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Discover how Windows 11 will enhance your daily work life.

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Multitasking

Simplify your workflow with features that help you manage multiple tasks efficiently.

Performance & Security

New Look

Enjoy a redesigned, modern interface that is visually appealing and easy to navigate.

Enhance your work with optimized hardware performance and robust security features.

Productivity Apps

Discover enhanced apps with features that simplify your tasks and boost productivity.

Copilot AI and Windows Hello features coming soon

Modernized interface

#InterfaceDesign

new customization options

Improved Light & Dark mode

WINDOWS EXPLORER

START MENU

IMPROVED SEARCH

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A redesigned look and a more modern interface

New Look

MULTIPLE DESKTOPS

SNAP LAYOUTS

FILE EXPLORER

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NOTEPAD

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Simplify your workflow with features that help you manage multiple tasks efficiently.

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OPTIMIsED PERFORMANCE

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ENHANCED SECURITY

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Performance & security

Work confidently with robust security features and optimized performance for a smooth experience.

#Organization

#InterfaceDesign

Discover enhanced apps with features that simplify your tasks and boost productivity.

Productivity apps

CLOCK APP - FOCUS SESSIONs

VOICE ACCESS

TEAMS app

SCREENSHOT TOOL

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Copilot AI

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Innovative evolutions

Get ready for Copilot AI and Windows Hello, bringing smarter assistance and enhanced security to your workflow.

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Your Ipsen Company Portal App, is now avaliable on all your devices. Through this portal, you have access to all applications that you can use at Ipsen. This dedicated app is installed by default and provides a unified experience across Windows 11 and iOS environments!

What'sNew?

Ipsen company portal

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COMING SOON!

In short, it Will change your way of working!

COPILOT AI

Copilot AI boosts creativity, streamlines tasks, and keeps you focused. It enhances productivity by automating common tasks and providing voice assistance for quick commands.

What's init for me?

Integrated into Windows 11, this AI-based assistant answers complex questions, generates ideas, summarizes pages, and changes PC settings quickly. With Copilot AI, you can manage schedules, set reminders, and even draft emails efficiently. These tools facilitate collaboration, simplify system maintenance, and improve energy efficiency.

What'sComing?

#Productivity

COMING SOON!

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The use of Windows Hello ensures a fast and frictionless connection, making your day-to-day tasks run more smoothly! This feature also enhances the security of your environment by reducing the risk of compromise associated with traditional passwords, thanks to biometric authentication.

What's init for me?

Windows Hello is a biometric authentication feature integrated into Windows 11. It enables you to connect to devices, applications and online services via more secure, personal methods such as facial recognition, fingerprints or a PIN code.

What'sComing?

WINDOWS HELLO

What is the best time to upgrade my PC?

My colleagues have already received the pop up to upgrade, and they have upgraded their computer. But I haven’t received yet the pop-up to upgrade. Why?

My application has a different behavior in Windows 11. What should I do?

In the Start menu, I cannot find anymore the tiles I have had in Windows 10.

Who can I contact for the Windows 11 support?

How long does it take to upgrade?

Is the update automatically pushed in my computer system or do I need to launch the installation?

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Need Help? Contact Service Desk: IT Service Portal or live chat or email servicedesk@ipsen.com

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You can now capture your entire screen, a specific window, or a more restricted portion in a simplified way. Once captured, you can add annotations, drawings, text, and highlighting directly in the tool, without having to use third-party applications, saving you time and efficiency.

What's in it for me?

Windows 11 has made several improvements to the screen capture tool, making the process of capturing, editing, and sharing images easier and more efficient.

What's New?

SCREENSHOT TOOL

Where can I access this feature?

You can access this feature on your Screenshot tool icon directly from the Taskbar or by typing 'Screenshot tool' in your search bar.

You can find this feature by hovering the mouse over the top right of the window you want to resize or reorder.

Organize your workspace efficiently and save time. Arrange your workspace to handle multiple tasks simultaneously without feeling overwhelmed, enhancing productivity.

What's in it for me?

Snap Layouts let you choose how to display multiple windows on one screen with various layout options. Save your layouts and access them from the app taskbar icons. Unlike Windows 10, where you had to arrange windows manually, the new Snap Layout feature automatically arranges your open windows, making it more efficient and saving you time.

