Windows 7 DirectAccess and BitLocker features explained in Layman’s Terms
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 04 24th, 2009 | 3 responses |
Perhaps some of the biggest innovations of Windows 7 lies in the improvements to security and productivity that are in the Enterprise and Ultimate SKUs. In this video, Steve Riley, Senior Technical Evangelist of Microsoft briefly talks about what DirectAccess and BitLocker is. Personally I find that it is sometimes much easier to hear about a feature coming from someone’s mouth instead of reading paragraphs of technical stuff.
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Here are some of the benefits offered that are geared towards mobile workers.
- DirectAccess lets mobile workers connect quickly and securely to a corporate network over any Internet connection, without having to manually access their virtual private network. IT can leverage DirectAccess to manage the Group Policy settings and deliver updates to mobile computers, even if the user is not logged on.
- BitLocker, introduced in Windows Vista, now allows end users to right-click on a drive to quickly enable it, making it more intuitive and easier to use.
- BitLocker To Go now extends support of BitLocker drive encryption to USB removable storage devices . Theft and loss of proprietary data from mobile devices is a great expense for businesses. However, the loss of integrity is even harder to recover.
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For people who can’t wait to try or start using this kind of always-connected capability, you can use a program called VPN Dialer 2009 which is widely available just by looking for it on any search engine. It is not a direct equivalent, but it does allow setting up a persistent VPN link from Windows XP/Vista to any RRAS server using a standard VPN user account over IPv4, and keeps it connected even when no user is logged on, for as long as the remote system has power and Internet access.
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