Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Meet Surface Pro
- Set up your Surface Pro
- The basics
- Get started
- Get to know Surface Pro
- Power states: On, off, standby, and restart
- Charging
- The touchscreen
- On-screen keyboard
- The Kickstand
- Typing Covers (keyboards)
- Touchpad
- Sound features
- Pro Pen
- Use apps and programs
- Search, share, and settings
- Accounts and sign in
- Install apps and programs
- Personalize your Surface
- Connect devices
- Storage, files, and backup
- Networking
- Connect to a wireless network
- Disconnect from a wireless network
- Connect to a wired network
- Join a domain, workgroup, or homegroup
- Get to files on other computers
- Share files and folders
- Connect to a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Airplane mode
- Tethering: Use your phone’s data connection
- Mobile broadband connections
- Remote Desktop: Connect to another PC
- Built-in apps
- Additional info you should know
- Windows Updates
- How can I help protect my Surface from viruses?
- Windows Firewall
- BitLocker Drive Encryption
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Accessibility
- Speech recognition
- Take a screen shot
- Default apps
- How to restore, refresh, or reset your Surface
- Surface Pro BIOS/UEFI and starting from a USB device
- BitLocker recovery key
- Accessories
- Care and cleaning
- Help, Service, and Support
- That’s it!
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Step 1: Share your phone’s Internet connection
Windows Phone. For info, see Windows Phone 8: Share my connection.
iPhone. For info, see iOS: Understanding Personal Hotspot.
Android. Check the materials that came with your phone or the manufacturer’s website.
Step 2: On Surface, select your phone as a network
1. Open the Settings charm, then tap or click the wireless network icon ( ).
2. Tap or click your phone’s name (the name you set up in Step 1), and then tap or click Connect.
3. If prompted, type the password that you set in Step 1.
Mobile broadband connections
Mobile broadband makes it possible for you to connect to the Internet from virtually anywhere, even if there’s no
Wi-Fi network available. Mobile broadband connections use 3G, 4G, or LTE cellular and mobile networks to do
this, just as phones do.
When a wired or wireless network isn’t available, you can use one of the following options:
Portable wireless router
USB dongle that provides cellular connectivity to a PC
Both of the above options require a mobile broadband subscription. For details, check with your mobile operator.
For more info about using a mobile broadband connection, see Mobile broadband from start to finish on
Windows.com.
Remote Desktop: Connect to another PC
Using a Remote Desktop Connection, Surface can connect to a PC in another location (the remote PC). For
example, you can connect to your work PC and get to all your apps, files, and network resources from Surface.
For info on how to do this, see Remote Desktop: Frequently asked questions on Windows.com.