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FIGURE 1-4 In Tablet Mode, the search box shrinks and the Start menu and apps fill the entire screen.
Several navigation elements that were added to Windows 8 have been removed for Windows 10.
The Charms menu is gone, replaced on the right side of the screen by an Action Center that shows notifications
and includes shortcuts to common tasks. Likewise, the Windows 8 navigation controls based
on aiming a mouse pointer at corners are replaced by a new Task View, which also supports multiple
virtual desktops.
More Info For a more detailed look at how Windows 10 works, see Chapter 2, “The
Windows 10 user experience.”
User accounts and synchronization
Anyone migrating to Windows 10 from Windows 7 should pay special attention to a new user account
type, introduced in Windows 8. Signing in with a Microsoft account instead of a local account provides
tightly integrated support for cloud-based services, along with easy synchronization of settings and
apps between devices.
Windows 10 supports signing in with an Azure Active Directory account, which allows administrators
to manage a PC or mobile device without requiring it to be joined to a domain. In addition, you have
the option to add a work or school account to make it easier to sign in to Office 365 and other cloud
services.
Figure 1-5 shows this feature in action, under Your Email And Accounts in the Settings app. In this
case, I connected a Google Apps account for access to email, calendar, and contacts information, as
well as an Office 365 account managed through Azure AD.
6 CHAPTER 1 An overview of Windows 10