Summary

Windows Vista represented the most significant update to Windows networking since 1995. Windows 7 provides incremental improvements and several key new features. Most significantly, you can use the new BranchCache feature to reduce WAN utilization between branch offices and your central office. Support for DNSsec can reduce the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks that might take advantage of weaknesses in your name resolution infrastructure. Support for GreenIT can reduce power utilization while still allowing remote manageability. These changes let you do more with your network infrastructure while minimizing administration time and maximizing end-user productivity.

Get Windows® 7 Resource Kit now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.