Microsoft released 6 Vista deployment tools

On Tuesday, Microsoft released six free tools to help businesses deploy Windows Vista.

These tools are mostly available in beta versions a few months ago, including software to evaluate whether the company's computer is strong enough to run the new Vista operating system, check the Compatibility of applications, in addition to enabling and managing their copyrighted computers.

Windows Hardware Assessment 1.0 can scan the company's network to detect whether computers have the minimum configuration for basic Vista or Vista premium-readiness. This tool can scan up to 5000 computers and give results within minutes.

According to a statistic, Microsoft found that about a quarter of all computers in North American businesses did not meet the minimum configuration for Windows Vista - 800 MHz processor, 512MB RAM and graphics card. DirectX 9 graphics.

Almost 10 in 10 businesses need to upgrade their memory to run Vista's key features like the Aero 3-D interface .

Microsoft is also releasing the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 to help companies deal with popular software packages as well as 'home' software that will run on Vista and how to resolve compatibility issues.

Boettcher said: ' A part of ACT 5.0 is also being put online by Microsoft along with other components, it will maintain a list of Microsoft-certified software for Vista .'

About 800 applications have been launched right from the first list. He also said that as many as 108 fully licensed Vista applications are due to third-party testing teams, while 683 applications have been validated in the same conditions as working with Vista. According to Boettcher ' There are many applications that are still not on the list that will still work on Vista .'

Until the end of the second day, the list was not published online, but Microsoft promised that they would provide them as soon as possible. Boettcher said: ' Although certificates are not implemented by Microsoft but provided by third-party organizations also have a high outlook in Vista compatibility .'

Microsoft also distributed the Volume Activation 2.0 tools to customers including its Volume Activation Management Tool and Key Management Service for Windows Server 2003 .

With Volume Activation 2.0, Microsoft showed signs of significant tightening in Vista to prevent piracy. In the past companies could use the same volume key to activate multiple or even all Windows computers in their networks. As a result, these keys are a loophole for many abusive criminals to copy pirated software.

Companies must now have their own separate keys for each Vista computer or a Key Management Service configured on an internal server.

However, Microsoft has not yet released Volume Activation 2.0 tools next month.

Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007 provides you with notifications and tools for the company to easily upgrade to Vista and Office 2007. Virtual PC 2007 is a virtual client software. Software Assurance customers registered to use virtual machines in 2007 can run any of their older applications in environments like DOS. Vista Enterprise Edition users can create up to 4 subscriptions for each Windows on a client computer.