Data Sheets: The Enterprise-Class Desktop

Discover five best practices for optimizing your desktop infrastructure. XPS (10.0 MB)* | PDF (2.58 MB)*

Learn how companies already using Windows Vista have identified tangible cost savings in IT labor and measurable improvements in user production—while reducing risk. XPS (8.30 MB)* | PDF (661 KB)*

Reducing the total cost of ownership (TOC) associated with mobile PCs has become a critical challenge for many businesses. Learn how Windows Vista, with related technologies and best practices implemented, can reduce mobile computing TOC. XPS (2.17 MB)* | PDF (2.32 MB)*

Mobile PCs can increase productivity and bring agility to organizations by enabling a mobile workforce. Get recommendations for effectively reducing the cost and complexity of mobile PC deployment and management. XPS (1.5 MB)* | PDF (1.3 MB)*

To give large organizations the options and flexibility they need to meet diverse business requirements, Microsoft offers a broad choice of desktop computing options, ranging from traditional Windows-based desktops running on distributed PCs to centralized solutions in which a single server running Terminal Services supports many users. Learn more how these virtual computing options can help your organization. XPS (309 KB)* | PDF (178 KB)*

Microsoft has designed new flexible desktop computing options centered on Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 to give enterprises a range of options for simplifying desktop infrastructure management. Learn what option is best for your organization. XPS (1.57 MB)* | PDF (1.12 MB)*

Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop enables you to deploy Windows Vista centrally in virtual machines using the same base image you already deploy on the desktop. Take advantage of the identical patching, application compatibility, and support scenarios that you receive with traditional desktops. XPS (1.12 MB)* l PDF (382 KB)*

Microsoft has designed new flexible desktop computing options centered on Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 to give enterprises a range of options for simplifying desktop infrastructure management. Learn what option is best for your organization. XPS (1.36 MB)* | PDF (605 KB)*

This licensing brief is an overview of Microsoft licensing updates for the desktop PC operating system to help you deploy and use the operating system product under new policies and new offerings. These updates and clarifications can help you understand how to use the Windows Vista operating system products with virtual machine (VM) technologies such as Microsoft Virtual PC. DOCX (408 KB)