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Overview of Windows 11 Enterprise Windows 11. The main part of this announcement should be the presentation of a significant change in the user interface, codenamed Sun Valley. As we know, a significant part of the UX changes will be carried over by the Windows 10X shell, and Windows 10X will not go on sale. Now, as expected, leaks about Windows 11 begin. Features of Windows 11 Enterprise Windows 11 will get a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its previous claims and continue to abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And a completely new design is great for this. The giant from Redmond has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – under this name, it seems, the Sun Valley project has appeared on the network for quite some time. Microsoft regularly revealed details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data. Start and system items will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of any recent version of Windows. Not surprisingly, in Windows 11 the developers will redesign it once again, but not so much from a functional point of view as from a visual point of view – the Start window will be moved above the bottom bar. We must admit that this small change will make the system look much fresher. Judging by the information on the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inner workings” of this menu – the innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and its design will be exactly the same as that of “Start”. The Action Center will be merged with the control keys – a similar one has long been used in other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it is an island – the controls will be in a separate area, notifications in another, and certain elements (like a player) in another. Right angles will disappear and will be replaced by tabs. In fact, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point – some are confident that Microsoft will not change its traditions and maintain right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the trend of fillets. The latter fits better with the definition of “completely new Windows” – just floating menus are not enough to consider a new design truly new. Tabs are expected to affect virtually everything in the system, from context menus and system windows to all application windows. True, the opinions of concept designers also differ on this issue – some draw curves in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles. The result is a translucent background that fades everywhere. There is disagreement on the Internet about the style of the shop window island, the design of the corners and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and fade-in in all windows, whether it is at least the Start menu or Explorer. In addition, these effects are also in the composition of the discontinued Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for devices with two screens and weak devices. The so-called acrylic transparency involves the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as larger spacing between elements – the areas of the user interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger and page titles will be bold. New font that has already been shown. Windows 11 will most likely use the standard responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which is already included in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.