On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM, James Wachira <jwaciira.lists@gmail.com>wrote:

Mr. Washington, This might/should help ~ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare

Hi James, I saw that. It does not list "Enterprise" as one of the versions. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com>wrote:

Enterprise is strictly for Volume Licensing.

Alvin, I am downloading it now, to test under VMWare. I doubt if you are right, but you could be. So if we wanted to run "Ultimate" in an ORG, there would be no vol licensing? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

@Wash, have a look at this link : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/how-to-buy.aspx . Volume licensing is much cheaper than buying off the shelf kits as it deals with CALs, central deployment, media kits and the rest. One problem you will have is that unless you buy a volume license, the OS will fail to register at some point and can also be blocked. Under virtualization, it is treated again as a volume license and there are certain numbers to be commited to. Thats my understanding, hope a MS guru on this list can elaborate more. HTHs. :-)

Alvin, I am downloading it now, to test under VMWare. I doubt if you are right, but you could be. So if we wanted to run "Ultimate" in an ORG, there would be no vol licensing?

@Wash, here's some info on Win7 Ent: The Windows 7 Enterprise operating system (OS) is available to Microsoft Software Assurance customers. With Windows 7 Enterprise, you can take advantage of the following features that are not available in Windows 7 Professional: ■DirectAccess: Give mobile users seamless access to corporate networks without a need to VPN. ■BranchCache: Decrease the time branch office users spend waiting to download files across the network. ■Federated Search: Find information in remote repositories, including SharePoint sites, with a simple user interface. ■BitLocker and BitLocker To Go: Help protect data on PCs and removable drives, with manageability to enforce encryption and backup of recovery keys. ■AppLocker: Specify what software is allowed to run on a user's PCs through centrally managed but flexible Group Policies. ■Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) optimizations: Improved user experience for VDI with multimon and microphone support, which have the ability to reuse virtual hard drive (VHD) images to boot a physical PC. ■Multilingual user interface: Create a single OS image for deployment to users worldwide. Rgds.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:

@Wash, I think enterprise falls under volume licensing scenarios and therefore access to it is via organizations which purchase software assurance with MS on volume over 1000pcs' with optimised scenarios. Ultimate can be bought of the shelf and a standalone OS solution . ( in the context of single/multiple deployments ). HTHs.

Aki, What triggered this question is an e-mail I rcvd from M$: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx It talks of Windows 7 Enterprise. <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx> -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube