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The workplace is changing. The boundaries between peoples' professional and personal lives are blurring. Work is no longer confined to the office. Employees check work email at home during the night and update their social media at the office during the day. In addition to their desktop computers, they're using portable computers, slates, and smartphones.
Contributing to this trend is the increasing computing power that's available on a wide range of devices. Consumer devices, including smartphones and media tablets, are becoming powerful enough to run applications that were previously restricted to desktop and portable computers. For many workers, these devices represent the future of computing and help them do their job more efficiently.
In a world in which highly managed information technology (IT) infrastructures can seem inflexible, workers prefer to use the many consumer devices available to them. For IT, the challenge is to embrace consumerization as appropriate while minimizing risks to the enterprise and its data. Many consumer devices were not initially designed for business use, so IT must plan carefully to enable the level of management and control they require.
As a leader in business and consumer technologies, Microsoft is in a unique position to understand and provide guidance on how to responsibly embrace consumerization within enterprises. In a previous white paper, Strategies for Embracing Consumerization (no longer available), you'll find specific strategies for embracing the latest consumerization trends. This article explores specific technologies that the aforementioned white paper recommends in its various scenarios.
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The Windows Optimized Desktop offers client computing choices to enhance user productivity while meeting specific business and IT needs. Built on the Windows 7 Enterprise operating system, managed by Microsoft System Center, and secured by Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection, the Windows Optimized Desktop includes virtualization technologies with integrated management across physical and virtual machines (VMs), including virtual desktop infrastructures. Add Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Internet Explorer 9, and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) to enable a workforce that is more productive, manageable, and secure.
This section focuses on specific technologies in the Windows Optimized Desktop that can help IT embrace consumerization on rich devices running Windows 7. These technologies can address challenges such as managing applications and user data, safeguarding data, defending the network, and protecting intellectual property in consumerization scenarios.
In consumerization scenarios, application management is about provisioning applications and controlling which applications users can run on their computers. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) are key deployment technologies. Additionally, AppLocker is a Windows 7 Enterprise feature that you can use to control access to applications.
Configuration Manager provides a rich set of tools and resources that you can use to manage the complex task of creating, modifying, and distributing application packages to computers in your enterprise. Deploying applications by using an existing Configuration Manager infrastructure is remarkably straightforward. Administrator Workflows for Software Distribution on TechNet describes this process in detail:
Organizations using System Center Essentials can also use it to distribute applications. For more information about Essentials, see System Center Essentials. Technical guidance for deploying applications is available in the
System Center Essentials 2010 Operations Guide.
To control access to physical or virtual applications, Windows 7 Enterprise offers AppLocker. AppLocker is a new feature that replaces the Software Restriction Policies feature in earlier Windows versions. It adds capabilities that reduce administrative overhead and help you control users' access to program files, scripts, and Windows Installer files. By using AppLocker to control access to physical applications, you can prevent unlicensed, malicious, and unauthorized applications from running.
To use AppLocker, you create a Group Policy Object (GPO) and then define AppLocker rules inside it. Within a rule, you can allow or deny access to a program file, script, or Windows Installer file for a specific user or group. You identify the file based on file attributes—including the publisher, product name, file name, and file version—from the digital signature. For example, you can create rules based on product-name and file-version attributes that persist through updates, or you can create rules that target a specific version of a file. In addition to allowing or denying access to a file, you can define exceptions. For example, you can create a rule that allows all programs which ship as part of Windows 7 to run except for the Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
AppLocker is surprisingly easy to configure and deploy. It provides wizards that make defining rules for program files, scripts, and Windows Installer files straightforward. However, because AppLocker prevents users from opening or running files that are not defined explicitly in a rule, you should plan your AppLocker deployment after examining an inventory of applications used in your environment. More information about AppLocker is available in AppLocker on TechNet.
A specific challenge to embracing consumerization is people working on more than one computer. This scenario can be painful for both end users and IT pros. Users' files and settings do not follow them when they roam from computer to computer. If a user creates a document on his or her work computer, for example, that document isn't immediately available when he or she logs on to a slate or through a VM accessed by a non-Windows PC. For IT, decentralized storage of files and settings leads to even more challenges. Files are difficult to back up. They're difficult to secure. And because they're scattered across many PCs, availability of important files is difficult to manage.
User state virtualization addresses these challenges. It centralizes storage of users' files and settings to make backing up and securing them easier. Managing the availability of important files is possible. Also, user-state virtualization enables users' files and settings to follow them from PC to PC and even to VMs. In Windows 7, three technologies support user state virtualization:
The Infrastructure Planning and Design: Windows User State Virtualization guide can help you implement user state virtualization.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is an integral security feature in Windows 7 Enterprise that helps protect data stored on fixed drives and the operating system drive. BitLocker helps protect against offline attacks, which are attacks made by disabling or circumventing the installed operating system or by physically removing the hard drive to attack the data separately. BitLocker helps ensure that users can read the data on the drive and write data to the drive only when they have either the required password, smart card credentials, or are using the data drive on a BitLocker-protected computer that has the proper keys.
BitLocker protection on operating system drives supports two-factor authentication by using a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) along with a personal identification number (PIN) or startup key as well as single-factor authentication by storing a key on a USB flash drive or just using the TPM. Using BitLocker with a TPM provides enhanced data protection and helps assure early boot component integrity. This option requires that the computer have a compatible TPM microchip and BIOS:
The TPM interacts with BitLocker operating system drive protection to help provide protection at system startup. This is not visible to the user, and the user logon experience is unchanged. However, if the startup information has changed, BitLocker will enter recovery mode, and the user will need a recovery password or recovery key to regain access to the data.
The BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide for Windows 7 provides detailed guidance for deploying BitLocker. Additionally, numerous Group Policy settings are available for managing BitLocker. You can learn about these in the BitLocker Group Policy Reference. You can provision BitLocker during deployment by using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 or Configuration Manager. For more information, see the MDT 2010 documentation.
Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional do not include BitLocker. If you allow employees to use devices that are running these operating systems, you can use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to help protect corporate data on these computers. However, EFS does not provide full-volume encryption, as BitLocker does. Instead, users choose the folders and files they want to encrypt. For more information about EFS in Windows 7, see The Encrypting File System.
|Note: Users who are running Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional can use Windows Anytime Upgrade to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate for a charge. Doing so would provide BitLocker. For more information about Windows Anytime Upgrade, see Windows Anytime Upgrade.
In Windows 7 Enterprise, BitLocker To Go extends BitLocker to portable drives, such as USB flash drives. Users can encrypt portable drives by using a password or smart card. Authorized users can view the information on any PC that runs Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP by using the
BitLocker To Go Reader. Also, by using Group Policy, you can require data protection for writing to any removable storage device but can enable unprotected storage devices to be used in read-only mode.
The BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide for Windows 7 provides detailed guidance for using BitLocker To Go. Additionally, numerous Group Policy settings are available for managing BitLocker To Go, which the BitLocker Group Policy Reference describes.
