The Banking Executive Magazine - August 2021

Windows 11 & The Banking Sector are also new, more colorful icons throughout the operating system. These are available in Windows 10 previews. • Interaction with the User Interface UI will be different as well. Win- dows are better for touch, some- thing that Windows 10 has struggled with. Windows 11 will support more swipe gestures. • Windows 11 has a bunch of gam- ing improvements including Auto HDR and DirectStorage. Xbox Cloud Gaming is going to be built- in and will be part of the Xbox app on Windows 11. • Windows 11 has a new Microsoft Store to unlock greater economic opportunity for developers and creators. Developers will be able to submit their apps without pack- aging them, and they can also host them on their own Content Deliv- ery Network CDN, meaning that they will not actually have to be distributed by Microsoft, just through the Microsoft storefront. The big point is that Microsoft does not care what kind of app you made. It can be Win32, .NET, UWP, Xamarin, Election, React Native, Java, a PWA, or something else, and Microsoft wants it in the store. Microsoft announced that Adobe Creative Cloud, Disney+, TikTok, and Zoom are all coming to the Store. Moreover, it is bring- ing Microsoft Teams and even Vi- sual Studio to its virtual storefront. Developers can use their own commerce platforms. That means that your app can use the platform that earns you the most money, and your app can still be in the Store. • Microsoft is integrating Teams into the OS. You will now find Teams Chat right in the taskbar, so you can easily talk to friends. It is also working with SMS. • Windows 10 brought us Snap As- sist, and Windows 11 is bringing us Snap Layouts. • With Windows 11 we can set the Virtual Desktop wallpaper on each of our virtual desktops. • Microsoft is adding a widgets panel, which will slide in from the left. WINDOWS 11 FOR BANKS AND BUSINESSES The big change for bank and busi- nesses in Windows 11 is commerce and security. Microsoft made a lot of promises during its Windows 11 in- troductory event, but the banks and business features are mostly evolu- tionary rather than revolutionary. The Windows 11 introductory event showed some glitzy new features fo- cused primarily on the new con- sumer experiences, but there are some important themes for banks and business users. Microsoft wants to expand in five key areas of interest to Banks and Busi- nesses: • Hybrid work • New commerce opportunities in the Microsoft Store • A low IT learning curve for deploy- ment and management • Beefed up security across devices and the cloud • New tools and an easier Windows 11 application process for develop- ers • Some Subtle Hybrid Work Features Microsoft has been promoting the hybrid work scenario for over a year because it is a real trend that has changed how most of us will work in the future. Microsoft is positioning Windows 11 as being hybrid work- centric. Microsoft promises that Win- dows 11 will remember your desktop layout once you undock from work and take your PC home. Microsoft is bringing back widgets as a quick way to get a mental reset for all those stressed-out hybrid workers. Widgets will be a feed powered by a back-end Artificial Intelligence AI to be personalized as possible. Overall, that will not markedly change a hybrid worker's life, but there are some additional capabili- ties on the back end that will help In- formation Technology IT chief offi- cers and security managers. Windows 11 offers new commerce opportunities. Microsoft is looking to make the Microsoft Store attractive to a much broader audience than just customers looking for the latest games. Microsoft is promising a bet- ter search experience and adding more business-oriented apps to the store. Microsoft wants Information Tech- nology IT managers to be involved as little as possible in its push to Win- dows 11. Microsoft made sure Win- dows 11 being fully compatible with how IT is managing Windows 10 today. For example, even though Windows 11 Home users will now be required to have an internet con- nection and a Microsoft account to get their operating system set up, banks executives and business users will still be able to set up offline and log in using Active Directory. Windows 11 will be a zero-trust plat- form and this approach will span the entire Operating System OS land- scape. That will include features like hardware-based isolation, encryp- tion, and malware prevention all being turned on by default. Windows 11 is faster, more secure and familiar for banks and busi- nesses. Windows 11 is also secure by design, with new built-in security technologies that will add protection from the chip to the cloud, while en- abling productivity and new experi- ences. Windows 11 provides a Zero Trust-ready operating system to pro- tect data and access across devices. WINDOWS 11 HOME VS PROVERSIONS Windows 11 Home requires a Mi- crosoft account and an internet con- nection to set up, whereas Windows 11 Pro does not. Windows 11 Pro is likely to offer additional security and business features over the Home ver- sion. the BANKING EXECUTIVE 48 ISSUE 152 AUGUST 2021