![]() ![]() SA customers already don’t have to pay extra for separate licenses designed to enable them to access Windows in a VDI environment as of July 1, 2010. This means that customers with Software Assurance license agreements with Microsoft will not have to pay for extra licenses in order to leverage WinTPC with their PCs/thin clients. The software giant also did not announce a price tag for Windows Thin PC, and the reason for this is rather simple. “PCs with WinTPC will not require the VDA license that regular thin clients will need to access VDI desktops,” Schuster added. “WinTPC is a smaller footprint, locked down version of Windows 7, designed to allow customers to repurpose their existing PCs as thin clients. At this point in time, the Redmond company did not provide a specific availability deadline for Windows Thin PC, but Schuster promised that downloads of the new Windows 7 SKU will go live in later in the first quarter of 2011 (Q1 2011). Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) will make its debut into a broader testing phase no later than next month, with, the General Manager for the Windows Commercial business, revealing that the bits will be served through Microsoft Connect. By the end of March 2011 Microsoft will offer the first taste of a new version of Windows 7 tailored to the needs of customers with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments. ![]()
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