The Windows 7 Backup and Restore feature creates safety copies of users' most important personal files. They can let Windows choose what to back up or pick individual folders, libraries, and drives to back up—on whatever schedule works best for them. Windows supports backing up to another drive or a DVD. Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise also support backing up files to a network location.
Whereas Windows 7 provides a built-in backup feature that users can use on their own devices, System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 enables an organization to create a two-tiered backup solution that combines the convenience and reliability of disk for short-term backup—where most recovery requests are concentrated—with the security of tape or other removable medium for long-term archiving. This two-tiered system helps to alleviate the problems associated with tape backup solutions while still allowing for the maintenance of long-term off-site archives.
Important to consumerization scenarios, DPM 2010 adds support for protecting client computers, such as laptop computers and slates, which are not always connected to the network. Additionally, users can recover their own data without waiting for the backup administrator. You can learn more about DPM 2010 at System Center Data Protection Manager 2010.
Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) provides remote client endpoints with access to corporate applications, networks, and internal resources via a Web site. Client endpoints include not only computers running Windows but also other non-Windows devices. It supports the following scenarios:
Infrastructure Planning and Design: Forefront Unified Access Gateway on TechNet provides guidance for designing a Forefront UAG deployment. Additional detailed technical guidance is available in Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) on TechNet.
Network Access Protection (NAP) includes client and server components that allow you to create and enforce health requirement policies that define the required software and system configurations for computers that connect to your network. NAP enforces health requirements by inspecting and assessing the health of client computers, limiting network access when client computers are noncompliant, and remediating noncompliant client computers for unlimited network access. NAP enforces health requirements on client computers that are attempting to connect to a network. NAP can also provide ongoing health compliance enforcement while a compliant client computer is connected to a network.
NAP enforcement occurs at the moment client computers attempt to access the network through network access servers, such as a virtual private network (VPN) server running Routing and Remote Access (RRAS), or when clients attempt to communicate with other network resources. The way in which NAP is enforced depends on the enforcement method you choose. NAP enforces health requirements for the following:
Network Access Protection Design Guide can help you design a NAP deployment. The
Network Access Protection Deployment Guide provides detailed technical guidance for the above scenarios.
In Configuration Manager, NAP lets you include software updates in your system health requirements. Configuration Manager NAP policies define which software updates to include, and a Configuration Manager System Health Validator point passes the client's compliant or non-compliant health state to the Network Policy Server (NPS). The NPS then determines whether the client has full or restricted network access, and whether non-compliant clients will be brought into compliance through remediation. For more information about NAP in Configuration Manager, see Network Access Protection in Configuration Manager.
In addition to securing local data and network access, protecting access to business information—such as intellectual property—is an important consideration if you're embracing consumerization. Two technologies are available for protecting this information:
For organizations that do not have the resources or infrastructure to support the Windows Optimized Desktop, Windows Intune can help deliver the management and security essentials. Organizations that have deployed the Windows Optimized Desktop can manage pockets of unmanaged computers (home-office computers and consumer devices running Windows that users bring to work) by using Windows Intune (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Windows Intune
Windows Intune helps you manage and secure computers in your environment through a combination of Windows cloud services and upgrade licensing. Windows Intune delivers cloud-based management and security capabilities through a single web-based administrative console. With Windows Intune, you can manage computers from almost anywhere—all you need is an Internet connection and the Windows Intune client installed on each managed computer. Additionally, with an active Windows Intune subscription, you have the rights to upgrade to future versions of Windows, with the same benefits of the Microsoft Software Assurance program for Windows.
The Windows Intune administrator console organizes management tasks into the following workspaces, which you can manage from almost any browser that supports Microsoft Silverlight:
Remote assistance alerts provide a key tool for troubleshooting problems that occur on managed computers. A user on a managed computer can initiate a remote assistance request, which generates an alert. When you view the alert in the Windows Intune administrator console, you can accept the request. Accepting the request opens a Microsoft Easy Assist session so that you can perform remote troubleshooting on the user's computer.
Windows Intune also provides Windows 7 Enterprise upgrade rights with Software Assurance. With the upgrade rights provided by Windows Intune, you can upgrade any computer that is managed by Windows Intune and that meets the minimum Windows 7 system requirements to Windows 7 Enterprise. Windows Intune also provides all the benefits of the Microsoft Software Assurance Program for Windows, including:
You can learn more about Windows Intune at the
Windows Intune website.
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Virtual applications are streamed to computers as network services. They do not leave footprints on systems and are easy to update. They're also self-contained, helping prevent conflicts between personal and business applications that may cause downtime and require intervention from the support team.
App-V is part of MDOP that supports packaging, deployment, and management of virtual applications. App-V can make applications available to end-user computers without requiring you to install the applications directly on those computers. This is possible through a process known as sequencing the application, which enables each application to run in its own self-contained virtual environment on the client computer. Sequenced applications are isolated from one another. This scenario eliminates application conflicts, but the applications can still interact with the client computer.
The App-V client is the feature that lets end users interact with applications after they have been published to the computer. The client manages the virtual environment in which the virtualized applications run on each computer. After the client has been installed on a computer, the applications must be made available to the computer through a process known as publishing, which enables the end user to run the virtual applications. The publishing process copies the virtual application icons and shortcuts to the computer—typically on the Windows desktop or on the Start menu—and also copies the package-definition and file-type-association information to the computer. Publishing also makes the application package content available to end users' computers.
Virtual application package contents can be replicated to one or more App-V servers so that they can be streamed to the clients on demand and cached locally. File servers and Web servers can also be used as streaming servers, or the content can be copied directly to end users' computers. In a multi-server implementation, maintaining the package content and keeping it up to date on all the streaming servers requires a comprehensive package-management solution. Depending on the size of your organization, you might need to have many virtual applications available to end users located all over the world. Managing the packages to ensure that the appropriate applications are available to all users where and when they need access to them is therefore an important requirement.
As shown in Figure 2, the primary components of App-V are:
Figure 2. Application Virtualization
App-V 4.6 is the latest version of the product. With App-V 4.6, you can sequence and run 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the 64-bit version of Windows 7. It supports new Windows 7 features such as the taskbar, Jump Lists, AppLocker, BranchCache, and BitLocker To Go. App-V 4.6 adds support for 12 additional languages. To support Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), App-V 4.6 provides the capability for a read-only shared cache to help optimize server disk storage. Last, App-V 4.6 improves the sequencing experience and provides support for sequencing 32-bit and 64-bit applications. You can learn more about App-V at the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Web site. More detailed technical information is available on TechNet at Application Virtualization.
|Note: Citrix XenApp is a Microsoft Partner solution that extends support for traditional and App-V virtual applications to a wide range of devices, including smartphones and other non-Windows-based devices. It provides on-demand application delivery that can virtualize, centralize, and manage almost any application in the datacenter. By using XenApp, you can centralize applications in the data center, control and encrypt access to data and applications, and deliver applications instantly to users almost anywhere. To learn more about Citrix XenApp, see the Citrix XenApp website. Additionally, the article How to publish an App-V-enabledapplication in Citrix XenApp describes how to use XenApp to publish App-V applications.
