12 major features Windows7 makes IT better

The industry's eagerly awaited Windows 7 has finally unveiled its final veil. As you might expect, Windows 7 adds a number of new features that make IT administrators more comfortable managing their operating systems. It can be said that deploying and managing Windows 7 will be a completely different experience than Windows XP and Windows Vista.

1. App Control Control AppLocker

Windows 7 Applocker makes it easy for enterprise IT administrators to configure which applications users can run on their computers: including programs, installation files and scripts. The key feature of Applocker is convenience. For example, you can easily configure a program to run higher than one of its versions. This saves a lot of policy maintenance time for IT staff. It is very easy to configure with AppLocker administrators to implement which programs, which files to install, and which scripts to run on the computer. Because AppLocker is based on Group Policy management and configuration, we can easily deploy it to the entire network environment, once and for all. Applocker makes it easy for enterprise IT administrators to configure which applications users can run on their computers: programs, installation files and scripts. You can also limit the running of a company's products by company name, such as limiting tencent's applications, then qq, qqgame, etc., can not be run.

2. BranchCache

For large-scale enterprises, ensuring the synchronization of branch offices with headquarters is often a difficult task, especially for branch offices to headquarters resources. Access, limited by network bandwidth, file size and other factors, branch offices often have to wait a long time to see the files they need.

BranchCache in Windows 7 provides a network response for branch office applications, giving users in branch offices a quick experience working in the headquarters office. It should be noted that BranchCache works with Windows Server 2008 R2. When BranchCache is enabled, remote users request for files stored on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to be routed to a locally cached copy of these files. This local cache can significantly improve file access performance. When the BranchCache is enabled by IT, the files on the accessed intranetWeb site or file server will be cached in the local environment of the branch office. When Windows 7 users access these resources again, they will be automatically located in the cached data. Save a lot of branch office bandwidth and ensure the speed of other business applications accessing the headquarters office, such as ERP, CRM, BI applications.

3. More advanced hard disk encryption technology BitLocker

BitLocker is a new type of disk encryption technology that enables IT administrators to control data more "finely" and securely protect data on the hard disk. Not accessed by unauthorized users. This feature is also very convenient to use, you can encrypt your hard drive with a single click.

4. Mobile Media Encryption BitLocker To Go

BitLocker To Go can be used to encrypt hard drives and USB sticks. This will ensure the security of the information carried around. Imagine that the company's latest research data is on the U disk, but it is lost outside. What kind of disaster is this? If you have encryption, you are not afraid. If you lose it, it is a USB flash drive. You don't have to worry about data leakage.

5. Federated Search

This feature allows users to search the web, but unlike other single search engines, it is a combination of multiple search methods, so called The Federated Search feature, which is based on the OpenSearch project and the RSS format, is open source and allows users to simply create their own "search connectors" for remote search.

6. Windows XP Mode

Windows XP Mode (XPM) is an application that runs Windows XP on Windows 7 based on Virtual PC technology, so you don't need to run applications such as IE6. Entering the virtual machine is also convenient for web developers to test, and can also solve some Windows 7 software incompatibility issues.

7. User Account Control

The biggest improvement of UAC in Windows 7 is to provide more control options in the control panel, users can according to their own needs. Choose the appropriate UAC level. There are four different levels of settings in the UAC control panel for the user to choose from:

- Always notify on every system change, as long as the system changes UAC will give a prompt, this level is the same as in Vista, any system Level changes (such as Windows settings, software installation) will notify the user.

- Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer, only when the application tries to change the computer settings, when the user changes the Windows settings (such as the control panel and administrator tasks) UAC will not prompt.

- Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer, without using the Secure Desktop, similar to the second option, except that UAC prompts appear on the regular desktop instead of on the secure desktop.

- Never notify, this option is basically equivalent to turning off UAC.

8. User interface is more friendly

Windows7 system enhances the desktop display function, no longer uses monotonous pictures to make wallpapers, but can change the desktop style at will, can achieve more with wallpaper replacement tools A wallpaper slideshow shows the effect. Since Windows Vista, Microsoft has integrated a sidebar widget in the system desktop to display some personal information in the sidebar of the desktop. The system has been improved in Windwos7, where we can place these gadgets anywhere on the desktop as needed. The taskbar of Windows 7 is more powerful. In the taskbar, you can quickly display and view the history information accessed by a program, so that you can view the used files. When viewing, right-click on the program icon (such as word) on the taskbar to open a history list where all the document names that the word has recently opened are displayed.

9. Powerful library functions

Libraries in Windows 7 provide a file system for quickly viewing different file types. By default, it is divided into communication, contacts, documents, downloads, music, videos, pictures and so on. For example, in the download library, the URL address of each downloaded file is listed, and the contact library contains an e-mail address and a contact phone number.

With the new features in Windows 7, the "Library" makes it easier to find and manage files that walk across the entire computer or network. The library can put your data together in one view, no matter where the data is actually stored. This will greatly improve your efficiency when doing some operations.

For example, you want to bring together family albums on your external hard drive, your family's computer, and your office laptop. In the past, finding, copying, and integrating would be a tedious task. Now in Windows 7, you just need to create a library and name it (for example, "family photo"), then set up which remote folders should be included in this new library. As a result, although your photos are actually still in three different locations, they can now be displayed in the same window.

10. Smarter Power Management Solution

Windows 7 has made significant improvements in power management, saving more power than previous systems. In addition to these improvements, IT professionals can use power management diagnostics to find problems that can affect power efficiency.

11.Location Aware Printing

There is no need to reset your default printer or remember the printer name in a location. Windows 7 uses a local printer to intelligentize Windows 7 to allow multiple default printers to be used in multiple locations. Your computer will automatically select the default printer for your location. Location Aware Printing to determine if you are printing at home or in the office.

12. Remote Voice on Demand

Windows 7 operating system, with simple settings, you can interactively on-demand, Remote Media Experience, bring you as long as you have Windows 7, the end of the world is faster.