Windows 7 IT Pro Guides Available for Download

Microsoft is offering not only pre-release versions of Windows 7 but also resources accompanying the development milestones designed to highlight the best aspects of the next iteration of the Windows client. An illustrative example in this regard is a set of guides offered for the IT professional audience of Windows 7. Which is not to say that the documentation is not available to all users to read and get an idea of what Windows Vista's successor will bring to the table. Via the Windows 7 IT Pro Guides, Microsoft is offering the Windows 7 Manageability and Windows 7 What’s New resources for download.

“These documents include: 1) A What's New in Windows 7 Guide, covering many new and changed Windows 7 features of interest to IT professionals, including DirectAccess, BranchCache and other networking technologies, VHD boot and other deployment technologies, and AppLocker, Biometrics, and other security technologies, and 2) A Windows 7 Manageability Overview Guide, covering the manageability improvements that can reduce total cost of ownership by helping to increase automation, improve user productivity, and provide flexible administrative control to meet compliance requirements, management technologies,” Microsoft informed.

Via the What's New in Windows 7 guide, Microsoft delivers an insight into the new additions introduced with Beta Build 7000 of the operating system. The document reveals new features and changes associated with AppLocker, Biometrics, Group Policy, Handwriting Recognition, Networking, Service Accounts, Smart Cards, User Account Control, Virtual Hard Disks, Windows PowerShell, but also in terms of search, browse, and organizing capabilities.

At the same time, “Windows 7 introduces a number of manageability improvements that can reduce total cost of ownership by helping to increase automation, improve user productivity, and provide flexible administrative control to meet compliance requirements,” the company revealed.