Configuration Manager gives IT pros the ability to deploy, upgrade, and track usage of both physical and virtual applications in a single management experience. By seamlessly integrating virtual application formats into the Configuration Manager software-distribution capability, IT pros can follow known processes and workflow for delivering virtual applications to end users. This enables IT to deliver applications more quickly while also isolating potentially conflicting applications from interfering with one another. Configuration Manager's integration with App-V provides added scalability while also allowing IT to enable existing distribution points to stream virtual applications, eliminating the need for a separate App-V infrastructure. With Configuration Manager, virtual applications can be delivered to either computers or users. Administrators can inventory virtual applications and deliver virtual applications as part of Operating System Deployment task sequences.
Configuration Manager takes the place of the publishing and streaming components in a typical App-V full infrastructure by integrating with an existing Configuration Manager infrastructure that is already delivering traditional applications, updates, and more. Figure 3 illustrates the minimal Configuration Manager and App-V processes and components required to manage virtual applications with Configuration Manager. The App-V Sequencer produces packages that can be distributed via a Configuration Manager infrastructure to the Configuration Manager clients. This eliminates the need for two separate infrastructures to support application deployment, allowing both traditional and virtual applications to be deployed from the same console.
Figure 3. Configuration Manager and App-V Infrastructure
Using Configuration Manager to publish virtual applications requires that you follow a simple process. At a high level, managing virtual applications with Configuration Manager requires applications to be sequenced, published by using Configuration Manager advertisements, and delivered to the end clients. The following minimum process is required to support App-V in a Configuration Manager infrastructure:
Managing virtual applications with Configuration Manger will require an App-V sequencer for creating packages, a Configuration Manager site server, Configuration Manager distribution points for delivery of the packages, and Configuration Manager client computers with the App-V client installed. The following minimum components are required to support App-V in a Configuration Manager Infrastructure:
Configuration Manager 2012, now in beta 2 release, helps IT empower their users with the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining the control necessary to protect corporate assets. It provides a unified infrastructure for managing mobile, physical, and virtual environments that allows IT to deliver and control user experiences based on user identity, connectivity, and device specifics. Along with all of the world-class inventory, operating system deployment, update management, assessment, and settings enforcement you've come to expect from Configuration Manager, the new release will deliver:
You can find more information about the new updated capabilities involving the deployment of virtual applications in System Center Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2 release at
Introduction to Application Management in Configuration Manager 2012.
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Due to consumerization, users are bringing to work more than just PCs running Windows. Non-Windows-based slates and tablets run a range of operating systems, such as Apple iOS, Google Android, Linux, and so on. These devices provide different user interfaces, different levels of security, and different management capabilities. There are multiple operating systems across consumer devices, so adopting a systematic approach to management and security is essential.
Microsoft offers technologies with which to enable management and security across these kinds of disparate consumer devices. For devices that cannot provide the full Windows 7 experience and security, you can use a VDI-based strategy to enable secure access to a server-hosted, Windows-based desktop. This approach is the most effective one for non-Windows-based portable computers and slates. However, a VDI-based strategy can also be useful when employees bring their own Windows-based portable computers into the workplace. In this case, VDI is used to deliver a secure enterprise desktop while keeping all personal data and software out of the corporate network.
VDI is a centralized desktop-delivery solution. Illustrated in Figure 4, the concept of VDI is to store and run desktop workloads—including a Windows client operating system, applications, and data—in a server-based VM in a data center and enable a user to interact with the desktop presented onto a user device via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX. VDI is part of an enterprise's cohesive, holistic virtualization strategy across the IT infrastructure to support Microsoft's vision of Dynamic IT. VDI is not an isolated architecture but rather one of the many technologies available to optimize enterprise desktops.
For devices that cannot provide a full Windows 7 environment, VDI can enable secure access to a server-hosted Windows 7 desktop. For computers and slates that do not run Windows (i.e., Apple Mac, Apple iPad, and netbooks based on Linux), VDI can be the most effective solution. However, VDI can also be useful when employees bring their own portable computers running Windows into the workplace. It can deliver a secure enterprise desktop, keeping all personal data and software off the corporate network.
Figure 4. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
For more information about VDI, see Virtualization Products and Technologies.
Part of Windows Server 2008 R2, Remote Desktop Services (RDS) provides the Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker). RD Connection Broker is a native VDI connection broker that provides a unified experience for accessing VDI as well as traditional session-based remote desktops. RD Connection Broker delivers virtual desktops similarly to RemoteApp. For example, a user will access http://rds-all.contoso.corp/rdweb to see a Web page listing both authorized applications and desktops, once authenticated.
Figure 5 shows three Office 2007 applications published by using RemoteApp. In Windows Server 2008 R2, RemoteApp programs shown at a URL can be composed from multiple sources. They do not need to be installed on the same Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) or Terminal Services server. They can be from multiple RD Session Hosts and Terminal Services servers, yet composed and presented with the same URL. Further, the presence of a RemoteApp program is based on the access control list (ACL) of a published application in RD Session Host. By default, all authenticated users will have access to published RemoteApp programs.
Figure 5. Remote Desktop Connection Broker
The My Desktop icon appears only to those users who are assigned with a personal virtual desktop. The assignment can be done in RD Connection Broker or the user object in AD DS. When a user clicks the My Desktop icon, a virtual desktop will be delivered to the user's device, after the user is authenticated.
The Contoso Desktop icon is for accessing a virtual desktop running on a VM dynamically picked from a VM pool defined in RD Connection Broker. Once a VM pool is defined, the icon to access a VM in the pool will show up on the RDS webpage for all authenticated users, regardless of whether a user has access to the pool. Both the display name of the page and the display name of the icon to access a VM pool can be easily customized in RD Connection Broker; in this example, "Contoso Wonder LAN" and "Contoso Desktop" are customized display names. Further information about the RDS architecture and how RD Connection Broker plays a central role in a VDI solution is available in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Architecture Explained.
A new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 is RemoteApp and Desktop Connection, which provides the ability to access RemoteApp programs, remote desktops, and virtual desktops from the Start menu of a computer running Windows 7. You can configure RemoteApp and Desktop Connection as follows:
With RemoteApp and Desktop Connection, users can access RemoteApp programs and virtual desktops directly from the Start menu without specifying the RDS URL. This capability minimizes user training and offers a consistent user experience on Windows applications.
With VDI, a virtual desktop is isolated from the client's device and runs in a VM maintained in a data center. The device can be a desktop, laptop, slate, or thin-client computer—running Windows or another operating system. Users interact with their virtual desktops through RDP and RemoteFX, which provides a rich desktop experience. Similar to session-based remote desktops (i.e., Terminal Services), VDI provides a server session with a full-fidelity desktop environment that is virtualized within a server-based hypervisor. The premise of VDI is that all users are running virtual desktops on VMs. Key technical components making VDI a reality include:
There are two VDI deployment models:
VDI essentially delivers a desktop on demand to a user device via a network connection. This is different from running a conventional desktop computer, in which an OEM license is bound to hardware and cannot be dynamically assigned, as with VDI. Traditional licensing has become insufficient to correctly reflect the number of licenses consumed in a desktop deployment delivered with VDI.
