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Surface Pro 9 | Hands-on Review from its Lead Engineer


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Find out about the all-new Surface Pro 9 on the 10th anniversary of the Surface Pro line. A secured-core PC, we’ll look at the silicon choices from the 12th Gen Intel® processors built on the Intel® Evo™ platform for work-station class power, to the ARM-based Microsoft SQ® 3 powered by Qualcomm® SnapDragon® with 5G, for superior mobility and performance on the go.

Dave Mitchell, who leads the team that engineers Surface Pro, gives a hands-on review with all the details on performance, hardware options, new capabilities brought to life by the NPU in Surface Pro 9 with 5G, and the new Firmware Attack Surface Reduction (FASR) implementation to meet Secured-core PC standards. We'll showcase the engineering journey of the Surface Pro line and how it's influenced the rest of the Surface line along with updates for enterprise device admins, including new, more granular firmware controls from Intune.

Stick around till the end to see the new Surface Laptop 5, also a Secured-core PC with 12th Gen Intel® processors built on the Intel® Evo™ platform, and the new Surface Studio 2+ with its updated internals, including Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Thunderbolt™ 4 ports.

► QUICK LINKS:

00:00 - Surface Pro 9 overview and what's coming up

00:51 - Surface Pro line's 10-year anniversary

02:46 - Details of both Surface Pro 9 chipset options

04:10 - Surface Pro 9 with Intel specifics

05:30 - Surface Pro 9 with 5G (ARM) specifics

06:59 - NPU for Background Blur, Automatic Framing, Eye Contact & Voice Focus

09:30 - Security updates with FASR (Intel), D-RTM and Microsoft Pluton (ARM)

10:21 - Device management updates with Intune

10:55 - Hardware serviceability and repair options

11:25 - Surface Studio 2+ updates

11:52 - Surface Laptop 5 built on the Intel Evo platform

12:39 - Find out more about Microsoft Surface for Business

► Link References:

More Surface updates at https://www.surface.com/business

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