Windows 7 The Best Desktop Experience - TechDays UK - October 27th 2011 David Nudelman

1. David Nudelman
Microsoft MVP – Windows IT Pro
Principle Consultant at OCSL
Twitter: @nudelmanuk

2. 80.00%
Windows Adoption
70.00%
60.00%
52.46%
50.00%
40.00%
30.60%
30.00%
20.00%
9.40%
10.00%
0.00%
SOURCE: http://www.netmarketshare.com/

3. Windows XP end of support
Windows XP
Launch Today
SP1 SP2 SP3
End of support
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

4. Why Windows 7?
Desktop
Hardware
Direct Access Branch Enterprise
Cache Search
32Bit vs. Federated
64Bit Search
BitLocker Location
Awareness
AppLocker Mobility Input
Diversity
Multi Lingual GPOs and
GPP
EndPoint
IE8
Security

5. Direct Access
Corporate
Network
Direct
Access DC & DNS
Server (Win 2008)
Internet
Windows 7 client Applications & Data
IPsec-enabled
IPsec ESP-encrypted transport and/or IP-HTTPS encryption using machine cert
to access Corporate network resources

6. Branch Cache
ID
Data
ID
ID
Search
ID Data
ID
ID
Data

7. Bitlocker

8. AppLocker
• Eliminate unwanted/unknown
applications in your network
• Enforce application
standardization within your
organization
• Easily create and manage flexible
rules using Group Policy

9. Problem Steps Recorder

10. Resources
• Springboard Series
www.microsoft.com/springboard
• Windows Team Blog
www.windowsteamblog.com
• Windows XP End Of Support Countdown
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11662

11. David Nudelman
• Twitter: @nudelmanuk
• Email: david@itpro.es
• Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dnudelman