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Windows XP |
Windows Vista |
Windows 7 |
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Management |
Windows PowerShell 2.0 |
Download |
Download |
INCLUDED |
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Scripting of Group Policy Settings – Requires Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Group Policy Preferences |
Download |
Download |
INCLUDED |
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Windows Recovery Environment |
NO |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Windows Troubleshooting Platform |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Unified Tracing |
YES |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Problem Steps Recorder |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Remote Access to Reliability Data |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Deployment |
Deployment Image Servicing & Management |
NO |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Dynamic Driver Provisioning |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Volume Activation |
NO |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Multicast Multiple Stream Transfer |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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User State Migration Tool |
YES |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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VHD Image Management & Deployment |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Rich Remoting Experience – Multimedia, Bi‐directional Audio, Multi‐Monitor |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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VHD Boot |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Security and |
BitLocker™ Drive Encryption‐ Windows Vista or Windows 7 Enterprise |
NO |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Compliance |
BitLocker To Go™‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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AppLocker™‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Multiple Active Firewall Profiles |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Granular Audit |
NO |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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User Account Control |
NO |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Domain Name System Security Extensions |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Smart Card Support |
YES |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Biometric Support |
3rd Party |
3rd Party |
NEW |
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File |
Desktop Search |
Download |
YES |
IMPROVED |
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Organization |
Libraries |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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and Search |
Search Federation |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Enterprise Search Scopes ‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Remote |
DirectAccess – Requires Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 R2 |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Access |
VPN Reconnect |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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BranchCache – Requires Windows 7 Enterprise |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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Mobile Broadband |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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RemoteApp & Desktop Connections |
NO |
NO |
NEW |
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