Microsoft has shortly after the release of the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 is a preview version of the new OS, put it online, which is designed for embedded systems. Windows Embedded Standard 8 running on ARM processors.
The embedded version of Windows 8, according to Microsoft, intended for ‘intelligent systems’. These include medical equipment, industrial systems and machines. In the trial version is the Windows 8 distinctive Metro interface included. Also are other features in the embedded edition included, such as BitLocker, Secure Boot, a quick return from the hibernate mode, and various links with Microsoft’s cloud services.
In Windows Embedded Standard 8 are also several tools built in, that allows system administrators to the operating system can manage. So may restrictions be imposed on the supported hardware. It also supports the embedded operating system, Active Directory, and policies for groups.
Windows Embedded Standard 8, that not only on x86 hardware running, but also suitable for the ARM platform, according to Microsoft, three quarters after the official release of the desktop version of Windows 8. The terms and conditions of the current preview-version of Windows Embedded Standard 8 expired in October.