialog box



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ConfiguringPower Options

To conserve battery power, virtually all portabledevices made today include the hardware andfirmware elements needed to dynamicallyadjust the power consumption of individual

components. Windows 8 includes extensive controls called

power plans that enable you to create powerusage profiles for a portable computer and

assign different profiles depending on whetherthe computer is plugged into an AC powersource or running on batteries.



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Monitoring Battery Power By default, the Windows 8 desktop contains a

power icon in the notification area on the rightside of the Taskbar. When you click that icon,the system displays a tile that contains:o An icon indicating whether the computer is currently

using AC or battery power

o When running on battery power, the percentage ofthe battery charge remaining and the amount oftime left until the battery is drained

o The power plan currently in use and options to selectan alternative power plan

o Links to the Power Options control panel



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PowerShell Tools PS C:\ powercfgdevicequery

PS C:\ powercfglastwake

PS C:\ powercfgenergy



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Monitoring Battery Power

The Power tile in the notification area


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Working withPower Plans

A power plan is a combination of power managementsettings that provides a balance between powerconsumption and system performance.

Windows 8 includes three default power plans: Balanced(recommended), Power saver, and High performance.

To select one of the default power plans, use any of thefollowing procedures:o Open the Windows Mobility Center and, in the Battery

Status tile, select one of the plans from the drop-down list.o Open the Control Panel and click or tap Hardware and

Sound > Power Options, and select the radio button for the

desired plan.o Click the power icon in the notification area, and then

select one of the plans from the menu that appears.



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Working with Power Plans

The Power Options control panel


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Default PowerPlan Settings


Power

Sett ing

Power Saver Balanced High

Performance

Wireless

adapter power

saving mode

Maximum Power

Saving (battery)

Maximum

Performance (AC)

Medium Power

Saving (battery)

Maximum

Performance (AC)

Maximum

Performance

(battery)

Maximum

Performance (AC)

Dim the

display

1 minutes (battery)

2 minutes (AC)

2 minutes (battery)

5 minutes (AC)

5 minutes (battery)

10 minutes (AC)

Turn off the

display

2 minutes (battery)

5 minutes (AC)

5 minutes (battery)

10 minutes (AC)

10 minutes

(battery)

15 minutes (AC)Put the

computer to

sleep

10 minutes

(battery)

15 minutes (AC)

45 minutes

(battery)

Never (AC)

Never (battery)

Never (AC)

Adjust plan

brightness

40% (battery)

100% (AC)

50% (battery)

100% (AC)

100% (battery)

100% (AC)

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Default PowerPlan Settings


Power

Sett ing

Power Saver Balanced High

Performance

Turn off hard

disk

5 minutes (battery)

20 minutes (AC)

10 minutes

(battery)

20 minutes (AC)

20 minutes

(battery)

20 minutes (AC)

Minimum

processor

state

5% (battery)

5% (AC)

5% (battery)

5% (AC)

5% (battery)

100% (AC)

System

cooling policy

Passive (battery)

Passive (AC)

Passive (battery)

Active (AC)

Active (battery)

Active (AC)

Maximum

processorstate

100% (battery)

100% (AC)

70% (battery)

100% (AC)

100% (battery)

100% (AC)


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Create a Custom Power Plan

The Create a power plan wizard



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The Change settings for the plan page



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The Choose or customize a power plan page



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The Advanced settings page


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ConfiguringPower Policies

Administrators can also configureworkstation power options using GroupPolicy.

The ComputerConfiguration\Policies\AdministrativeTemplates\System\Power Managementcontainer in every GPO contains settings

that duplicate all the controls in the PowerOptions control panel.



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Configuring Power Policies

Power Management settings in a GPO



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Using Powercfg.exePowercfg.exe

Is the command-line program for theWindows 8 power management system.

Can configure settings that are notavailable from the Control Panel or in GroupPolicy.

