Microsoft Just Put Another Nail In The Coffin For Windows Phones (MSFT)

Now it's no secret that the ambitions of Microsoft's smartphones are over, and that its current Windows 10 Mobile operating system hardly has any life support.

So here is another nail in the coffin. On Monday, Microsoft announced in a blog post that no phone with Windows Phone 7.5 or earlier 8 operating systems will no longer receive push notifications. Also, the "Find my phone" function in those operating systems will no longer work.

This will not necessarily affect many users: Windows Phone 7.5 was launched for the first time in 2011 and Windows Phone 8 decreased in 2012. Despite the nomenclature, they were totally different operating systems: Windows Phone 7.5 could not be updated for Windows Phone 8 Neither operating system found a large audience at that time, and it is likely that there are not many phones that use it today, which is part of why Microsoft is currently in this suboptimal smartphone situation in the first place. .

If you are one of the few who use the latest Windows Phone 8.1, which fell in 2014, Microsoft writes that everything will continue to work as usual "at this time". The phrasing here keeps the door open that things could change in the not too distant future.

Meanwhile, Windows 10 Mobile, which was launched in 2015, is still fully compatible with Microsoft. At least, technically: while all its current features continue to work as before, Microsoft announced in October that users can only expect security patches and minor improvements, not new important features or new hardware.

So, yes, here is another milestone in the march to the tomb of Windows on smartphones.

However, hope can still emerge: it is rumored that Microsoft is working on a new folding tablet that could also function as a smartphone. However, if that device reaches the market, it surely will not execute anything that we recognize today as a Windows phone operating system.

Microsoft 74-335 Question Answer

Your company's corporate telephony environment is a combination of Lync 2013 and traditional Private Branch Exchange (PBX). The sites are connected by a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) topology. There are 6,500 users enabled for Lync 2013 video conferencing. Only RTVideo is being used for video conferencing. On average, 12 percent of users are on a video conference at any one time. The company plans to add additional bandwidth for all sites. The company is concerned about the quality of video conferences. As part of a bandwidth upgrade process, you model real-time transport protocol (RTP) media call flows for video communications that use only RTVideo. You have determined the average number of video conferences and estimated the bandwidth required for the video portion. You need to identify the additional bandwidth requirements when modeling real-time transport control protocol (RTCP).
Which bandwidth option should you choose?

A. 10 kilobits per second (kbps) per stream
B. 15 kilobits per second (kbps) per stream
C. 10 kilobits per second (kbps) total
D. 30 kilobits per second (kbps) total

Answer: A


Your company corporate telephony environment is a combination of Lync 2013 and traditional Private Branch Exchange (PBX). The company has three sites that are connected by a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) topology. There are 750 users who are using Lync 2013 and 2,500 users who are using the PBX environment. On average, the company has 10 percent of its users in conferences. Multiple users report dropped calls and poor voice quality. The company is planning to add additional bandwidth for all sites. You plan to generate and collect simulated traffic and then analyze the variations in the baseline network characteristics for each audio call. You need to collect the baseline network characteristics to simulate peer-to-peer (P2P), conference, and public switched telephone network (PSTN) communications. Which three pieces of information should you collect? (Each answer presents part of the solution. Choose three.)

A. cycle jitter
B. burst packet loss
C. sampling jitter
D. one-way network delay
E. average jitter
F. jitter period

Answer: BDE

New Surface Pro With LTE: First Impressions Of Microsoft's Mobile Masterpiece

Last week, Microsoft officially announced the availability of Microsoft Surface Pro (deep breathing) with LTE Advanced as part of its Future Decoded event. The option of an LTE model was revealed when Surface Pro was announced earlier this year, no doubt for those who wanted an LTE version to know how to wait and not buy the regular Surface Pro flavor in the summer.

As expected, Surface Pro with LTE does not have superficial differences with standard Surface Pro machines. It would take a pair of very sharp eyes to differentiate Pro and Pro with LTE. Due to the absence of additional antenna covers, the nanoSIM drawer is the only track, although it can not be used by all, as there is also eSIM support.

