Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

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Windows 10 features

The familiar Start Menu, which Microsoft replaced with Live Tiles in Windows 8, returned in Windows 10. Users can still access Live Tiles and the touch-centric Metro interface from a panel on the right side of the Start Menu, however. Microsoft Windows 10 pro Continuum?allows users to toggle between touchscreen and keyboard interfaces on devices that offer both. Continuum automatically detects the presence of a keyboard and orients the interface to match.

Windows 10’s?integrated search?feature allows users to search all local locations, as well as the web simultaneously.

Microsoft Edge debuted with Windows 10 pro and replaced Internet Explorer as the default web browser. Edge includes tools such as?Web Notes, which allows users to mark up web sites, and Reading View, which allows users to view certain websites without the clutter of ads. The browser integrates directly with?Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant, which is also embedded within Windows 10.

Cortana integrates directly with the Bing search engine and supports both text and voice input. It tracks and analyzes location services, communication history, email and text messages, speech and input personalization, services and applications, and browsing and search history in an effort to customize the OS experience to best suit users’ needs. IT professionals can disable Cortana and some of its  features with Group Policy settings.

Windows 10 security

Microsoft Windows 10 pro integrated support for?multifactor authentication?technologies, such as smartcards and?tokens. In addition,?Windows Hello?brought biometric authentication to Windows 10, allowing users to log in with a fingerprint scan, iris scan or facial recognition technology.

The operating system also includes virtualization-based security tools such as?Isolated User Mode, Windows Defender Device Guard and Windows Defender Credential Guard. These Windows 10 features keep data, processes and user credentials isolated in an attempt to limit the damage from any attacks.

Windows 10 also expanded support for?BitLocker?encryption to protect data in motion between users’ devices, storage hardware, emails and cloud services.