Win8 remarkable change Detailed Microsoft's cloud + client strategy

Author: Zhou Pu

With the Win8 with the official release of WP8, & ldquo; cloud + client & rdquo; the word frequently appeared in major media. As the basic strategy of Microsoft's cloud computing field, “cloud+end” provides cloud solutions for industry users through public clouds, private clouds and a variety of terminal devices, and enables hundreds of millions of ordinary users to enjoy fast synchronization and sharing services. .

So, "Cloud"; How far is it from ordinary users? Is cloud computing difficult to operate? “End & rdquo; What are the devices? “End” What kind of experience can you give us? What is the intersection of Microsoft's "cloud + end" and our daily life?
Win8's remarkable change details Microsoft's "cloud + end" strategy

& ldquo; cloud & rdquo; service: ubiquitous Windows Azure

Speaking of Microsoft's cloud computing services, We must mention Microsoft's cloud computing platform Windows Azure.

Windows Azure is an Internet-grade cloud computing service platform that runs on Microsoft data center systems. It is the general term for Microsoft "Software and Services" technology. The primary goal of Windows Azure is to provide a platform to help develop and run applications on cloud servers, data centers, the Web, and PCs. Azure currently offers five managed services, including .NET Application Services, SQL Services, SharePoint Services, Dynamics CRM Services, and Live Services. The Live service, which helps ordinary end users to share, store and synchronize files, is the closest cloud service to us.
Windows Azure

In Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 systems, Microsoft has built-in all Live features and other Internet services, such as: Bing search, MSN portal, online mail system Outlook.com, Office 365 Services, cloud storage Skydrive, Windows Store, Windows Phone Store, and Microsoft account Microsoft Account.

Among them, Office 365 is Microsoft's important cloud computing product, and it is the only Web-based service that is fully compatible with Microsoft Office. Users can use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and server software Exchange email, SharePoint collaboration software and Lync communication technology on a monthly basis. Office 365 provides customers with online office, email, portal collaboration, unified communications and more.
Office 365

SkyDrive is a free cloud storage product that gives users a free 7G cloud space to sync and store many documents and photos. This is the best known Win8 and WP8 system. Online service;

Windows Store and Windows Phone Store are application stores for Win8 and WP8 systems, which are the channels for users to obtain application software and the infrastructure of these two platform ecosystems;
Windows Store applications Stores

And Skype, MSN and other communication software are also essentially cloud services, we use it to send text messages to achieve video calls. This is also part of the Microsoft Live service.

In Microsoft's view, "cloud" is not a mere product or technology, but a general term for new ways of generating and acquiring computing power. With cloud services, users can dynamically acquire and adjust computing and storage capabilities, as well as access a variety of applications and services over the Internet. In the face of such demand, what are the cooperation measures of Microsoft's "end" device?

“End”Device: The operating system is the hub

If the user wants to enter the world centered on the cloud, then all kinds of terminal devices must be used to access the cloud. In the data and applications, these devices can be appliances such as computers and mobile phones, or software products such as basic software (operating system). Below, let's first understand Microsoft's "products" in the consumer market. I divide them into three levels:

One layer is "hardware", including desktops and laptops. , Win8 Tablet (Surface), Windwos Phone, Xbox 360, Ultrabook, etc.;
Surface RT Tablet

The second layer is "Operating System", including Windows 8 system, Windows Phone 8 systems, etc.;

The third layer is "application client", which refers to Internet Explorer, Office Office Suite, Windows Defender security software, etc.

The author believes that Microsoft's "Microsoft" The operating system side is the most important part of the entire "end" system. Because only in the operating system, hardware and software can work together, the platform and the user can be connected, and the service and equipment can meet. As a whole, the Windows system is the important platform for linking "hardware side" and "application client", and is also the center of the "cloud" & "traffic".