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As I discovered in recent TechEd presentations in Australia and New Zealand, not too many people are familiar with the newest members of the Windows 7 family. So let’s explore one of those in more detail, called Windows Thin PC. For the full marketing overview, you can review these pages:
To summarize, Windows Thin PC is a modified version of Windows 7 (built from a Windows Embedded Standard 7 base) that is available as a Software Assurance benefit (for anyone with Software Assurance on their desktop operating systems). It has a reduced footprint (1.1GB compressed WIM, under 5GB when expanded on disk), and as a result has lighter hardware requirements:
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Are you missing a final step? Like, starting again with Win7 and NTLite'ing it with your customized Thin-Win7 preset? In any event, from a page on ThinPC 'Thin PC weighs in at a svelte 2.8 GB, whereas a default Windows 7 install tips the scales at 6.8 GB!' The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 8.0 update lets you use the new Remote Desktop Services features that were introduced in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. New features in the Remote Desktop Connection 8.0 client for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. For more information about the RDP 8.0 update for Windows 7 SP1. Home Windows Windows 7. Windows Thin PC ISO. By Paul Bomboy. This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. When I opened the Volume license site to download the ISO, it's gone! The keys are still listed but no download. Thin client free download - Thin Client, CIT thin client, VPN Gate Client Plug-in with SoftEther VPN Client, and many more programs. Enter to Search. My Profile Logout. Windows Thin PC Frequently Asked Questions OVERVIEW What is Windows Thin PC? Windows® Thin PC (WinTPC) is an upcoming Microsoft® Software Assurance (SA) benefit that provides a low footprint, locked down version of Windows 7 that enables organizations to repurpose existing PCs as thin clients, thereby reducing the need for new thin client.
- 1GHz processor
- 1GB RAM
- 16GB hard disk space
So it should come as no surprise that it is designed to be used as a thin client OS, enabling older or lesser hardware to connect to your VDI or terminal services infrastructure to run most applications.
Windows Thin PC has licensing restrictions that allows very few applications to be installed and used locally. From the Thin PC FAQ:
Can I run applications on WinTPC?
Yes, you can run applications that fall into one of the following categories:
- Security
- Management
- Terminal emulation
- Remote Desktop and similar technologies
- Web browser
- Media player
- Instant messaging client
- Document viewers
- .NET Framework and Java Virtual Machine
However, you cannot run any productivity applications, such as Microsoft Office or similar applications.
Again, this is pretty consistent with what you could do with dedicated thin client hardware,
So what is it like to deploy this operating system? It deploys just like any other version (SKU) of Windows 7. MDT 2012 will officially support deploying this OS (since that where we’ve done all of our testing), but it’s not hard to get MDT 2010 Update 1 to deploy it too by removing the <UpgradeData> section from the unattend.xml that you use to deploy Windows Thin PC.
What does it look like once installed? Just like Windows 7, but with fewer items on the start menu:
So it’s not an operating system for everyone, but it does have its place.
Windows 10 IoT Thin Clients Can Now Be Enrolled Under Microsoft Software Assurance Instead of VDA
Traditionally, the fixed costs associated with Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) licenses for most endpoints connecting to a Windows virtual desktop could present an obstacle to VDI adoption. However inexpensive a thin client seemed on paper, a great many IT professionals viewed the projected TCO less enthusiastically as the price of a VDA license is around $100 per year and per endpoint.
The only way to reduce this license fee was to use a traditional Windows PC with a legal OEM copy of a qualifying OS such as Windows 7/8.x/10 Enterprise/Professional editions, and have these PCs enrolled under Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) costing about $50/device/year – so about half of a VDA license.
However, one of the most appealing aspects of adopting a VDI architecture is the ability to deploy more secure, power-saving and cost-effective thin clients. And today, the path to adoption has never been easier. Historically, you needed to have a VDA license for all thin clients, regardless of the OS. If you were planning to keep your thin client for six years, you had to pay a not-insignificant $600 in VDA licenses, which could make lowering TCO a challenge.
In October 2016, Microsoft has modified its Product Terms, making Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (WIE10) a “qualifying OS” under its Software Assurance program. This means that if you buy thin clients paired with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise licenses, you may enroll those under SA instead of VDA, thus saving 50 percent or about $50/device/year, for a total of $300 per device over six years, tipping the scales in favor of adopting Wyse thin and zero client endpoints.3
Visual basic tutorial pdf. As a world leader in thin clients, Dell offers a range of Wyse thin clients with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, including the new Wyse 5060 and 7040, the new Latitude 3480 and 5280 mobile thin clients, along with well-established 5020, 7020 and 7020 accelerated graphics (7020QQ, for quad-display). Most of these devices can ship with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise installed in factory. Others can be upgraded from Windows Embedded Standard 7P (WES7P) to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise.
Some of these thin clients can also be downgraded in the field: you order them with WIE10 licenses but you can still run WES7P on them, ensuring compatibility with your legacy applications. Such devices also qualify for SA because you purchased them with a WIE10 license.
Using Windows thin client endpoints can offer the increased flexibility to use a local internet browser, to install external peripherals with associated drivers, and small applications running locally. They can be protected against malware and viruses (coming from a malicious website or a potentially-compromised USB stick) by using Dell Threat Defense – a revolutionary antimalware/antivirus solution based on artificial intelligence and mathematical modeling which doesn’t impact end user experience – preventing 99 percent of executable malware, far above the average 50 percent of threats identified by the top anti-virus solutions.2 Customers needing the flexibility of a Windows thin client should prefer Windows 10 IoT Enterprise instead of Windows Embedded Standard 7/8, in order to take advantage of the more cost effective SA.
For more information, read this quick Guide to Microsoft Windows Virtual Client Licensing or contact Dell Cloud Client-Computing.
1 OS abbreviations: Windows Embedded Standard 7 (32-bit WES7 or 64-bit WES7P), Windows Embedded 8 Standard (64-bit WE8S), Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (WIE10)
2 Based on Dell internal testing, November 2016
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3 The VDA pricing mentioned here is only an example. Actual pricing may vary and depends on the type of volume licensing program a given customer is enrolled in. Software Assurance can only be purchased with an upgrade license (irrespective of when the system is purchased). There is no longer an ability to purchase Software Assurance standalone. Keepvid pro free download.