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New Installshield 2012 Spring Features

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Hybrid Cloud Deployments New Microsoft® SQL Azure™ database scripting capabilities enable hybrid cloud SQL deployments. More
Pre-Release Support for Microsoft® Windows® 8 and Windows Server® 2012 InstallShield 2012 Spring includes support for Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.More
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 11 Support InstallShield 2012 Spring includes support for Microsoft Visual Studio 11. More
Advanced Wizard Page Editor and Redesigned Wizard Pages InstallShield 2012 Spring provides an entirely new end-user interface with redesigned built-in wizard pages and a new wizard page editor. More
Automatic Checking for Installer Updates and Patches InstallShield 2012 Spring automatically checks and downloads updates and patches at run-time. More
Suite Installation Enhancements Enhanced InstallShield 2012 Spring Suite/Advanced UI project type provides more capabilities to bundle multiple products together into a single, unified suite installation. More
Microsoft® System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Support InstallShield 2012 Spring enables Software Producers to provide required deployment metadata to their Enterprise customers. More
PowerShell Support InstallShield 2012 Spring enables Software Producers to streamline installation scripting requirements. More

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Windows Intune

Windows Intune simplifies and helps businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7 Enterprise — so your computers and users can operate at peak performance from virtually anywhere. With cloud services, you get a comprehensive desktop solution with a low up-front investment and predictable (monthly, per PC) billing that helps keep your finances under control. Windows Intune licensing also includes upgrade rights to the latest versions of Windows client operating system. Together Windows Intune and Windows 7 Enterprise help businesses improve end-user productivity and optimize IT labour costs.

Differences between Windows To Go and Typical Windows Installation

Windows To Go operates just like any other installation of Windows with a few exceptions. These exceptions are:

• Hibernate and sleep are disabled by default. To help prevent Windows To Go from accidental data corruption during roaming hibernate and sleep are disabled. They can be re-enabled by using Group Policy settings.
  
• Internal disks are offline. To ensure data isn’t accidentally disclosed, internal hard disks on the host computer are offline by default when booted into a Windows To Go. Similarly if a Windows To Go drive is inserted into a running system the Windows To Go drive will not be listed in Windows Explorer.
  
• Trusted Platform Module (TPM) isn’t used. When using BitLocker Drive Encryption a pre-operating system boot password will be used for security rather than the TPM since the TPM is tied to a specific computer and Windows To Go drives will move between computers.
  
• Windows Recovery Environment isn’t available. In the rare case that you need to recover your Windows To Go drive, you should re-image it with a fresh image of Windows.
  
• Push Button Reset isn’t available. Resetting to the manufacturer’s standard for the computer doesn’t really apply when running Windows To Go, so the feature was disabled.

Windows To Go

Windows To Go is a feature in Windows 8 Enterprise that allows Windows 8 Enterprise to boot and run from USB mass storage devices such as flash drives and external hard drives. It is a fully manageable corporate Windows 8 environment.

It is intended to allow enterprise administrators to provide users with an imaged version of Windows 8 that reflects the corporate desktop and as such is aimed at enterprises. 

Windows Firewall Settings for Configuration Manager Clients

The following sections list the features of Configuration Manager 2007 which require exceptions to be made on the Windows Firewall and provide a procedure for configuring these exceptions.

Modifying the Ports and Programs Permitted by Windows Firewall

To modify the ports and programs permitted by Windows Firewall:

1. On the computer running Windows Firewall, open Control Panel.
2. Right-click Windows Firewall and click Open.
3. On the Exceptions tab of the Windows Firewall Settings dialog box, select enable any required exceptions in the list box, or Click Add Program or Add Port to create custom programs or ports

Programs and Ports Required by Configuration Manager 2007

The following Configuration Manager 2007 features require exceptions to be made on the Windows Firewall:

Queries

If you are running the Configuration Manager console on a computer running Windows Firewall, queries will fail the first time they are run.

After failing to run the first time, the operating system displays a dialog box asking if you want to unblock statview.exe. If you unblock statview.exe, future queries will run without errors. You can also manually add statview.exe to the list of programs and services on the Exceptions tab of the Windows Firewall prior to running a query.

Client Push Installation

In order to successfully use client push to install the Configuration Manager 2007 client, you must add the following as exceptions to the Windows Firewall:

·         File and Printer Sharing 

·         Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) 

Client Installation using Group Policy

In order to successfully use Group Policy to install the Configuration Manager 2007 client, you must add File and Printer Sharing as an exception to the Windows Firewall.

Client Requests

In order for client computers to communicate with Configuration Manager 2007 site systems, you must add the following as exceptions to the Windows Firewall:

TCP Port 80 (for HTTP communication)

TCP Port 443 (for HTTPS communication)

Network Access Protection

In order for client computers to successfully communicate with the system health validator point, you need to allow the following ports:

·         UDP 67 and UDP 68 for DHCP

·         TCP 80/443 for IPsec

Remote Control

In order to use the remote tools features of Configuration Manager 2007, you need to allow the following ports:

·         TCP port 2701

·         TCP port 2702

·         TCP port 135

Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop

To enable Remote Assistance to be initiated from the SMS Administrator console, add both the custom program helpsvc.exe and the custom port TCP 135 to the list of permitted programs and services in Windows Firewall on the client computer. Also, Windows Firewall must be configured to permit Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop. If a user initiates a request for Remote Assistance from that computer, Windows Firewall will automatically be configured to permit Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop.

Windows Event Viewer, Windows Performance Monitor and Windows Diagnostics

To enable Windows event viewer, Windows performance monitor and Windows diagnostics to be accessed from the Configuration Manager console, you must enable File and Printer Sharing as an exception on the Windows Firewall.