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Acquisitions Editor: Anne Hamilton Developmental Editor: Valerie Woolley Project Editors: Valerie Woolley and Carol Dillingham Editorial Production: Christian Holdener, S4Carlisle Publishing Services Technical Reviewer: Randall Galloway Copyeditor: Roger LeBlanc Contents Introduction vii Chapter 1 An overview of Windows 8.1 1 What is Windows 8.1? .............................................2 Support for new device types 2 User experience 3 User accounts and synchronization 5 New apps 6 What’s new for IT pros? ............................................7 Security enhancements 7 Deployment and migration 10 Manageability 11 Virtualization 11 Under the hood 22 Windows 8.1 installation and upgrade options .......................13 Chapter 2 The Windows 8.1 user experience 15 Introducing the Windows 8.1 user experience .......................16 The Windows 8.1 desktop. 19 Customizing the Start screen ......................................22 Managing the user experience .....................................24 What do you think of this book? 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To participate in a brief online survey, please visit: microsoft.com/learning/booksurvey iii Chapter 3 Deploying Windows 8.1 27 Windows 8.1 editions at a glance. 27 Assessing compatibility ...........................................29 Choosing a deployment strategy. 31 Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit ..........................33 Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 34 Deployment and Imaging 34 Windows Preinstallation Environment 35 User State Migration Tool 35 Volume Activation Management Tool 37 Windows Performance Toolkit 37 Windows Assessment Toolkit 37 Windows Assessment Services 37 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit .....................................38 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 38 System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager 39 Windows To Go ..................................................39 Who should use Windows To Go 40 Preparation and requirements 41 Management and security 42 Windows To Go workspace creation 44 Chapter 4 Security in Windows 8.1 47 Assessing the threat landscape ....................................48 New hardware, new security capabilities ............................48 Securing the boot process .........................................49 Securing the sign-in process. 51 Blocking malware ................................................52 Windows