Here are three videos from French Days of Microsoft with using Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 enterprise with an emphasis on news, especially on the deployment of workstations, administration and mobility. You will need the Silverlight plugin to play videos.
The first video introduces the new features of VPN Reconnect (VPN auto reconnection after an interruption), Direct Access (a sort of VPN transparent to the user) and search functions of Windows 7 (locally or on the web directly from Explorer).
The second video shows the enhancements to BitLocker (USB encryption keys for example) and AppLocker (prevents installing unauthorized programs by version number, name or publisher from the digital signature included in the file ).
Finally, the third shows the news related to virtualization (virtual disk attachment, boot to a virtual disk, Windows XP compatibility mode) or the Branch Cache feature (allows a PC to an agency not to re-download a file from the central agency if another PC has done recently). A tool for capturing a user's actions leading to a bug is also shown.
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