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Windows 11 Overview
Windows 11 Version 24H2, also known as Windows 11 2024 Update, is now available through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Windows Update for Business.
Today marks the beginning of 36 months of support for the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 11 version 24H2 We recommend that you start a targeted rollout in your organization now to ensure that your apps, devices, and infrastructure are working as expected in the new version. To help you plan, this post highlights some of the features and improvements that will help you deliver an exceptional experience while keeping your business data, apps, and people safe on any device.
Windows 11 version 24H2 includes all the features and capabilities that come with Windows 11’s ongoing innovation, which are now enabled by default. These include
Windows 11 Features
Windows 11 is getting a completely new look. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to back down from its previous claims and continue to abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And a completely new project is great for this. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign of the update, codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”). The Sun Valley project flashed on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed details of the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
Start and system items will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of each latest version of Windows. It’s not surprising that in Windows 11, developers will transform it again, but not so much in terms of functionality, as in visuals – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. It must be admitted that this small change makes the appearance of the system much fresher. Judging by the information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu – the innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float in the air, and its design will be exactly the same as the “Start” The action center will be combined with control buttons – a similar one has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island – control buttons will be on one separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (e.g. the player) on yet another.
Right angles will disappear, replaced by roundings. In fact, insiders and designers of the concept do not agree on this issue – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will keep right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion for roundings. The latter fits better into the definition of “all-new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough for the new design to be considered truly new. Roundings are expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. It is true that even on this issue, the opinions of the designers of the concept differ – some draw roundings in all possible interface elements, others connect them at right angles.
There will be a transparent background with blur everywhere. There are disagreements on the network about the island style of displaying windows, the design of the corners and the effect of the levitation of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renders show transparency and blur in all windows, whether at least in the Start menu or in Explorer. Moreover, these effects are present even in the assembly of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed for devices with two screens and weak gadgets in parallel with the Sun Valley project.