Building on technology that the Windows Vista operating system introduced, Windows 7 deployment technology has evolved significantly since Windows XP Professional . For example, it supports file-based disk imaging to make high-volume deployments quicker, more efficient, and more cost effective . The Windows 7 operating system also provides more robust deployment tools through the Windows […]

Microsoft Virtual Server is a virtualization solution that facilitates the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Originally developed by Connectix, it was acquired by Microsoft prior to release. Virtual PC is Microsoft’s related desktop virtualization software package. Virtual machines are created and managed through an […]

Windows Server 2008 R2, or simply R2 for short, is the second release of Windows Server 2008. It isn’t a completely new release, but rather adds additional features and refinements to the existing release. In this book, we focus on the new features and refinements in R2. We assume you have at least a general […]