To accommodate new deployment scenarios, Microsoft has introduced two new offerings for VDI:
Both the VDI Standard Suite and the VDI Premium Suite are licensed per client device that accesses the VDI environment, and thereby allow for flexibility of server infrastructure design and growth. You can learn more about VDI suite licensing at Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services site. Additional information about Remote Desktop Services Licensing is available at Licensing Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2.
Both RDS and VDI are core components of desktop virtualization, and they satisfy specific computing requirements and scenarios with deployment readiness and flexibility. For a remote task worker who needs to access a specific application for carrying out a well-defined task—such as entering data or reporting a status for time reporting, inventory updating, or incident reporting—RemoteApp might be sufficient. However, a knowledge worker—who performs complex or unstructured routines such as analyzing data, architecting a solution, designing a product, writing code, or troubleshooting systems—will likely require full access to a desktop to assure productivity, and deploying a virtual desktop is one solution.
Although VDI is flexible, it does require more server hardware resources than the traditional session-based remote desktop approach. Table 1 compares session-based virtualization with VDI. In general, VDI requires an upfront investment in server and storage hardware to store and execute all needed VMs. To ensure that users are able to access virtual desktops, the network supporting VDI needs to be highly available. Generally speaking, the network-bandwidth requirement is higher to support VDI than to support Terminal Services. VM management software is also essential to manage enterprise virtual desktops.
Table 1. Session-based virtualization versus VDI
Additionally, users should not expect a remote desktop or a virtual desktop to perform exactly as well as a locally installed desktop. Audio, video, and USB performance on a remote desktop might not be as rich as those directly running on or attaching to a user's device. A rich client will always provide a superior user experience to that delivered with VDI. Overall, considerations of a VDI solution should include, but not be limited to:
Note: Citrix XenDesktop is a Microsoft Partner solution that can deliver on-demand virtual desktops and applications to users on any device they use, anywhere they use it. To learn more about Citrix XenDesktop, see the
Citrix XenDesktop website. Additionally, the blog entry
Microsoft Virtual DesktopInfrastructure (VDI) utilising Citrix Xendesktop as the Broker describes in detail how XenDesktop fits into and enhances VDI architectures.
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This article has described four technologies that can help your organization embrace consumerization. These technologies are Windows Optimized Desktop, Windows Intune, Application Virtualization, and VDI. The following list describes how these technologies fit in to specific consumerization scenarios:
In all cases, application virtualization can provide users access to the applications they need. For more information, see the section titled "Application Virtualization," earlier in this article.
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Tools are available to manage smartphones in the enterprise. For example, you can use Exchange ActiveSync to manage many Microsoft and non-Microsoft smartphones. Exchange ActiveSync is a Microsoft Exchange Server synchronization protocol that is optimized to work over high-latency and low-bandwidth networks. The protocol, based on HTTP and XML, enables devices to access information such as e-mail, calendars, and contacts on an Exchange Server system.
Exchange ActiveSync also provides management tools through Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policies and related tools. For example, Windows Phone 7 supports management policies like requiring passwords and enforcing password strength. It also provides the ability to remotely wipe the device and restore a mobile phone's original factory settings after multiple failed attempts to unlock it.
Management based on Exchange ActiveSync is an industry standard for smartphones and other small-form-factor devices. Platforms such as Apple iPhone and iPad, Google Android, Nokia Symbian, and Palm support Exchange ActiveSync and mailbox polices to varying degrees. The blog post Updated - Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients ( Windows phone, Windows Mobile, Android, Nokia, Apple, Palm ) compares support for Exchange ActiveSync across many different platforms.
This section describes some of the mailbox policies and tools in Exchange ActiveSync that you can use to manage smartphones. For more information about Exchange ActiveSync, see Managing Exchange ActiveSync Devices on TechNet.
Mobile phones can store sensitive corporate data and provide access to many corporate resources. If a device is lost or stolen, that data can be compromised. Through Exchange ActiveSync policies, you can add a password requirement to mobile phones, mandating that users enter a password to access their phones. Microsoft recommends that, in addition to requiring a device password, you configure your mobile phones to automatically prompt for a password after a period of inactivity. The combination of a device password and inactivity locking provides more security for your corporate data. For more information, see the "Device Management" section later in this article.
In addition to these features, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 provides a remote device wipe feature. You can issue a remote device wipe command from the Exchange Management Console (EMC). Users can issue their own remote device wipe commands from the Microsoft Office Outlook Web App user interface. The remote device wipe feature also includes a confirmation function that writes a time stamp in the sync state data of the user's mailbox. This time stamp is displayed in Outlook Web App and in the user's mobile phone properties dialog box in the EMC. In addition to resetting the mobile phone to factory-default condition, a remote device wipe also deletes any data on any storage card that's inserted in the mobile phone.
|Important: After a remote device wipe has occurred, data recovery is very difficult. However, no data-removal process leaves a device as free from residual data as when it's new. Recovery of data from a device might still be possible by using sophisticated tools.
You can remotely wipe a device by using one of three methods:
For more information about remote device wipe in Exchange Server 2010, see Perform a Remote Wipe on a Mobile Phone on TechNet.
You can create an Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policy to configure a variety of security options for users and their devices. In addition to password requirements and settings, you can use the General tab on the policy to specify the types of mobile phones that can connect to the Exchange Server system and whether attachments can be synchronized. The following summarizes the available policies:
On TechNet, Managing Exchange ActiveSync with Policies provides a full list of mailbox policies and describes how to configure them by using the EMC and the Shell. The ability to manage devices through Exchange Active Synch will also be a core feature of the upcoming System Center Configuration Manager 2012, which is now in beta 2 release.
Direct Push Technology uses Exchange ActiveSync to keep data on a smartphone synchronized with data on Exchange Server. On firewalls, a network idle connection time-out indicates how long a connection is permitted to live without traffic after a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is fully established. You must correctly set this time-out value to allow the Exchange ActiveSync heartbeat interval and the enterprise session interval to communicate effectively. If the firewall closes the session, mail would remain undelivered until the client reconnects, and the user could be unsynchronized for long periods of time. Microsoft recommends that organizations set time-outs on their incoming firewalls to 30 minutes. For more information, see Understanding Direct Push and Exchange Server 2010.
Exchange Server includes the Autodiscover service, which simplifies the provisioning of mobile phones by returning the required system settings after a user enters his or her e-mail address and password. The Autodiscover service is enabled by default in Exchange Server 2010 (Figure 6).
Figure 6. Autodiscover with Exchange ActiveSync
The process that Figure 6 describes is as follows:
The ability to use Autodiscover depends on the operating system of the mobile phone you're using. Not all mobile phone operating systems that support synchronization with Exchange Server support Autodiscover. For more information about operating systems that support Autodiscover, see the blog post
Updated - Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients (Windows phone, Windows Mobile, Android, Nokia, Apple, Palm).
For instructions on configuring Autodiscover in Exchange Server, see Configure Exchange ActiveSync Autodiscover Settings.
