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Enabling Dynamic IT: The Optimized Desktop for Windows
Delivering the right balance between agility and control
The Optimized Desktop combines the Windows Vista Enterprise and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack to provide powerful technologies that help you secure, efficiently manage, and lower the costs of your organization's desktop infrastructure.
Learn how to prepare for and deploy Windows Vista in your organization today by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
Recent news
Over the last 4 years, Microsoft has made substantial changes to Windows Client Software Assurance (SA), including investments in a new Enterprise SKU and a number of acquisitions that led to the creation of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance (MDOP). In light of these changes, customers who previously declined to buy Client SA should re-evaluate their decisions.
These two products have been evaluated by Gartner:
Quantifying the Value of Software Assurance for Windows Client (173 KB)
Quantifying the Value of Microsoft's Desktop Optimization Pack (172 KB)
We know that some organizations are tempted to skip Windows Vista entirely and wait for the next release, Windows 7, which Microsoft plans to release in late 2009 or early 2010. However, compatibility with Windows Vista is a design goal for Windows 7 so enterprises should feel confident that investments they make in Windows Vista now will carry over to Windows 7.
The below report was written by Gartner:
Understand the Risks of Skipping Windows Vista (537 KB)
A key component of the Optimized Desktop, Windows Vista Enterprise is the premium business operating system for organizations with multiple PC environments such as mobile workers, office workers, and contract workers.
Recent news
Built on the Windows Vista foundation, Windows 7 will help make users productive anywhere, enhance security and control, and streamline PC management. Deploying Windows Vista today is an important step on the path to get ready for Windows 7. With availability targeted 3 years after the release of Windows Vista, customers with Software Assurance will have access to Windows 7 as soon as it's available.
DirectAccess keeps mobile users connected on the go
BranchCache makes file access faster
Search information on the PC, mail or SharePoint
BitLocker protects data on a PC and portable drives
AppLocker lets you control what user's can run
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure made better
Recent news
IT Pros: Get the latest updates on Windows 7 with the Springboard Series on TechNet.
Watch the public debut of Windows 7 at the Professional Developers Conference 2008. Watch the video (2 hours 29 minutes)
Management tools such as the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) enhance the manageability of Windows, streamline your business, and drives down desktop total cost of ownership (TCO).
Recent news
For customers exploring various deployment models, the Optimized Desktop for Windows provides unique licensing and virtualization technologies.
Recent news
Depending on the usage scenario and business needs, the right level of balance between user flexibility and centralized control would be different across various user groups within each organization. Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios give organizations the ability to choose the client computing scenarios that best meet the unique needs of their businesses. Learn more.
Some product features are only available in certain editions of Windows Vista and may require advanced or additional hardware.
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