Microsoft

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Business is the first edition of Windows created specifically to meet the needs of small businesses. Featuring strong security and mobility features accessible via a simple interface, with Windows Vista Business, you'll spend less time on technology support - and more time growing your business.

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You can help your business to work more efficiently with the improved, simple-to-use interface, which helps you find the information you need quickly and easily, on a PC or on the Web. With powerful new safety features, you're in control and can protect the key information that is important to your business and that builds the trust of your customers.

And, for growing businesses, the mobile computing enhancements make it easy to stay connected, both in and out of the office. Windows Vista Business can help you spend less time on technology support-related issues - so you can spend more time making your business successful. Windows Vista Business simply makes it easy to manage how your employees connect to your network and to ensure that they get more out of their PCs, both in and out of the office. Be future-ready and lay the IT foundation that your business needs for today and tomorrow.

Recommended system requirements
  • 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 GB of system memory
  • 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
  • Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
    • WDDM Driver
    • 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
    • Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
    • 32 bits per pixel
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • Audio output
  • Internet access (fees may apply)
Additional requirements to use certain features:
  • TV tuner card required for TV functionality (compatible remote control optional)
  • Windows Tablet and Touch Technology requires a Tablet PC or touch screen
  • Windows BitLocker® Drive Encryption requires a USB Flash Drive and a system with a TPM 1.2 chip
  • While all editions of Windows Vista can support multiple core CPUs, only Windows Vista Business, Ultimate and Enterprise can support dual processors
Minimum supported system requirements(Certain product features are not available with minimum supported requirements)
  • 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
  • 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
  • Support for Super VGA graphics CD-ROM
   

If you buy software ‘off the shelf’, known as Full Packaged Product (FPP), Microsoft offers free "warranty" support to certain FPP customers through the Microsoft support hotline.

Any business looking to buy more than five licences should consider a Volume Licensing agreement. These two or three year agreements represent good value for money for business customers; there is a range of agreements available, catering for different types of organisations.