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IT must be able to embrace consumerization where it is appropriate, while at the same time minimizing risks to the enterprise and its data. By assessing and understanding your users, in addition to the devices that they want to use, you can help ensure that consumerization benefits your business, and that these benefits can be measured and evaluated.
Embracing consumerization enables businesses to deliver productivity gains and competitive advantage. Consumerization becomes a major opportunity when the strategies that are described in this paper are followed, ensuring that corporate assets are secure and establishing new roles for empowered employees and IT as partners. Microsoft has a range of enterprise-ready solutions that can help you address your users' needs surrounding consumerization, from deployments of Windows Optimized Desktop, through cloud-based management using Windows Intune, to Windows-based and non-Windows-based smartphones.


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Fed up with Utah's inversion-driven polluted air, a group of activists is launching an initiative aimed at pushing state lawmakers for a commitment to work on the problem.
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In recent weeks, Utah's air has been so bad that several of the state's cities were ranked atop the Environmental Protection Agency's worst air rankings. Utah's bad air was also featured by The Associated Press and on national news broadcasts on both the CBS and NBC television networks.
The Utah mothers were so concerned that Udell organized an emergency meeting in Salt Lake City on Saturday to organize the pledge effort.
"Our kids need clean air now, not tomorrow," said Udell, adding that about 30 people attended the meeting. "It's been so bad that it was important to do something now. We all get collective amnesia when the weather clears up."
The group will ask each state lawmaker to sign the pledge a committee is drafting the specific language and then plans to publicize the list of those who sign and those who don't.
"It's kind of a naughty and nice list," Udell said. "We want to remind (lawmakers) that we're paying attention and that their constituents are crying out for clean air. We want to shine a spotlight on who's looking out for Utah's interests and who's not."
The group also wants lawmakers to work on both legislative and regulatory mechanisms for addressing the problem, Udell said.
Just how Utah lawmakers react to the clean air pledge may depend on how the pledge is drafted, Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, told The Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday.
"They've got to do it in a away that it's broad enough to appeal to people across party lines, but specific enough so that it has some meaning," King said.
Air quality shouldn't be a partisan issue, but proposals to solve the problem that focus on taxation or other restrictions on business and industry would likely polarize people along party lines, said King, who attended Saturday's meeting. He suggests framing the issue in terms of its impact on Utah's economy the ability to attract tourists and new business dollars may be one way to attract support from conservative lawmakers.
The state's top economic development officials say that in addition to questions about how Utah funds it's education system, companies considering a move to the Beehive State are also beginning to ask, "What's up with your air?" King said.
The Utah mothers are also working on a second initiative to prompt schools in communities with acute pollution to establish air quality committees.
The committees would address indoor air quality in school buildings and develop programs that allow students options for indoor physical activity on days when the air outside presents a significant health risk, Udell said.
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Has anyone seen this?! I just came across it! :smt103
The little punk got over 100 years in prison. With all the bullets flying around, I wonder if any of the others in the truck got hit...?
Shame the one bullet didn't pierce his cranium and rattle around some.
Wow! Training over comes. Lucky cops.
Crazy bastard! Who's dumb enough to get into a shoot out with a bunch of cops?
Edit: Especially because I'm willing to bet he didn't have any ammo to reload
Thank God for quick backups. Sure would have been nice to see the third officer come out with a shotgun. Jack a few rounds into that kids legs. He'd remember his stupid move with each step down the prison hallway.
Hope the little S.O.B. is a BITCH for the rest of his life.Thank's law enforcement for all you do! Randall:smt1099
I'm glad the little *beep* got 107 years in jail. Because this is a nice clean board, I won't say what I hope he gets in jail.
Don't drop the soap, punk.
Could be. That time sentence may get him a little more than ten years. Bubba con will sure enjoy his cute pretty boy face (and more) during his stay in the big boys house. :smt100 Here, let me turn the lights out. :smt082Quote:
But will he be out in ten?
That was one hairy firefight, shame the punk did not suffer a sudden evacuation of his cranial cavity:smt071
dont worry, they undoubtedly kicked the shit out of him after that :D


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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Dish towels that stay put!
Want to make your own?
4 dish towels (one you will sacrifice for the binding and straps... I will refer to this towel as the secondary towel)
6 buttons
Sewing notions
Step 1: Fold your dish towel how you want it to hang. I folded the two sides into the middle and then the whole thing in half. Then cut out of your secondary towel a strip the width of your folded towel and about 4 to 5 inches long. Also cut out two pieces the width and length you want your straps.
Step 2: Pin your towel so that it stays in place while you work with it. Just be sure to place the pins low enough not to get in your way.
Step 3: I decided to leave my edges raw. (lazy) The edges will fray but I was okay with that. To keep them from fraying to much though, I did a zigzag stitch all around the perimeter of my pieces. If you want a cleaner look, you should cut your fabric a little larger and hem.
Step 4: Attach your straps to the back of you binding piece. I did this by sewing a square.
Step 5: Sew a button hole on the end of your strap. This was my first experience making a button hole and it was surprisingly easy.
Step 6: Align your binding with your towel. Make sure the straps are in the back and the binding is even on both sides. Pin and then sew in place by making another square around the binding.
Step 7: Hand sew on your buttons and your done!
There you have it. A dish towel that stays put!
So which one is your fave? (And no, I will not actual hang them all at once!)
40 comments:
- Cecily said...
Oh my gosh! Those are stinkin' cute! I love them! I think I might actually make those...
- March 16, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- CJ Sime said...
with all three of them lined up, I like the plaid one the best, but by its self it looks bland, but I bet it is just the lighting in the picture. They are all cute!
- March 17, 2010 at 12:05 AM
- Meagan said...
Okay this is wierd. I hated my vertical blinds, you made a post. I'm planning my kids' rooms, you make a post (well, that my have been prompted). My dog constantly takes my dish towel off my oven door, you make a post. You are my life saver. Now if I can only make these as cute as yours.
- March 17, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- FrouFrouBritches said...
Oh my gosh! The only kids I've seen that attach are those crochet jobs my great grandmother used to have. ICK! These are SUPER CUTE!!!
- March 17, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- michelle@somedaycrafts said...
SO SO cute! I am featuring these at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. Grab my "featured" button.
- March 18, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- Shipley family and Tulle Cool said...
That's a great idea. I LOVE it.
- March 18, 2010 at 5:01 AM
- kim said...
love this modern version...this is going on my "to make" list
- March 18, 2010 at 5:31 AM
- Jessica said...
I think the blue one is my favorite. Great idea!
- March 18, 2010 at 6:42 AM
- A Touch of Country said...
loving the blue one right now with my easter stuff it would look fabulous.
Thanks for the tutorial!
- March 18, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Amy said...
I love the blue one in the middle. Blue is my favorite color so I may be a little biased.
I love this idea, it is such a great twist on the old crochet holders. I am definitely gonna be trying this on a couple of gifts!!
Thanks for sharing!!
- March 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Cami said...
Very good idea. You can't find button up towels any more. I came up with my own interchangeable towel holders. Check them out on my blog if you would like to. Though yours will hold up to those little hands better.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- all thingz related said...
All of them are great! But blue is my favorite (:
- March 18, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- casserole said...
