Windows 7 Manageability Solutions  

This session will explore Windows 7 manageability features for increased automation, reducing help desk calls, and flexible administrator control. We will discuss how Windows Powershell V2.0 automates desktop administrative activities to improve productivity and how Group Policy and Group Policy Preferences enhancements and Applocker make it easier and more flexible for IT Professionals to manage desktop systems. Then we will discuss improvements to desktop auditing to monitor system changes and improvements in system restore capabilities. Finally, we will discuss Support tools such as built-in Windows Troubleshooting Packs, Problem Steps Recorder capabilities, Windows Recovery Environment, Startup Repair tool, Resource Monitor that provides detailed resource utilization, and Reliability Monitor that includes more robust capabilities to help identify and solve system issues.


Presenters Details

Jeff Alexander started at Microsoft in August 1987 as a Support Professional focusing on operating systems and desktop applications for Enterprise Customers. Since then he spent 6 years in Microsoft’s internal IT team as a Datacenter manager; one of his biggest projects being a server consolidation of the Sydney site to Singapore.  Jeff Alexander now focuses his passion for Infrastructure and management technologies as an IT Pro Evangelist promoting and enabling the community of IT Professionals through vehicles as Technet events; blogging, the TechNet Web Site , User Groups, MVP's, and online webcasts. 
Jeff's Twitter - jeffa36
Jeff's Website - http://blogs.technet.com/jeffa36