Microsoft QGF-00154, GLC00182, GLC01878 manual Keep PCs Running Smoothly, Automation Improvements

Keep PCs Running Smoothly

One of the best ways to minimize desktop support costs is to maintain a stable, secure desktop confi guration, but this can be a challenge. Windows 7 builds on enhancements in Windows Vista to help IT organizations more effectively manage desktop and mobile PCs. Features such as Windows PowerShell 2.0, enhanced Group Policy, and the Windows Troubleshooting Platform help IT professionals balance the need to keep people productive with the continual pressures they face to reduce costs, maintain compliance, and improve operational effi ciency.

Automation Improvements

Windows PowerShell and its graphical scripting editor help you easily automate repetitive tasks so you can be more consistent and productive. Some of the new automation capabilities in Windows 7 include the following:

•Windows PowerShell 2.0. Built into Windows 7, Windows PowerShell 2.0 is a powerful, complete scripting language that supports branching, looping, functions, debugging, exception handling, and internationalization. It delivers a growing set of cmdlets that you use to manage both PCs and servers running Windows.

•Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment. Windows PowerShell is a power- ful command and scripting engine, but it’s also accessible to the novice scripter. The Windows

PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment makes Windows PowerShell even easier to use, providing a graphical environment to write, debug, and execute Windows PowerShell scripts.

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