So pretty, and so practical!! I linked to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
- March 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- ~*Nomie*~ said...
I love them! Very cute. My favorite is the blue one! How do you make a signature with your name? I really like it!
- March 19, 2010 at 5:40 AM
- madebymegs said...
They are the cutest things ever. I can't wait to make these for my own kitchen....thanks for the great ideas!!
- March 19, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- madebymegs said...
I hope you don't mind, but I linked this post on my own blog. I thought they were too cute to not mention :)
- March 19, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Rebecca said...
What a great idea! I'm always picking up dish towels off the kitchen floor. No more!
- March 20, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- CraftCrave said...
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave.com in the Handcraft category today [25 Mar 05:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria
- March 25, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Jaci said...
Definitely like these. Don't have anyone pulling mine off, but may have to make them anyway. Thanks
- July 24, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- DonnaRae said...
They are awesome. But every time I open my oven door I forget about the towels and they hit the floor. Oh well, those are so cute I am going to have to make them anyway! (-;
Donna Rae
- July 24, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Carolyn Ward said...
That plaid one is AWESOME. I want it. :)
- July 29, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- Kristol Faucheux said...
now why the heck didn't I think of that. I've already picked mine up 5 times today.
- October 2, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- Faye said...
Just made my own, thanks for the idea! i just threw one together, and didnt have time for buttons (ok i was lazy) i didnt even cut off the threads lol but it works! heres a link to my flicker http://flic.kr/p/8VK97j
- November 23, 2010 at 3:05 PM
- Ellie said...
What a cute solution! I think I need to make some. They'd make great gifts too!
- December 22, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Pam said...
That would be one way of mine staying put! Very nice.
- December 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- A Little Bit of Everything! said...
These are super cute! I might have to put them on my to do list. I like the one on the far left the best but they are all cute.
- December 31, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Maria and Michelle said...
I need to really pull out my sewing machine and get busy making some of these! Did they hold up well in the dryer? Thanks!
Michelle @ FTSN
- January 14, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Q said...
Thanks so much for this I used your instructions to make this one
Love it!
- May 16, 2011 at 5:44 AM
- Lily said...
That's a great idea. I LOVE it.
towel rack
- April 24, 2012 at 3:37 AM
- talha said...
Try to make some plastic card holders, i like your creative ideas.
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- May 3, 2012 at 4:20 AM
- Muhammad Atif said...
I like to hang a dish towel over the handle of my oven door.
Plastic card
Plastic card
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- June 7, 2012 at 5:32 AM
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- June 23, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- kamsnaps.com said...
These are so cute! I love how neat and tidy they look without being boring. Judy @ KAMsnaps.com
- June 23, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- Patricia Hodge said...
My grandma and aunt make some like this but they use fabric on the top and make the top look like a dress bodice so the whole towel looks like a dress. They are super cute. They are also more work than I have time for. I make mine closer to your way but with scraps of fabric for the top. I have tons of scraps to use up.
- October 9, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- Kristina said...
I was trying to find a creative "teacher" gift for Christmas. I think this will be both unique and helpful. Maybe I can find something with apples too.
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Sony NEX-6 preview extended with the addition of test data
Just Posted: an extensive update to our Sony NEX-6 preview. The NEX-6 is an enthusiast level mirrorless camera that features the high-resolution OLED viewfinder we first saw on the NEX-7 and builds on the capabilities that appeared on the recent NEX-5R. Click through for a link to the expanded preview, including six new pages of test data. We'll be adding more pages as we work towards the publication of our full review.
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I noticed a lot threads in the NEX forum like, "Is AF-C basically a myth for NEX?", calling PDAF on the NEX 6 a farce, and saying inside the focus is still slow.
I am sure DPReview will get to the bottom of this. Can't wait for the full review.
Is this camera any good or not?
Too many folks are complaining about the "timing" of reviews, previews, etc.
The REAL responsibility of DPREVIEW is to provide, hopefully, objective data and analysis.
Sure, the NEX6 has been out for sometime now, and the title of this article says "preview", but let's not get caught up on semantics.
Is the NEX6 any good?
REAL responsibility?
You should explain that one..doesnt really make sense.
As far as product review speed, I am not sure any web site does particularly complete reviews in advance of product introduction. I am not sure how they could. As far as the NEX6 goes, I bought it when my old camera broke, based on the assumption that it would be about the same as every other camera in the price range.
Generally, it is a pretty good camera. I am not wild about the color on the kit lens, but that is easy to fix with the Sony 50mm or even the Sigma 35mm. The autofocus speed seems to be pretty good, but the accuracy is only about average. The camera gets distracted by bright areas, even if you are using center focus or spot focus. Anything moving gets out of focus very quickly, and the Sony has trouble keeping up. The Sony face detection is more likely to focus on the outline of the head than on the eyes.
The kit lens is designed for portability, and comes with the trade-offs you would expect. The only thing I didn't expect is how touchy it is to manually focus. A quarter of a turn takes you from front focus to rear focus, and only a very good eye and steady hands will be able to capture a shot in between. In this respect (and many others) the 50mm "sippy cup" is vastly better.
In short, it is about the same as every other camera in the price range. It is a little better at some things and a little worse at others. Of course, if they said this in a review, they could finish every review within 2 hours of getting the camera.
They might also add: "This camera won't help you take better pictures, unless you are upgrading from a cell phone, and maybe not even then." This sentence can be safely added to every review.
@Low Budget Dave- I don't understand the point of your post. It's meaningless - of course every camera around the same price range is fairly competent within that price range, or the manufacturers would quickly go out of business in a competitive marketplace? The whole point of reviews, and what discerning photographers are interested in, is exactly those 'small differences' you so blithely dismiss, which in use to each photographer, might not be small at all, but a make or break deal. If you're that blasé about every camera, why on earth are you reading DPReview anyway?
That said, I don't feel it's just like every camera at all- it's a wonderful combination of features and IQ. There are a couple of things I feel could be improved- Sony could work on making the rear dial useful in more than just M mode, and give us a way of turning down contrast and saturation in the EVF, and more good, fast glass, which is coming, I know, but overall I'm in love and I came from a D700 and 5Dmkii!
Oh, a quick note to the reviewers - it might be helpful for prospective owners to revise the review now that Sony has released a firmware update for the prime lenses, so that they all now support the Hybrid AF. Some people may not be aware of the FW release and it might put them off unnecessarily?
Thanks for the great review site though, still the one I find most comprehensive and trustworthy in that it always seems to jibe with my own experience upon using/owning a camera.
Right on brother!!! I complained few times too...Speed up guys!!!
I LOVE DRReview and it is very sad for me to see the information here becoming less and less relavent. Reviews used to come out the day after a camera was announced. Now there are "previews" coming out 3 to 6 months after the camera is for sale. So what is the point of that? The Lumix G5 sems like a competent camera that was announced in July and there aren't even studio shots available to compare it to other cameras, at least not on this site. Which means that I am forced to look more and more to other sites for relavent information. It is very sad because this was a great site which I used to recomend to everyone I knew. I am sure these are factors beyond the control of the staff and I am sure they are just as frustrated so you have my sympathy.
