Windows Vista Enterprise was
designed to help global
organizations and enterprises with
complex IT infrastructures lower IT
costs, reduce risk, and stay
connected. Building on the features
in
Windows Vista Business, Windows
Vista Enterprise provides higher
levels of data protection using
hardware-based encryption
technology. It also includes tools
to improve application compatibility
and enables organizations to
standardize by using a single
worldwide deployment image.
Windows Vista Enterprise is
available only to Volume License
customers who have PCs covered by
Microsoft Software Assurance. These
customers are also eligible to
acquire an optional subscription
license for the Microsoft Desktop
Optimization Pack for Software
Assurance. This software extends the
value of Windows Vista Enterprise by
reducing application deployment
costs, enabling delivery of
applications as services, and
allowing for better management and
control of enterprise desktop
environments. Together these
technologies deliver the most
cost-effective and flexible Windows
desktop management solution.
Windows Vista Enterprise includes
Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption,
a new technology which helps prevent
sensitive data and intellectual
property from falling into the wrong
hands if a computer is lost or
stolen. Windows BitLocker uses
hardware-based data encryption
technology that gives you greater
peace of mind knowing that your
corporate intellectual property is
safer and will remain your strategic
asset. Also, since the entire hard
drive is encrypted, Windows
BitLocker reduces the cost
associated with decommissioning old
PCs.
Windows Vista Enterprise includes
built-in tools to improve
application compatibility with
previous versions of Microsoft
operating systems, as well as with
UNIX operating systems. It also
provides the right to run four
virtual operating system sessions,
which enables you to run a legacy
application in a virtual environment
on top of Windows Vista Enterprise.
This feature saves you time and
money if you are unable to easily
migrate a legacy application
directly to Windows Vista.
Additionally, Windows Vista
Enterprise includes Subsystem for
UNIX-based Applications (SUA), which
enables you to run UNIX applications
unchanged on a Windows Vista
Enterprise-based PC. Whereas today a
UNIX database administrator or
system administrator needs to have a
UNIX workstation in addition to a
Windows-based PC, Windows Vista
Enterprise enables you to
consolidate both functions into a
single Windows Vista-based PC.
Windows Vista Enterprise customers
that subscribe to the
Desktop Optimization Pack for
Software Assurance have
additional options for minimizing
application compatibility
challenges. This service can
accelerate deployment with tools
such as SoftGrid for application
virtualization, which can reduce
application-to-application
conflicts, and with Asset Inventory
Services, to help you more quickly
compile information about
applications running inside your
organization.
An
interface language controls which
language a user sees in the Windows
Start menu, in the help system, in
built-in management tools, and in
Windows dialog boxes. Windows Vista
Enterprise includes all available
interface languages in one offering.
Access to all worldwide Windows
interface languages enables
organizations to build a single
deployment image that can be used
worldwide and to deploy individual
PCs that simultaneously offer
different interface languages for
different users.
Windows Vista Enterprise is designed
to meet the needs of large global
organizations and those with highly
complex IT infrastructures. If your
organization has these requirements,
Windows Vista Enterprise will help
you lower your IT costs and will
provide additional layers of
protection for your sensitive data.
