Windows 7 Enterprise Edition features a lot of multi-touch to promote industry applications

As the October 22 Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Official version of the listing date approaching, consumers are increasingly concerned about Windows 7. Windows 7, Microsoft's next-generation operating system after Windows XP and Vista, claims that it has a higher performance, faster startup, more compatibility, and many new features and benefits than Vista. For enterprise users, server/workstation users, when Windows Server 2008 is in the ascendant, will the ever-approaching Windows 7 be a deadly attraction for such users?

Windows 7 Enterprise Edition features

Figure 1 Windows 7 is quietly coming

Windows Server 2008, whose kernel major version number is NT6.0, which is the core version of Windows Vista, so Windows Server 2008 can be viewed as a server version of Windows Vista. The name "Windows 7" has nothing to do with the core code version, so it is named "7" because it is Microsoft's seventh-generation desktop operating system. Just as Windows XP (the core version number 5.1) is an upgraded version of Windows 2000 (core version number 5.0), Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Core version number 6.1) are Windows Vista (Core version number 6.0) Upgrade version. As a major improvement to the Windows Vista client operating system, there are great innovations in the kernel, design, engineering, and so on. The core version upgrades from 6.0 to 6.1 to ensure that Windows 7 continues to be a good feature of Windows Vista, while also ensuring greater compatibility with related hardware and applications.

From the published version, Windows 7 has 6 versions, namely, Windows 7 Starter (primary), home Basic (Family normal edition), Home Premium (Advanced edition), Professional (Professional Edition), Enterprise (Enterprise Edition), Ultimate (flagship edition). Windows 7 Starter does not have aero effects, running more than three synchronizations, homegroup (homegroup) creation, and home Basic (family General) does not have the Aero effects feature; real-time thumbnail previews, Features such as Internet Connection Sharing, which are only available in emerging markets, are not applicable to most domestic readers or users. The home Premium is worth the attention of the Windows 7 Home (Advanced edition), with aero effects, multi-touch, multimedia features (Playing movies and burning DVDs), building a home network, and other complete functions to better meet the needs of home users.

Business users or general industry users can focus on Windows 7 Professional (Professional Edition), which includes enhanced networking features (such as domain entry), advanced backup functionality, location-aware printing, offline folders, mobile Center (adroit Centre), Demo mode (presentation mode) and more complete business functions.

Figure 2 Enter Slmgr.vbs-dli in the run bar to find the version number of the current Windows 7

For enterprise users and some server/workstation users, Windows 7 Enterprise (Enterprise Edition), Windows 7 Ultimate (flagship) is more worthy of attention, it is designed for enterprise users and high-end users tailored, it has a lot of industry characteristics.

Windows 7 Enterprise (Enterprise Edition), Windows 7 Ultimate (flagship) have branch cache (distributed cache or escrow cache) features that reduce the footprint of the enterprise local area network The DirectAccess (direct access) feature is a new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, which enables users of extranet to have high-speed, Secure access to resources immediately after the corporate firewall from the Internet; BitLocker feature, BitLocker to Go is a new feature of Windows 7 that allows enterprise users to encrypt portable storage devices such as USB drives or external hard drives that are easily lost ; AppLocker (Application Control Policy) is a newly added security feature in Windows 7 systems that can be easily configured with AppLocker administrators to implement which programs a user can run on a computer, what files to install, which scripts to run , as well as enterprise enhancements such as virtualization enhancements (enhanced virtualization), Compatibility and deployment (compatibility and deployment), VHD boot support, and more. With the application of these professional features, the 32/64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise (Enterprise Edition), Windows 7 Ultimate (Flagship edition) have fully met the needs of enterprise users, and even most small and medium-sized server users.