14 DAY TRIAL // By now you must have already heard about a new Windows 7 release that Microsoft made available to customers at the start of July 2011, designed as the evolution from Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs.
The Windows Thin PC, or WinTPC for short, operating system can be leveraged as platform for thin clients resulting from repurposed Windows 7 capable machines, according to Microsoft.
In this regard, WinTPC and Windows 7 share a range of core components, but only to a point, since Windows Thin PC is actually a low footprint version of Microsoft’s most successful Windows client in history.
Customers that want to get additional insight into WinTPC can now download a whitepaper from Microsoft, free of charge. Windows Thin PC Whitepaper v1 went live on the Microsoft Download Center as Windows Thin PC hit commercial availability.
“WinTPC enables organizations with an excellent thin client experience, through features of thin clients like write filters (preventing users from modifying the operating system), rich remote desktop experience with RemoteFX, and the familiar Windows 7 interface (reduced training),” Microsoft said.
“WinTPC has been designed to leverage existing management investments, since it integrates easily with System Center Configuration Manager. WinTPC is a benefit of Software Assurance (SA) and does not require the Windows VDA license that other thin clients require to access VDI desktops.
“This provides IT with significant cost savings for their thin client computing model, but still gives administrators the ability to have a locked down computing device. This also gives organizations the flexibility to postpone PC hardware refreshes while enjoying most of the benefits of Thin Client devices today.”
It’s extremely easy for customers worldwide to give Windows Thin PC a try. All they need to do is download the trial version of the operating system and deploy it in a testing environment.
Actually acquiring WinTPC might not be as easy since the platform is only available as an added Software Assurance benefit, so customers will need to sign an SA license agreement with the Redmond company.
Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) Trial is available for download here.