Windows Client Feature Comparison
- 1. Windows® Client Comparison Chart for IT Professionals Category Feature Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista® SP1 Windows 7 Desktop Search Separate Download Yes Improved File Organization and Libraries No No New Search Search Federation No No New Enterprise Search Scopes ‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise No No New DirectAccess – Requires Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows Server® 2008 R2 No No New VPN Reconnect No No New Remote Access BranchCache™ ‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 R2 No No New Mobile Broadband No No New RemoteApp & Desktop Connections No No New BitLocker™ Drive Encryption‐ Requires Windows Vista or Windows 7 Enterprise No Yes Improved BitLocker To Go™‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise No No New AppLocker™‐ Requires Windows 7 Enterprise No No New Multiple Active Firewall Profiles No No New Security & Compliance Granular Audit No Yes Improved User Account Control No Yes Improved Domain Name System Security Extensions No No New Smart Card Support Yes Yes Improved Biometric Support 3rd Party 3rd Party New Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Download Download Included Scripting of Group Policy Settings – Requires Remote Server Administration Tools for No No Yes Windows 7 Group Policy Preferences Download Download Included Windows Recovery Environment No Yes Improved Management Windows Troubleshooting Platform No No New Unified Tracing Yes Yes Improved Problem Steps Recorder No No New Remote Access to Reliability Data No No New Deployment Image Servicing & Management No Yes Improved Dynamic Driver Provisioning No No New Volume Activation No Yes Improved Deployment Multicast Multiple Stream Transfer No No New User State Migration Tool Yes Yes Improved VHD Image Management & Deployment No No New Rich Remoting Experience (Multimedia, Bi‐directional Audio, Multi‐Monitor) No No New VHD Boot No No New