Do you secretly wonder what the real value is for enabling better mobile solutions throughout your organization? Sure you do. It’s hard not be somewhat skeptical, especially when you are charged with keeping mobile workers productive and their data secure. But here’s a great tool that provides visibility into the impact of deploying mobile business solutions on the Windows Mobile platform. The Windows Mobile Business Value Calculator takes your company’s unique information and allows you to quantify the benefits and the direct and indirect costs of deploying mobile line-of-business applications. For more help in determining whether Windows Mobile is right for your organization, check out the Windows Mobile Business Resources Kit with white papers, case studies, technical guides, and analyst insights. And then learn about the new Windows Mobile 6 and download the Windows Mobile 6 Flash demo.

The popular Windows Vista Hardware Assessment deployment tool just got better. And it is now available as a free download. Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.0 offers IT professionals a quick way to assess their existing computers’ readiness for Windows Vista without any software agents. In this new release, you will find new features such as a 2007 Microsoft Office system hardware assessment, enhanced scalability for large enterprise networks, selective inventory by organization units and more. Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.0 is part of an essential suite of Windows Vista Solution Accelerators including the Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs, the Windows Vista Security Guide, and the Business Desktop Deployment 2007.

It’s easy to see why the excitement around the Windows PowerShell command line and scripting environment continues to build. It seems like we’ve just begun to discover what can be done using the tool. One of the most talked-about features of Windows PowerShell is its pipeline, but it’s also, unfortunately, one of the most misunderstood features. If you are already a Windows PowerShell user or interested in understanding more about this powerful command line interface, don’t miss Don Jones’s column in TechNet Magazine: Windows PowerShell Rethinking the Pipeline. And don’t forget, you can download Windows PowerShell 1.0 or evaluate it as part of your Windows Server 2008 evaluation. There are several introductory videos that demonstrate the various capabilities of Windows PowerShell, including Introduction to Windows PowerShell, Windows Vista and Windows PowerShell, and Windows PowerShell and IIS 7.

Then get access to more than 500 Windows PowerShell sample scripts in the TechNet Script Center, plus articles on how to write practical, timesaving Windows PowerShell scripts for routine management tasks as well as management of Windows Server roles such as Terminal Server.

The Windows PowerShell Team Blog is the definitive source for both developers and IT professionals to use to keep up to date with the latest announcements directly from the team that built Windows PowerShell.

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Mitch Irsfeld
Editor, TechNet Flash

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