The difference lies in something missing in the specifications of the LTE unit. Unlike the usual Surface Pro, there is no option for an i7 variant model. The two configurations proposed as Pro will be released on December 1: i5 with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, and i5 with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.

That's right, there is no option for i7. This is the key consideration between this device and the Pro machines that went on sale in May. The internal volume required for the LTE circuit means that the fan used to cool the i7 Surface Pro can not be adapted, so the LTE model on the top line is the i5.

This gives buyers the decision to look for maximum power or connectivity. During my short time with the i5 equipped LTE machine, I never felt that I needed more power, even if I only used pre-installed applications. I suspect that heavy video games or video editing and media manipulation stretch the machine i5, but not to the point where it was inconvenient to use. I suspect that for most people the i5 specifications on the top line would be more than enough.

It also has the advantage of reducing the battery consumption by the processor. Microsoft has not yet produced the battery life numbers for the LTE machine, but turning off the radio signal required for LTE connectivity is not cheap in terms of battery power.

Once Surface Pro arrives with LTE, there are several areas to try, from the strength and speed of LTE and the ease of use of eSIM, to the battery life and performance tests offered by the processor.

However, all that makes Surface Pro attractive is also here. Microsoft engineering and attention to detail in the design; the holistic package that includes the Surface Pen, Surface Dial and Surface Pro Cover (all of which are available for purchase separately); and tight integration with Windows 10 to promote Microsoft's cloud-based services.

Surface Pro machines were already aimed at consumers looking for powerful portable solutions. The inclusion of LTE, although reserved for the professional market to date, allows Microsoft to offer a highly mobile-friendly solution, although its presence in the smartphone market is generally limited to software.

Microsoft 74-335 Question Answer

You need to identify the current average amount oi bandwidth required ior public switched telephone network (PSTN) calls for all three sites.
Which bandwidth should four choose?

A. 16,800 Kbps
B. 23,250 Kbps
C. 36,375 Kbps
D. 61,725 Kbps

Answer C



You need to recommend a soluton to test instant messaging (IM) communicatons with the iederated company. Which synthetic transaction should four configure?

A. Test-CsMcxPushNotfcaton
B. Test-CsMCXP2PIM
C. Test-CsASConierence
D. Test-CsXmppIM

Aoswern D

Microsoft 74-335 Question Answer

You need to identify the current average amount oi bandwidth required for public switched telephone network (PSTN) calls for all three sites. Which bandwidth should you choose?

A. 16,800 Kbps
B. 23,250 Kbps
C. 36,375 Kbps
D. 61,725 Kbps

Answer C

Pass4sure 74-335 Question Answer

You perform a network readiness assessment for a Lync deployment and model Lync network traffic by using the Lync Bandwidth Calculator. The organization plans to use panoramic video conference calls. You need to build a report to determine if the existing wide area network (WAN) links' bandwidth is sufficient to handle panoramic video conference call traffic. What should you do?

A. In the Codecs tab, customize the parameters for Lync 2013 multiview utilization.
B. Create a custom threshold definition.
C. Create custom calculations based on peer-to-peer (P2P) and conference traffic estimations.
D. In the Definitions tab, customize the resolution parameter for application sharing.

Answer: C

Pass4sure 74-335 Question Answer

Your customer's network includes four offices and a data center that are connected by a Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) network.
Your customer has performed a network readiness assessment. The readiness report includes the
following sections:
Existing network topology
Historical wide area network (WAN) links
bandwidth utilization Bandwidth estimations
o Video bitrates per client window sizes
o Desktop sharing bitrates
o Bitrates per codec
Users and locations
You are asked to review the readiness report.
You need to identify which sections are missing from the readiness report and should be included.
Which two sections should you include? 
(Each correct answer presents part of the solution.Choose two.)

A. Discovery
B. Recommendations
C. Traffic simu-lation
D. Modeling

Answer: BD