Windows 7 is designed to reduce cost and increase IT department productivity by increasing automation and providing tools to make troubleshooting and resolving issues quickly. Windows PowerShell 2.0, an enterprise-scale scripting engine, is included with Windows 7 and enables IT professionals to automate almost any aspect of system management. IT professionals can even automate the creation and configuration of Group Policy objects, simplifying policy definition for organizations with a complex Group Policy structure.
Windows 7 also helps users be more productive. In particular, IT professionals can use PowerShell to create customized Windows Troubleshooting Packs that are designed to resolve issues common to their specific environment. Because troubleshooting is extensible, IT professionals and line-of-business application developers can design solutions that users can access to diagnose and even resolve problems with internal applications. And users who solve their own problem using the Windows Troubleshooting Platform don’t need to call the support center.
For those problems that still require a call to the support center, Windows 7 enables IT professionals to quickly diagnose and solve problems. Anyone who has struggled to reproduce the problem a user describes will appreciate the Problem Steps Recorder, which captures click-by-click screenshots showing what user actions led to the problem. Improvements to Resource Monitor and Reliability Monitor will enable IT professionals to quickly identify which processes are causing problems and what system changes might have caused them. Updates to System Restore enable users or IT professionals to see which applications and drivers will be affected before a restore point is activated. Windows Recovery Environment is installed by default so that it can be accessed in an emergency or when a Windows 7 DVD is not available.
Windows 7 also includes significant enhancements to Group Policy, the tool IT departments use to centrally manage computers running Windows. If you strive for a more managed and secure desktop environment that restricts which applications users can run, AppLocker will enable you to create more flexible rules that can apply to any version of an application—even versions that have not yet been released. Group Policy Preferences define default settings for users, providing a simple way to establish an initial configuration that users can update, without requiring you to modify deployment images. You can also use Group Policy to require BitLocker encryption, even for removable storage devices such as USB flash drives. Finally, by enabling DirectAccess, mobile computers can continue to be managed, receiving updated Group Policy settings on a regular basis, syncing data files with the server, and receiving software updates, because they will be automatically connected to your internal network every time the computer connects to the Internet.
These technologies enable Windows 7 to accomplish a simple, universal goal: reduce desktop support costs by making IT professionals more productive.
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