What's New?

SNAP Layouts

Where can I access this feature?

Voice Access allows you to perform various actions, including generating written transcriptions of your oral discussions, ideal for creating meeting minutes more quickly. It also enhances accessibility for people with reduced mobility.

What's in it for me?

Voice Access is a new feature that allows you to control your PC and write text using your voice. You can open and change applications, browse the web, dictate emails, and more using voice commands. Voice Access uses your computer's voice recognition to accurately recognize speech and works without an Internet connection.

What's New?

voice access

Where can I access this feature?

You can access this feature in your Accessibility settings under "Speech" or by typing "Voice Access" in your search bar.

Enhanced transcription provides direct access to voice or written files, facilitating the writing of meeting minutes and saving you time. Quick access to mute, unmute, and window-sharing buttons helps you manage calls efficiently, avoiding interruptions and maintaining professionalism.

What's in it for me?

Microsoft has enhanced Teams' functions, including videoconferencing. Meeting transcriptions are now more reliable, and translation into other languages is greatly improved. Additionally, you can access mute and unmute buttons and share a window directly from the Windows 11 taskbar, making it more convenient during regular Teams meetings.

What's New?

TEAMS APP

Where can I access this feature?

You can find this feature by clicking on the "Meet" button accessible from the Teams icon directly on the taskbar. With Windows 11, you'll find a microphone icon automatically added to your taskbar when you're actively in a call.

In Windows 11, it is replaced by a list of app icons. You can easily pin your app to the Start menu. (See the section in this Windows 11 Guide)

Enjoy Windows 11!

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When you can see your Desktop, that means that is over.

The design is cleaner on the eyes, making it easier to read the computer screen. Dark mode has specific benefits such as reduced eye strain, improved battery life, and enhanced focus and contrast.

What's in it for me?

Choose your preferred Light or Dark mode. The Light & Dark modes have improved from the Windows 10 versions, with a more subtle use of transparency, animations and clean icon designs.

What's New?

Improved light & dark mode

Where can I access this feature?

You can find this feature from the 'Personalization'>'Colors' tab of the settings.

Personalizing your workspace by creating an environment that reflects your style contributes to your overall day-to-day well-being, making your work experience more enjoyable and tailored to your preferences.

What's in it for me?

With Windows 11 upgrade, you can customise new wallpapers, themes, and colors. The taskbar (colors, location, app pins, etc.), the system tray clock, and other elements, are easily customisable to suit your style .

What's New?

New CUstomisation options

You can find this feature in Settings > ‘Personalisation’

Where can I access this feature?

As usual, please contact the Service Desk. (See the contact details on FAQ page)

Step 2:

Be patient. Windows is completing the last settings. Please, keep your computer on.

You just have to wait during the installation.

Once you can see the Windows Login screen, log on to Windows 11.

No. You just need to be connected at the Internet – at the office or at home.

You can find this feature by clicking on the desktop icon directly from the taskbar.

Virtual desktops allow you to separate your tasks into different spaces, making it easier to organize and manage your windows and apps. By customizing them, you can easily switch from a desktop to another, allowing you to stay focused on your work.

What's in it for me?

Virtual desktops in Windows 11 are now easier to manage. Use the dedicated taskbar icon and rollover feature to reorder, create, rename, and customize desktops. Easily drag apps between desktops for better organization.

What's New?

Multiple desktops

Where can I access this feature?

The new Gallery in the Windows Explorer is a convenient way to access and manage your photo collection with a timeline.These new features will help you optimize your searches for greater efficiency.

What's in it for me?

A couple of Windows Explorer functions have been enhanced, such as gallery display and access to more file details. Also, when you right-click on a file, you can access the new "toolbar shortcut", which displays editing icons (cut, copy, rename, etc.).

What's New?

Windows Explorer

Where can I access this feature?

You can find these features directly by browsing the file explorer.

With integrated Web search, you can now search the internet directly from the search bar, delivering more comprehensive and relevant results. By linking your Microsoft account, you gain access to your files and documents from any connected device. Cloud search enhances the speed and accuracy of your search results.

What's in it for me?

Windows 11 has significantly improved the search function, including Web search and Cloud search activation. Now integrated with Microsoft 365, it enables rapid retrieval of documents, emails, and information shared across the organisation.

