In the world of IT, the challenge of defining value is mission important and keeping relevance to your end users is a key aspect of this.  One of the opportunities ahead for IT is the move to Windows 7 and the impact this will have on your end users.    Let's start this discussion around three areas of why you should take notice:

Microsoft & Intel have been working together to make Windows 7 and our Hardware perform optimally with this new OS

Why does it work better together you ask?  Well.  Better Yet - we'll show you

DVD video - Part I, II & III.

Security

Collaboration

Intel Architecture is best of breed with Centrino2 & Core2 you have the best for energy efficiency, security, productivity ( the list goes on ). 

Intel Architecture simply rocks

• Get the best overall performance with Intel® Core™2 Duo processor you'll get an arsenal of performance-rich technologies, including up to 6MB of shared L2 cache and up to 1333 MHz Front Side Bus.

With Intel vPro Technology it's easier to get this new OS loaded or to bring your IT shop to a new playing field for IT support.

vPro who?  If you haven't heard of vPro yet, here's 4 intersection points with Windows 7 that make's it easier to deploy & manage.

• Use vPro to deploy win7 - Windows 7 & Intel vPro Technology - Use Case #2
• Use your update to win7 to turn on vPro = more managed PC - Use Case: Activating vPro during your Windows 7 Deployment- Use Case #3
• Bare metal machine's are in scope to activate + new OS - Use Case: Pre-OS vPro Provisioning - Use Case #4 (SEE THE USE CASE VIDEO HERE)
• Legacy application migration becomes easier & deployment of those VM's are done afterhours. - Use Case: Operating System Migration and Legacy App in a SMB Environment - Use Case #1

So what?

Well it's optimized to work better together, our latest IA is better for your business and vPro just makes it all happen. 

Don’t' forget we have a windows 7 wiki - http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-3096

Key challenge with deploying a new operating system is preparing for the upgrade in your enterprise, from legacy applications, deployment schedules and seriously down to the how are you planning to roll out a new OS.  While in the lab testing we discovered a few use cases that highlighted how you could deploy new OSes after normal work hours - Minimize end user and IT productivity impacts and maximize deployment saturation in the shortest period of time using Intel vPro Technology to initiate a remote PXE or media boot or an integrated power on command.

We dug in deeper and found the following value points from our lab test for deploying after you have vPro enabled: 

•       Perform remote OS deployments on bare metal hardware

•       Perform remote OS deployments on PCs where the OS or PC agent are non-responsive

•       Meet defined or mandated OS deployment timelines regardless of PCs’ power state or connectivity (wired / wireless)

While I realize that having vPro enabled is not always possible before an OS upgrade, therefore we are going to be posting how to deploy Win7 and enable vPro at the same time to assist with your deployment.   We will be updating the following wiki as the new use cases are completed. 

First Use case completed (as seen at MMS)

http://communities.intel.com/click.jspa?searchID=446723&objectType=102&objectID=3232

Windows 7 / vPro Wiki

http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-3096