{"id":11288,"date":"2011-06-16T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11288"},"modified":"2011-06-16T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:11:00","slug":"windows-thin-pc-for-software-assurance-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11288","title":{"rendered":"Windows Thin PC for Software Assurance Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/enterprise\/solutions\/virtualization\/products\/thinpc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">WinTPC<\/a> as an additional benefit for software assurance customers.&#160; You can get access to this benefit with SA for your desktops, or by buying VDA VDI licensing.&#160; Microsoft is aiming this version of Windows at those who are moving to VDI\/RDS session hosts, and who want to convert some or all PCs into terminals.&#160; Terminals are expensive so WinTPC gives you another option.&#160; It will allow you to reuse existing PC hardware by converting them into terminals, but using the latest generation of Windows as the terminal OS.&#160; You\u2019ll still have access to features like BitLocker, DirectAccess, RemoteFX, and AppLocker.&#160; You can also use System Center to manage WinTPC devices.&#160; Eventually, you\u2019ll want to recycle your PC hardware, and then you can switch to dedicated terminal devices.<\/p>\n<p>The system requirements for WinTPC are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 GHz or faster processor<\/li>\n<li>1GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>16GB hard disk space<\/li>\n<li>DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or later <\/li>\n<li>Bootable DVD-ROM drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m wondering about that DVD requirement.&#160; I\u2019ve not involved myself in the beta, but surely the DVD requirement is not necessary if you deploy the OS using the network \u2013 this appears to be a supported option according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/B\/4\/9\/B49ED982-2FDE-43EC-8F85-1CE4077A71F5\/WinTPC%20FAQ%20v1%200.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:309fc32d-7ffd-45ec-abfb-4c166d98dd2c\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Remote+Desktop+Services\" rel=\"tag\">Remote Desktop Services<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Licensing\" rel=\"tag\">Licensing<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has released WinTPC as an additional benefit for software assurance customers.&#160; You can get access to this benefit with SA for your desktops, or by buying VDA VDI licensing.&#160; Microsoft is aiming this version of Windows at those who are moving to VDI\/RDS session hosts, and who want to convert some or all PCs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11288\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Windows Thin PC for Software Assurance Customers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[183,188],"class_list":["post-11288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-remote-desktop-services","tag-licensing","tag-remote-desktop-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}