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Game Changer: Windows 8 Tablet (the Swiss Army Knife of Devices)

Marcus Bluestein, CTO September 17, 2013


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Agenda

• Why should you care about tablets?

• Microsoft Surface Pro

• Microsoft Windows 8

• Microsoft Office 2013


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Why should you care about tablets?• The hot new form factor

• Perceived as easier to use

• The user experience does change as people have a new way to interface with applications and data

• Attorneys will buy them and want to use them


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Why should you care about tablets?• To increase adoption, you need to make sure

the environment is setup to be supportive

» Update deployment software like SCCM

» Create a Windows 8 image

» Deploy your applications

» Upgrade, virtualize or remove troublesome apps


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Microsoft Surface Pro

• Specifications today

» Intel i5 processor

» 4GB RAM

» 64, 128 or 256 GB SSD

» 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53in, 2lbs› 9.5 x 7.31 x 0.37in, 1.44lbs (iPad3)

» Wireless a/b/g/n, no network cable port onboard

» USB port and a display port

» TPM chip


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• My environment

» Targus or Lenovo USB 3.0 Port Replicator

» 2nd Monitor

» Keyboard & Mouse

» Power supply

» Pen

» In the office and at home

» VGA cable and USB Network Card


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• Notable features

» Bootup and overall speed

» 2 HD video cameras (front and back)

» USB charging slot on power supply

» Touch and Type keyboards

» Picture passwords


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• Frustrations from using Surface Pro

» No mobile broadband (rumored in next release)

» No removable battery

» 4-6 hour battery life


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• Why the Surface Pro instead of other devices?

» Surface RT, similar issues as an iPad

» Screen only tablets, like those from Dell and Asus, likely need an portable keyboard

» Hybrids, like the Lenovo Helix, are almost twice as heavy as the Surface Pro.


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Microsoft Windows 8

• Speed increase over Windows 7

• Task bar on multiple monitors

• Windows To Go

• File History

• Sync settings through the cloud

• DirectAccess

• Microsoft App Store


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• Frustrations with Windows 8

» DPI scaling (resolved in 8.1)

» Virtual keyboard on desktop doesn’t have predictive typing or autocorrect. In ModernUI, it does.

» IE10/11 is different in ModernUI

» Bitlocker needs a keyboard


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Other Tablets


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Microsoft Outlook 2013

• Optimized for Windows 8 and touch

• Quick unread mail filter

• Weather bar in calendar

• Peeks

• People cards

• Inline replies

• Hover quick commands like flag, delete

• Attachment reminder

• Folders can be moved around an no longer have to be in alphabetical order

• Color scheme is not flexible

• Site Mailboxes


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Microsoft Word 2013


• Cloud syncing

• Open and edit PDF’s

• Collapsible headings

• Reading mode

• Pickup where you left off

• Smarter collaboration

» Comment on comments

» Password lock track changes

» Present document online


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Microsoft Excel 2013


• Flash Fill

• Recommended charts

• Quick analysis tool

• Recommended Pivot Tables

• Power View

• Sharing



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Microsoft OneNote 2013


• 2 different versions, desktop and ModernUI

• ModernUI version built for touch


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Microsoft PowerPoint 2013



• Improved presenter tools

• Supports comments now


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Microsoft Lync 2013


• New clients including IOS, Android and Windows 8

• Persistent chat rooms

• Shared notes

• Improved Multiparty HD video and content sharing


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Contact information

Marcus Bluestein, Chief Technology Officer

[email protected]

212-692-5602

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