[HEY4QDEMS]

I attended a MS connections seminar two days ago, the focus was SBS03-R2, Office07, and Vista, with a little SPS and ISA thrown in.

I was actually quite impressed with the way Vista cross indexes with Office 07. The AeroGlass 3D effects are cool, the gadgets feature was also pretty cool although I can see a potential for administrative headaches.

I also like the user application level security feature which allows the admin to create a list of allowed apps for install by a user, no more granting full admin rights to local machines.

I downloaded a beta release for testing and bug reporting but I haven't had time to install them, but now I'm enthused to do so.

[webstersII]

"I also like the user application level security feature which allows the admin to create a list of allowed apps for install by a user, no more granting full admin rights to local machines."

Oh boy. That means every time you want to add a program (like a small helper app of some sort) to your computer you have to get permission from the IT department.

Talk about slowing productivity to a crawl.