Internet Explorer Opportunities For Partners Margaret Cobb Product Manager IE Group Microsoft Corporation

Agenda Recap: Learnings from Internet Explorer in Windows XP SP2 Overview of Internet Explorer 7 Demo Monetization Opportunities Timeline Call to Action Resources

Post Windows XP SP2 Observations Strengths Big security investments were worthwhile Right balance of application compatibility and security Opportunities to improve Social attacks (phishing) as important as code execution Bad trust decisions don’t have an “undo” option Make life better for Web developers Everyone wants new features

Internet Explorer 7 Major innovations in IE7 for Windows XP SP2 Enhanced functionality in IE7 in Windows Vista Key areas of focus Makes everyday tasks easier Dynamic security protection Improved platform and manageability

IE 7 Monetization Opportunities Extensibility Default Homepage and Tabs Favorites Web Feeds Inline Web Search Windows Search Guide

Home Page And Tab Settings Previous Options OEM selects Homepage ISVs/ICPs can change the Homepage via programmability with user consent New Opportunities OEM can add tabs (recommend only 3 Tabs total) ISVs/ICPs can add Tabs via programmability with user consent

Favorites Settings Same opportunity as IE 6 and earlier Welcome to IE 7 page IE site on MS.com IE Add-on site Marketplace At Home.com At Work.com Windows Live Folder MSN Folder Two geo specific favorites Microsoft OEM can create unique OEM Favorites folder OEM determines contents of OEM Favorites folder OEM

Windows Community Blog feed Security Feed MS.COM feed pointing to All RSS feeds At Home Feed At Work Feed Windows Live Feeds OEM can create unique OEM Feed folder OEM determines contents of OEM Feed folder Feed Settings Same opportunity as IE 6 and earlier MicrosoftOEM

Inline Search New Opportunity in IE7 OEM can set default Search Provider OEM can add additional Inline Web Search search providers OEM can replace the Windows Search Guide with their own guide

Windows Search Guide New Opportunity in IE7 User can add Search Providers to the Inline Search Dropdown from Windows Search Guide or OpenSearch web links Search settings allow users to set default, delete, and/or re-order list Windows Search Guide Top 25 web sites by corporate domain in each regional locale are candidates OEM Provided Guide OEM can replace the Windows Search Guide with their own guide (but may not change the menu item text)

Windows Search Guide

Additional Customization Previous Options One Toolbar in the form of a browser helper object can be added by OEM (same as IE6) Help->Online support – OEMs can change the URL (same as IE6) OEMs can add a button to the toolbar New Opportunities 1 st run page can be customized by OEM, by adding a logo Anti-phishing Service – OEM can verify that their URLs are not being reported as phishing sites

IE 7 Schedule Beta 2 for Windows XP, Windows x64, and Windows Server 2003 SP1 available 4/24 in English 5/3 in German, Arabic and Finnish 5/8 in Japanese Windows Vista Beta available 1st half CY’06 IE7 XP and IE7+ Windows Vista available 2nd half of CY’06

Call To Action Download IE7 Beta 2 and familiarize yourself with the new features Check out the IE7 OPK and IEAK for customization opportunities Gear up for IE7 distribution Go to take Windows Vista 101, and learn more about how you can plug into the Windows Vista opportunity

More IE7 Information Download the IE7 Beta 2 at Technical docs on IE Developer Center Follow the IE Team Blog

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