Windows 7 正式版部署与企业客户

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：Windows 7 正式版部署与企业客户

 对普通用户而言，Windows 7、Windows Vista和Windows XP的混战或许不会有啥影响，尤其是老鸟们，想用啥就可以用啥。微软想要占领普通消费市场也很简单，反正Windows 7正式版一面世，至少品牌机预装的都是Windows 7了。但对企业用户而言，事情就没这么简单了。

首先，每个版本的Windows的技术支持都是有一定期限的，比如，Windows XP就将在下月14号停止主流支持了，企业和组织总会在支持到期后考虑更换系统。但由于目前的Windows系统已经相当成熟了，微软想要凭借Windows 7中的新功能特性来吸引企业的注意力恐怕还是远远不够的。

其次，尽管通过Software Assurance（软件保障）协议，此前已经更换到Vista的企业用户可以直接升级到Windows 7，尽管从Vista升级要比从XP升级容易得多，但如果企业想要使用Windows 7中的新功能，如BrandCache和Direct Access的话，除了将PC升级到Windows 7外，服务器也要升级到Windows Server 2008 R2才行。这样一来，企业又要慎重考虑了。

但微软副总裁Ross指出，“我并不赞同在Windows 7发布12-18个月之后再升级，目前我们从Windows 7 Beta已经可以知道Windows 7正式版绝对不会差了，再加上了解这方面知识的人都知道，Windows 7带来的并不仅仅是一款OS这么简单，还有兼容性、安全性、性能以及节能、虚拟化方面的保证。这些，对企业而言，都是绝对有利的。”

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“Support for any Windows version is finite, and organizations will have to migrate off it eventually,” Silver stated. “As Windows has matured, it has become increasingly difficult for Microsoft to innovate or introduce sufficient new features so that organizations can truly see a return on investment for the money spent on the migration to a new OS. Yet, OS standardization matters greatly to the cost and complexity of management/security. Organizations must eliminate older OSs and move to newer ones to ensure support of the OS and the independent software vendor (ISV) applications that need to be run. Therefore, deciding which version of Windows to run will have less to do with the value provided by the new OS, and more to do with reducing risks and minimizing the cost to test and deploy the new OS.”
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