What's New?

Improved search

Where can I access this feature?

You can find this feature from the 'Personalisation'>'Colours' tab of the settings.

For example, the quick settings menu, that you can find by clicking on the wifi icon, has been redesigned.

Rounded corners and a centered taskbar provide a more modern and visually pleasing experience. This design enhances daily computer usage, making it more enjoyable.

What's in it for me?

Windows 11 features a modernized design with rounded corners, a centered taskbar, and redesigned icons.

What's New?

modernized interface

To do this, select an application icon from the Start menu, drag it and hover over another application icon until a folder is created.

To access all installed applications, click on the 'All applications' button at the top right of the pinned applications section.

Start menu organization

Account change, shutdown/restart

Recommended zone

Pinned applications

New centralized Start menu

Windows 11 has introduced several significant improvements to its Start menu, offering a more centralized, organized and intuitive experience.

What's New?

Start Menu

These enhancements will boost your productivity and overall user experience, offering you a more streamlined and personalized experience.

What's in it for me?

You do not need to do anything, the update is automatic.

By blocking distractions and preventing unwanted notifications, this feature helps you concentrate on your tasks without interruption. Define specific rules and schedules to activate/deactivate notifications, enabling you to work faster and more efficiently.

What's in it for me?

The Clock app now includes Focus Sessions, allowing users to limit or disable notifications and interruptions during specific periods.

What's New?

CLOCK APP - FOCUS SESSION

Where can I access this feature?

You can access this feature from your Clock app or from the 'System' tab of the settings and then select 'Focus assist'.

Multiple folder tabs in one window provide a better overview of your workspace and improve the speed of information retrieval, helping you manage daily tasks more efficiently.

What's in it for me?

Windows 11 introduces improved tab management in File Explorer and integrated browsers. File Explorer now integrates tabs, allowing you to open multiple folders in a single window, similar to a web browser.

What's New?

FILE EXPLORER

Where can I access this feature?

You can access this feature from the File Explorer tab by clicking on the "+" button to add new tabs.

The improvements make it easier to navigate and organize your tabs, helping you manage your notes more effectively.

What's in it for me?

Notepad has been enhanced with tabs and automatic backups, allowing you to close it anytime without losing progress. It will automatically restore previously opened tabs, unsaved changes, and content.

What's New?

NOTEPAD

Where can I access this feature?

You can access this feature on your Notepad icon directly from the taskbar or by typing “Notepad” in your search bar.

As usual, please contact the Service Desk. (See the contact details on FAQ page)

Even if it is quick, we recommend you upgrade your computer during lunch time or at the end of your working day.

It depends on the internet connection you use. Average time is 15/20 minutes.

Enhanced data protection, reduced downtime, improved user confidence, and better performance and reliability.

What's in it for me?

Windows 11 is twice as resistant to malware and predicted to be the most secure version yet. It allows you to create an access key to log in faster and more securely.

What's New?

Enhanced security

Where can I access this feature?

This icon means that updates are pending and you have to reboot your computer. Windows 11 gives you an estimated duration for the update.

You can just type « virus » in the Search bar to find the « virus & threat protection ».

Please make sure you have set aside the time or begin this after your working day.

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Once you select restart now or update and restart, the upgrade will begin, this can take anything from 10 - 45 mins depending on device and WIFI connection.

Step 1:

Once your computer is ready to upgrade, all you will need to do is reboot! Depending on what laptop model you have, you will receive either a pop up message asking you to pick a time to reboot, or you will notice an orange dot on your start-up menu to let you know to reboot.

Don’t worry. All computers will not receive the upgrade at the same time. Be patient, the IT team follows closely the remaining computers to upgrade.

You can find this feature from the "System" tab of the settings. Then select "Power & Battery" or "Storage" according to what you want to change.

Windows 11 is faster and more energy-efficient, enhancing your overall user experience. Applications launch quicker, response times are shorter, and your experience feels smoother. You'll appreciate the increased responsiveness.

What's in it for me?

Windows 11 updates are 40% smaller and more efficient, improving energy use and battery life. It also includes an option to automatically adjust screen brightness based on your environment to reduce power consumption. Additionally, File Explorer has been optimised, making file searches quicker and more efficient.

What's New?

Optimised performance

Where can I access this feature?