Reviews have never come out the day after a camera was released. We managed that once with the Sony Alpha A55, and once only. You're thinking of previews, ironically.
Barney: First and foremost: Thank you for the very useful info in the updated preview. The IQ tests point in the direction of a favorable review, and they're a major addition to the initial preview.
Your replies to the comments show us that you're feeling the heat from the complaint that reviews of important cameras have been coming out at a rather slow pace. Good! dPreview publishes the most complete and consistent reviews available, and you're the victims of your own success
The reviews are what attracts our eyeballs to your site in the first place. The many comments here reflect the hope that you'll devote more resources to camera and lens reviews, and less on the content that isn't as connected to what we (your customers) see as your most valuable product.
And again, thank you for the excellent material published thus far on the NEX-6.
I really appreciate how DPReview staff is engaging in these news discussions. Thank you and keep up the good work! They seem to listen to their users, other than some manufacturers... (are you reading this, Sony?)
They are Not listening to the readers.
Read below and you will even see that they go to the point of ridicule toward posters.
See for yourself, right below this post.
I know I paid nothing to DPReview, so I feel comfortable with the progress. All information I saw here is free of charge. Is it weekly magazine that you have to paid, and so that it must be providing one review per issue? No it's not. Then why complaining?
I do hope DPReview can speed up a bit more. But all I have is only appreciation. Because I know there is no free lunch.
DPReview, I think it's time for you to review how to better utilize the cooperation with DxO Mark. You are partners, right? So there must be some more efficient ways. For example, they concentrate on the lab result of sensors and lenses, and you concentrate on the bodies, performances, AF, menus, etc? More and more new cameras are coming in the next few years, but I know you can make it.
I'm always completely floored when people are so forward as to actually scold DPR for reviews not being fast enough to their liking. This is a free website and you get so much great content: image galleries, classifieds, reviews, forums, etc.
That some people feel compelled to ask for more, faster, better, sooner, when the site is already so good is something that never ceases to amaze me.
You missed the point.
We are only asking for the 'Good Old Days' to come back to DPReview.
I do see even Fujifilm X-E1 images are in in the test charts so it should mean a review will be soon out, and judging from what I see it seems on the noise side it's the real new benchmark
An E-E1 review is just around the corner.
Where I come from 'just around the corner refers to a block of four corners, (eg.: a rectangle)'.
What polygon are you basing your statement on?
How long has the NEX-6 been on sale now? And all we get from dpREVIEW is an 'updated PREVIEW'.
12 pages of original content including six of proprietary image quality tests... seems like we're giving you quite a lot here, no?
Your comments on twelve pages, six tests, etc., seem designed to be directed to your superiors as in 'Please ignore all these posts complaining about Previews, we are working hard'.
Your crew's reply comments are all defensive with no concern for your readers.
Barney, I think put more politely -- in the past, DPR had been quite quick with cutting-edge reviews. Now, for cameras that seem important to your readership, there seems a long lag. I'm guessing your editorial staff is a fraction of what it used to be, likely driven by corporate cost reduction. I've no doubt the staff is doing their best, but the the perceived speed to market with the reviews seems worse than before the Amazon acquisition. That's the perception, at least.
Do you know who owns DPReview?
With the major products, it really is just a perception. If you actually go back and look at the interval between a camera becoming available for review (which is normally about the same timeframe as available in stores) we actually do pretty well.
@nosnoop What takes you so long?
DPreview seem more fixated with reviewing mobile phones and apps than actual cameras these days ... DPreview lost its status of being the best place for camera reviews a long time ago! Shame Cameralabs hasn't got more content, because that's the way reviews should be done!
I have to agree. DPreview has lost its way.
Fixing this site would be easy. Decide who you want to serve and let that guide you. If your audience is going to be people who snapshoot with phones and other toys, then you are definitely on the right track.
On the other hand, if the site wants to serve people who love photography, who want to grow in technical skill and wish to be kept informed about new photography equipment. then take a look at the site as it was four or five years ago, and go back to that approach.
@ Alan - if you came every day you'd see more core content.
Actually, no. He wouldn't.
What takes you so long?
There has been only one DSLR/Mirrorless REVIEW in the whole December/January; and only 4 DSLR/Mirrorless REVIEWs since September (5 months). At this rate, it would take you many more months just to finish the products announced at Photokina.
People would like to come here to look for information for their purchase decision. So a timely review is essential; a preview just doesn't cut it.
Your first preview was written 4 months ago. So you have 4 months to work on the NEX-6 and all we get is just an extended preview?
They haven't had four months to work on the NEX-6. A preview is based on a pre-production sample, whereas the actual review process is based on a production unit, and can't begin until the manufacturer provides DPR with one.
These extended previews don't delay the reviews; DPR are able to publish them because they're actually working on the review.
@ Revenant - bless you for trying to insert a note of reason!
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The NEX-6 was available for purchase on Oct 30. So if you use that date, it would be 3 months. The pre-production model should allow them to complete all the specifications/body&design/handling/menu etc sections. They then just need the test shots from the production model.
IMHO, that is just too long. If you want to stay relevant and be the "go-to" site for people buying cameras, you would have to work faster. Now, instead of users coming to this site with the question "what camera should I buy?", we can only have users coming to siite wondering "did I make the right decision when I bought the camera a few months ago?"
I love DPreview, my first stop everyday.
But.. there are sites that go out and buy their own cameras to test.
It doesn't matter when the camera was available for purchase. DPR, like many other professional review sites, review products that the manufacturers send them. They can only start working on a review if and when they receive a sample from the manufacturer.
And a full review require more than just a few quick test shots in a studio. You have to use the camera extensively in real life situations to get a feel for the UI and ergonomics, to try out all the features under different conditions, and to discover the little quirks that all cameras have.
Of course, a lot of reviewers don't go into such detail, but their reviews are frankly not very useful. I'd rather wait a few months for a fuller review, to be honest. As long as the camera is still in production, the review is still relevant. Or are you only looking at models released within the last few weeks, when you're shopping for a new camera?
Wow, an extended preview. That´s worth a message on the top page? What about a finished review - not just previews? Previews that never become reviews is a disease that only is spread on DPreview. Maybe the name doesn´t stand for "Digital Photography Review" but "Digital Preview". Other sites have their finished already up for some weeks. Don´t you think it´s time to speed up your reviewing process? Should be possible as you have more staff than ever before.
Yes, it's definitely time to start speeding up our reviewing process. I totally agree. And there are some big reviews right around the corner. But in the meantime, here's 12 pages of original content, including six pages of proprietary image quality analysis. I know, I know, we're so lazy...
Whats worry me about the nex6 is not the NEX 6 itself (for sure a great camera)... but the very interesting but questionning lens that go with it: the SEL1650PZ
see DPreview forum... many many questions
This lens require strong amoutn of correction to give good results (auto correction in JPG, manual or semi-manual correction in RAW).
So, what about the "measured" lens quality with and without correction
What about the real field of view (focal legh equivalent) at wide angle for corrected and uncorrected pictures? What about compatibility with older NEX cameras. Could you ask Sony some official explanations?
