Microsoft 8 – The Power of Windows To Go

Post Highlights GovLoop releases report providing an overview of Windows To Go Windows To Go is a new feature of Windows 8 that allows employees to carry their Windows 8 desktop on a USB key and access information on any PC Windows To Go facilitates COOP initiatives, opens new opportunities for agencies, and works in a secure environment

For IT professionals, there is an opportunity for government IT to be instrumental in creating a modern, agile, and efficient government agency. However, IT professionals have great responsibility to support agency-wide success and meet federally mandated initiatives. With the launch of Windows 8, government agencies are even better positioned to be more agile, mobile and secure, with a platform re-imagined for today’s government needs.

In the latest version of Windows everything from the system architecture to the user interface, has been transformed. This report highlights one of the latest features of Windows 8, Windows To Go. Windows To Go allows the Windows 8 environment to be carried on an encrypted USB key, which can be plugged into any PC to access organizational information and resources.

This report highlights how Windows To Go helps facilitate agency continuity of operations initiatives, opens new opportunities for government agencies and retains security in a mobile environment to accommodate an increasingly mobile workforce.

You can view the report below or download a PDF.

Every day at Microsoft we are motivated and inspired by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what’s most important to them. Check out their Microsoft Productivity for Government group on GovLoop as well as the Technology Sub-Community of which they are a council member.

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