Can export entire power managementplans to a file, and then import them onanother computer.



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Export a Power Plan

Power plans listed by Powercfg.exe



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Synchronizing Data Windows 8 includes the ability to store

copies of network files on the local drive foruse when the computer is disconnected.

This feature is called Offline Files. Windows 8 supports two types of

synchronization:

o One-way synchronization

o Two-way synchronization



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Using Offline Files Offline Files is a form of fault tolerance that

individual users can employ to maintain accessto their server files, even in the event of anetwork service failure.

If the network connection fails, or the userdisconnects a portable computer, access tothe offline files continues uninterrupted.

To synchronize a Windows 8 computer with anetwork folder, browse to the folder using File

Explorer, right-click the folder name, and selectAlways Available Offline from the contextmenu.


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ConfiguringShare Caching

Administrators can configure shares toprevent users from saving offline copies.

When you create a share using the

Advanced Sharing dialog box, clickingCaching opens the Offline Settings dialogbox.



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Configuring Share Caching

The Offline Settings dialog box


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Configuring OfflineFile Policies

Administrators can use Group Policy toconfigure Offline Files behavior on Windows8 workstations.

The ComputerConfiguration\Policies\AdministrativeTemplates\Network\Offline Files container inevery Group Policy object (GPO) has 28

policy settings.


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Configuring OfflineFile Policies

Using these settings, administrators cancontrol:

o Whether workstations are permitted to use Offline

Fileso How much disk space to allocate to the Offline

files cache

o Whether to encrypt the contents of the cache

o When synchronization events should occur



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Configuring Offline File Policies

The Offline Files Group Policy settings


Using Transparent


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Using TransparentCaching

Transparent caching is

Functionally similar to the BranchCachefeature, except that each Windows 8

workstation has exclusive use of its owncache; it does not share the cached fileswith other clients.

Designed primarily for clients and servers

connected by relatively slow wide areanetwork (WAN) connections.



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Using Transparent Caching

The Enable Transparent Caching policy setting



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Using Sync Center Sync Center is an application that functions

as a central control panel for all Windows 8computer synchronization partnerships,

including those with network drives andmobile devices.

Sync partnerships are pairs of folders ordevices that are configured to synchronize

their data on a regular basis.



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Configure a Sync Partnership

The Sync Center control panel



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The Which items do you want to sync onthis schedule? page



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The When do you want this sync to begin? page



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The Sync Center Scheduled time interface



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The Sync Center Event or Action interface



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Configuring Sync Options To control what settings the system should

sync, open the Charms bar, click Settings,and then click Change PC Settings.

On the PC Settings screen, click Sync yoursettings.

From this page, you can toggle the syncfunction and select the individual settings

that you want to sync to your Microsoftaccount.



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Configuring Sync Options

The Sync your settings screen



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Wi-Fi Direct Most Wi-Fi networks are based on the

infrastructure model, in which the wirelessdevices all connect to a central access

point, which enables them to communicatewith each other.

Wi-Fi Direct is a new Microsoftimplementation of ad hoc wireless

networking, which enables a computerrunning Windows 8 to establish a connectionto another wireless device.



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Using Wi-Fi Direct To use Wi-Fi Direct in Windows 8, first create

a pairing between two devices, much in thesame way as Bluetooth.

The only way to do that with Windows 8native tools is to use the Netsh.exeapplication from the command line.

Once the devices are paired, the deviceyou added appears on the Windows 8computer in the Devices list on the PCSettings page.



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Configuring

Windows To GoLesson 19: Configuring Mobility Options



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Windows To Go Windows To Go is a way to install Windows 8

on a removable USB drive.

You can then plug the drive into another

computereven one that doesnt haveWindows 8 installedand boot Windows 8from the portable drive.



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Windows To Go Once Windows 8 is running from the

portable drive, the computers own drives

are inaccessible and the user has access to

all the applications and files on the portabledrive.

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