The only point with NEX6 is: what about hyrid AF efficiency? and why no hybrid AF available for video shooting? can we axpect an update by Sony concerning this point?
What about the not-so-good performance of the electronic viewfinder in very low light. After some testing I realized that NEX-6 suffers from the same usual issues of the EVF - lag and graininess, that start to appear when it gets really dark. What makes things worse is the fact that in almost complete dark the EVF is not truly usable if you want to frame and shoot stars or other faintly lit subjects, like a luminous watch. In my opinion, an optical viewfinder is by far much better in such situations and NEX-6 EVF is no exception..
Alex did you ever try to shoot stars with a $800 (price at launch) DSLR? The Optical View Finder is not as great as some people think. The small and dark VF is not capable of seeing more the a view very bright stars, just like the EVF or the LCD on a mirrorless. But on the mirrorless you can use magnification to help focussing on a bright star. You can use the flip out LCD when the camera is on a tripod (ver tried to focs a DSLR on a tripod? I did it is back breaking!
For real dark situations neither the EVF or the OVF are very usefull, but in my opinion the EVF/LCD is better then the OVF. As far as I know starts are not moving that fast that the refresh rate of the EVF is a problem, neither is it in darkish situations, where fast moving objects will always be hard to catch as you need long exposures so again not a problem. Where OVF do shine is in sport photography where the movement is important...
This camera has no way to set the upper limit for auto-ISO. It's 3200, period. It has just two aspect ratios, 3:2 and the oh-so-useful 16:9. It has no way to configure a button to manually switch from LCD to EVF (you have to menu dive). Enthusiast-level? I understand you can't get everything for $850, but these things are pretty basic for enthusiast cameras.
Waiting to see the PDAF performance in the review, as well as a full review of the new power zoom SELP16-50 kit lens. Hopefully, this full review will come before the NEX-6 is replaced by a new model.
Yeah, you will never get the review of the 16-50 90%+ of buyers of NEX-6 will use. But you'll get something absolutely irrelevant. Have you seen what the samples were shot with? It is Sony DT 50/1.8, Alpha mount lens, with adapter. DPR does not care that almost no buyer of the camera will shoot with this lens. Customers will look at the review and expect the results they see, but instead they will get mush there. It looks like a misinformation campaign.
@peevee1, you're referring to our studio test scene.. We have always photographed this scene with the same lens for a given mount and sensor size. This way, when you evaluate different cameras side by side, you can more easily compare the performance of the sensor/processor, not the lens. That's really the whole point of our test scene.
When we shoot image samples for reviews we shoot with lenses that consumers are likely to buy with the camera.
@ Poronga - that's not true, I'm afraid. But your point (or what I think is your point) is well-taken. We need to get better at describing what you should expect from kit lenses and I want to work this into reviews in the near future.
I got it, finally:
Preview a camera until it becomes long in the tooth, monitor buyer's feedback, then release the final review written as not to upset any one portion of the market, vendor or buyer.
This premise is not how DPReview became DPReview.
But I guess things change for better or worse.
A real shame.
I stopped all of my printed publication photography subscriptions because all of the reviews became nothing more than a glorified manufacturer's spec sheet.
DPReview, Let's get back to business, please.
'Back to business'? You mean the business of testing cameras? We just added six pages of test data to this preview. Or am I missing something?
Yes, a Final Review with a Conclusion and a Rating.
We're working flat out on reviewing cameras right now. Honestly, we are. So why on earth do you (Nikonworks and GodSpeaks) insist on creating this ridiculous fiction?
Of all the feedback we get, I'm most puzzled by the negativity that surrounds the publication of test data attached to previews. Don't you see that this proves - without a doubt - that we're working on the cameras? Or am I missing something? I know it's fun to throw stones, but seriously? You don't. Make. Any. Sense.
Hey Barney,
I made an account specifically to contribute to this thread because I love the information at DP Review, and I think that Nikorworks (blatant) thoughts are indicative of how the site has recently been running.
Providing test data is undeniably important, but this isn't DP Test Data, it's DP Review. As an avid reader I have always valued the test data that you supply; accessing a free methodological approach to new cameras has never been as important as it is today, where your camera (more than ever) determines your final print. This being said, how your staff interprets this data is the differentiating factor between this site and other photographic organizations.
I don't think anyone is insinuating that you do not work hard. However, maybe we don't come here specifically for the raw information. How you inform us on your review; the content included in the conclusion and final score is what continually brings me back. A preview on the NEX6 so late simply isn't the same.
I completely understand, but we reviewed the NEX-6 on the day it was announced. This update is literally that - an update. We've got hold of a reviewable, production-quality final camera, and published our standard proprietary test data ahead of the full review - in effect, giving you a 'review in progress'.
The problem is, people probably don't really care that much about your upcoming review anymore because they probably already bought the camera.. Your review is a little too late and that's what people are complaining about, not that you don't provide enough content.
Nothing I post here at DPReview is 'Blatant' , just truthful.
And Barney, you should not let such an untruthful characterization of a poster's comments go by without comment.
Re-read my comment, with 16 likes, and hopefully you will realize all these responses are not about you but about missing final reviews.
And your statement that I am 'throwing stones' is extremely un-professional,
flaming for selfish defensive purposes, and one you should apolgize to me for posting.
I hadn't read this preview when it was first published but having read it now, it confirms my suspicion of a very light AA filter in front of the sensor. While I use the raw format exclusively, I have noticed a certain crispness to the images after my default sharpening procedure in LR 4. While my D800 is superior (well, yeah) the D800 actually requires more sharpening than my NEX-6 to reach what I consider adequate sharpness. It appears very light AA filters or none at all will be the norm in the future.
It's time Sony made good quality, small and cheap lenses. We've enough bodies already.
If only they could put out as many good lenses as they are unveiling new generations of camera...
This criticism is holding less and less water, yet people keep regurgitating it at every opportunity.
As soon as I can afford it, Im getting the stabilised 35mm and 50mm primes, and when it comes out, the 20mm pancake.
Nope still does. m43 has a stack of lenses. Fuji only has a few (but nice ranges) and are very good quality. Samsung has a 16/20/30/45/60/85 (and thats just primes) at affordable prices. Sony has very ho-hum lenses (except one super expensive one) and they're not exactly compact. There's a reason manual lenses have shot up in price since the NEX came along as its the only way to get decent glass on the system. If they had any of their competions range they would kill the market.
Nice too see that nex-5n holds up good against it when it comes to IQ
Same sensor, just a little more crowded out with the pdaf pixels. The 5n is quite a camera, esp for 300 bucks body only. Absurd.
The 5n is very good and the 6 is better. In a year when it's on clearance it will be the great bargain the 5n now is, probably reduced to around $600, so you'll be comparing the price of a clearance NEX-6 to the full price of a next-generation 5.
In the meanwhile it's just a very fine camera at a high, but reasonable, price. Wish I could afford one. Maybe next year.
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Uber-cute! No gauntlets yet though? C'mon the poor dog is suffering. :lol
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