Built for Business
With the new Windows, you get the best of work and play. Windows 8.1 Pro includes everything in Windows 8.1, plus enhanced features that help you easily connect to company networks, manage your devices, access one PC from another, encrypt your data, and more.
• Get to it all from the new Start screen, even your familiar desktop
• Discover popular and unique apps in the Windows Store
• Personalize with more tile sizes, colors, & backgrounds
• Do more with side by side views of apps and sites
• Access photos & files virtually anywhere with SkyDrive built-in
• Search, browse, and share more securely and quickly
• Protect your data by encrypting it with BitLocker
• Access one PC from another with Remote Desktop
• Connect to your company network with domain join
It Plays as Hard as it Works
Windows 8.1 gives you the power to quickly browse, watch movies, play games, polish your resume, and pull together a killer presentation — all on a single PC. Now you can organize up to three apps on your screen at once in a single view.
The Start Screen:
Personalize your Start screen with your favorite news, friends, social networks, and apps. Customizable colors and backgrounds and four different sizes of tiles make your device as unique as you are.
The Apps you Want:
In addition to great built-in apps for email, people, photos and video editing – you can also download thousands of popular apps from the Windows Store, including Netflix, ESPN, Skype and Halo: Spartan Assault.
Security:
Stay up to date and more secure with Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, and Windows Update.
Speed:
Windows 8.1 starts up faster, switches between apps faster, and uses power more efficiently than previous versions of Windows, including Windows 7.
Your Familiar Desktop:
From the Start screen, you are just a click away from the familiar Windows desktop you know so you can do the stuff you’ve always done.
Multitasking Made Easy:
It’s easy to do more at once. Snap multiple apps side by side in a single view for easy multitasking.
Mouse, Keyboard—and now Touch:
Windows 8.1 works harmoniously with various types of devices, including touch, mouse-and-keyboard, or both. Whatever kind of device you have, you'll discover fast and fluid ways to switch between apps, move things around, and go smoothly from one place to another.
Your files, Everywhere:
Stay connected to your photos and important files and access them on your phone, tablet or PC with SkyDrive. By signing in with your Microsoft account to any of your PCs running Windows 8.1 and you'll immediately see your own background, display preferences, and settings.
You Keep all your Files:
If your PC is running Windows 7, your files, apps and settings will easily transfer to Windows 8.1 Pro.
You Keep Familiar Programs:
Programs that run on Windows 7 will run on Windows 8.1 Pro.
Your Office. Your Way.:
Experience Office at its best on Windows 8 devices. Discover new and better ways to create, edit, and browse—using a keyboard, pen, or touchscreen. Don't forget: Office is not part of Windows 8.
Search once. Go anywhere
Bing smart search gives you results from your PC, your apps, and the web. See results in a clean, graphic view, enabling you to go where you want right from the search results. Play a song, open an app, or call a friend. Just tap and do it!
More apps to love
The Windows Store has a new look, which makes it easier to discover and download new apps. It provides apps for cooking, photos, sports, news, and a lot more – many of them free! Sort by price, rating, and category; find old favorites and hot new apps.
Make it yours
Set up a slide show on your lock screen by picking your favorite pictures. Arrange the stuff on your Start screen so it's just the way you want it. Choose from more tile sizes, more colors, and more backgrounds – including animated backgrounds.
Built-in cloud storage
SkyDrive is free online storage that's built into Windows 8.1. Save documents, photos, and other files to SkyDrive automatically, and access them anytime. You can also manage both local files and SkyDrive files in one place with the included SkyDrive app.
Fast, full-screen browsing
Getting Windows 8.1 means you get the new Internet Explorer 11 (built-in app). Internet Explorer 11 is built for touch, with faster load times, a full-screen experience that includes side-by-side browsing of your sites, and real-time info delivered on your Start screen through live tiles for your favorite sites.