Microsoft Announces Global Launch of Windows MultiPoint Server 2010
Feb. 24, 2010, Microsoft Corp. announced the release of Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, a new Windows product that increases access to affordable computing in educational scenarios such as classrooms, labs and libraries by allowing multiple users to simultaneously share one computer using multiple screens. Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 is now globally available to OEMs and will be rolling out to Microsoft academic volume licensing customers on March 1. In addition, Microsoft is announcing new partnerships that create a strong global ecosystem of hardware companies that give customers a breadth of choices to buy and use Windows MultiPoint Server solutions.
What is MultiPoint Server 2010?
Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 is an operating system that enables multiple people to connect to a single host computer with their own monitor, keyboard and mouse through USB or a video card. Each person individually controls his or her own station with an independent and familiar Windows computing experience.
“Shared resource computing can multiply the number of student workstations available to schools, delivering more value while staying within the same budget,” said Bill Rust, research director at Gartner Inc. “Teachers can better align computing resources with instructional strategies while deploying fewer fully configured computers and reducing workstation support liabilities.”
10 Things that You Can Do with MultiPoint Server
- Give each student a personal computing experience.
- Provide an account to every student.
- Easily manage student accounts.
- Easily share files, videos, and more with and between groups of students.
- Create private folders for students to save their private data.
- Watch videos or listen to music and podcasts without disturbing everyone else.
- Install an application once and see it appear automatically on all user stations.
- Pause your work with the Disconnect feature, saving teacher and student time.
- Easily monitor the system.
- Get updates and patches through Microsoft Windows Update.
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