Windows 7 for government

More productive for the way you work today

The newest version of the Windows operating system helps provide greater security and manageability for local and remote computers while improving on the fundamentals of performance and reliability. And because Windows 7 was designed specifically around user feedback, your staff should notice immediately how much faster, more reliable, and easier it is to use.

Deploying Windows 7, which you may already have, across your organization can help to streamline desktop management even more as you deliver improved usability to your users:

IT can get improved security, easier maintenance, and support for legacy applications, including:

Improved safeguards, junk email filters, and anti-phishing features.
Automatic scanning, expiration dates, email controls, and encrypting.
Advanced backup to save and restore data more easily.
Helpful support in Windows 7 Professional for running some older applications.
Remote automation for repetitive tasks in Windows 7 Professional.
Richer built-in troubleshooting capabilities, so you can resolve more technical issues on your own.

Additionally, Windows 7 has achieved Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 with augmentation (EAL4+). Common Criteria certification is an international standard for ensuring that IT products conform to stringent security requirements and is a mandatory procurement requirement for U.S. defense and national security customers.

Users can get improved productivity across the desktop:

Faster PC startup and shutdown, even from standby, and increased battery life on mobile PCs.
Consolidated search across your PC, the web, and the intranet from your desktop running Windows 7.
New printer settings that update automatically depending on where you log on with your computer.
Fewer user prompts.

Jumpstart your deployment with the Microsoft Jumpstart Kit

This self-contained, self-service kit can help you complete a proof-of-concept at your organization, allowing you to quickly evaluate the new Microsoft desktop technologies, including Windows 7, Office 2010 Professional Plus, Internet Explorer 8, and Application Virtualization with Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack technology (App-V). It can also familiarize you with some of the important deployment tools provided by Microsoft to assist with your broader deployment efforts. Download the Jumpstart Kit now!

Optimized desktop. Government agencies today face the challenge of maintaining rigorous controls over their computing environments while providing users with the tools and autonomy they need to be productive. The optimized desktop infrastructure in Windows 7 can provide the power and flexibility end users want while preserving the security and control that IT professionals need. Windows optimized desktop solutions help organizations transform their desktop infrastructure (once considered a cost center) to enhance the business by helping to make people productive wherever they are, manage risks through enhanced security and control, and reduce costs by streamlining computer management.

New possibilities. Enhanced handwriting recognition in Windows 7 helps to make pen input faster and more accurate. You can now create personalized custom dictionaries for handwriting recognition, write math expressions, and use the newly supported additional languages in Windows 7. Pen, mouse, and keyboard aren't the only options for data input: With a touch-screen monitor, Windows Touch lets you set these aside and work directly on your computer screen, using your fingers to easily navigate, scroll, resize windows, and more.