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Windows Virtual PC & Windows XP Mode

Aviraj Ajgekar│ Regional Site Manager │Microsoft CorporationBlog: http://blogs.technet.com/aviraj │ i-aviraj@microsoft.com

Key SMB Customer Challenges

“If it doesn’t work with the software I have then it doesn’t work for me.”

“Time is money. I can’t have a slow or unreliable computer. I just can’t have it.”

“I need to know that I’m safe when I go online.”

Windows 7 need to address Windows XP application compatibility concerns…

“When Windows 7 is released later this year or in early 2010, many PC users who upgrade will be coming from Windows XP”

“So XP users, unite: Are you going to clamor for extended support? Plan for a Windows 7 migration now?”

“ … one of the major complaints against Vista aside from the lack of drivers and its significantly higher hardware requirements is its Windows XP compatibility…”“But what if Windows 7 had perfect Windows XP compatibility?”

Windows Virtual PC SMB Application Compatibility Innovations

Virtual PC 2007

•Primary Audience: Developers / IT Pro

•Key Scenarios: Dev & test & Help-Desk

•Typical guest OS: Multiple Guest Oses

•Cost: customers pays for each guest OS

Windows Virtual PC @ Windows 7

•New Audience: Small & Medium Business

•Key Scenario: Windows XP to Win7 App-Compat

•Typical guest OS: Windows XP

•Cost: Virtual Windows XP Included for Win7 Pro/Ultimate

Windows Virtual PC & Windows XP Mode Key Features

USB Support

Just plug in and use the following USB devices in Guest*

• Mass Storage

• Printers / Scanners

• Smart Cards

Redirect USB devices to Guest

• Use USB devices for which Windows 7 drivers are not available.* Requires Host and Guest drivers

Getting Started: System Requirements

• Hardware Assisted Virtualization [Intel VT / AMD-V] (This is optional)

• Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise• Windows Virtual PC MSU• Windows XP Mode MSI Package [Pre configure test

VM with Windows XP installed]

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DEMO: Windows Virtual PC

Windows XP Mode Installation on Windows 7

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DEMO: Windows XP Mode

Easy to Use

Windows XP Mode & Windows Virtual PC Value Prop

Business Continuity

Cost Management

Windows XP applications appears on Windows 7 desktop after install Launch Windows XP applications directly from Windows 7 desktop

Run many Windows XP productivity applications

Support many Windows XP devices via USB connections

Extend the life of existing Windows XP applications and devicesReduce learning curve by using familiar applications and devices

Don’t wait and get a PC with Windows 7 Pro now! With Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC features, it will provide

you the flexibility to run many older productivity applications in a virtual Windows XP environment on a Windows 7-based PC

Windows Virtual PC and MED-V

•Run Windows XP or other Windows environments on Windows 7

•Install and launch Windows XP applications from Win7 Desktop

Windows Virtual PC Provides Ease to Use for End Users

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)* addresses IT Pro needs to centrally manage Windows Virtual

PC Environments

*Available post Windows 7 GA as part of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)

•Deploy – deliver virtual Windows images and customize them according to

the end user

•Provision –define which applications and websites are available to end

users

•Control – authenticate users, assign and expire permissions and restrict

Virtual PC settings

•Maintain and Support - update images, centrally monitor users and

remotely troubleshoot

Summary

•Windows Virtual PC designed for Windows

7

•Solves Windows XP to Win7 App-

Compatiblity

•Supports multiple guest OSes

•Virtual Windows XP Included for Windows 7

Professional/Ultimate/Enterprise

Resources

http://

www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/windows_vpc/

http://blogs.technet.com/aviraj

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http://www.microsoft.com/springboard

Springboard Series

The right resources, the right technical level, at the right time in your adoption lifecycle

Under which of the following tabs of the Springboard series for Windows 7 would you find a link for Windows Virtual PC Tips: Discover & Explore, Pilot & Deploy, Manage?

Send in your answer to: vtd@timeus.net

Q & A

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Email: i-aviraj@microsoft.com Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/aviraj