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微软透露，其嵌入式版 Windows 7，也就是 Embedded Standard 2011 系列产品的开发已经接近尾声，这一计划被命名为“Quebec”。

2月15日，微软发布了一个 Windows Embedded Standard 2011 的RC版本，并将其更名为 Windows Embedded Standard 7，RC版目前已经可以从微软Connect站点获取到。

Windows Embedded Standard 带来了Vista平台发布以来的诸多特性，例如活动目录组策略，虚拟桌面和终端服务的改进，还支持 Windows 7 的Aero、触摸和IE8等各种特性。

Windows Embedded 是 Windows 的嵌入式、组件化版本，构建在应用最为广泛的这一操作系统平台之上，让众多嵌入式设备具有了开发高效、功能强大的特点。有趣的是微软在看到 Windows 7 的巨大成功之后，为了强调 Windows Embedded Standard 2011 与 Windows 7 的血缘关系，已经将产品名称直接改为了“ Windows Embedded Standard 7”。相信 Windows Embedded Standard 7 将为嵌入式设备这个应用广泛的领域提供全新的机遇。

作为 Windows 的模块化和工业化产品，Windows Embedded Standard 2011 并不具备 Windows 7 的所有功能。但非常值得高兴的是，在向 Windows Embedded Standard 产品开发团队直接提出建议之后，此次发布的 Windows Embedded Standard 7 RC 版已经根据建议在 CTP2 的基础上增加了一些功能，其中包括 Windows Media Center（媒体中心），这将使媒体中心厂商可以开发出基于 Windows 7 平台的嵌入式产品，也使 Windows Embedded Standard 7 具有更广泛的应用前景！

访问 Windows Embedded Standard Connect Site
http://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembedded

Welcome to the Windows Embedded Standard Connect Site

This site provides registered users the exclusive access to the latest Windows Embedded Standard technology and the ability to help shape its future by interacting with developers, participating in discussion forums, offering feedback and answering surveys.

To join the Windows Embedded Standard 7 Community Technology Program, please click Apply Now.  You will need a Windows Live ID to join.

What is Windows Embedded Standard?
http://www.windowsembedded.com/

What is Windows Embedded

Microsoft officially entered the embedded marketplace in November 1996 with the release of Windows Embedded CE 1.0. Since then, Microsoft has expanded into a full line of embedded operating systems, enabling developers to build next-generation 32-bit devices with a range of products that provide toolsets and development platforms for small to large device footprints.

Thousands of embedded devices have been built with Windows Embedded products, from portable ultrasound machines to GPS devices and from ATMs to devices that power large construction machinery. With comprehensive features, easy-to-use tools, free evaluation kits and access to a large network of community support, Windows Embedded helps yield faster time to market and decreased development costs.

The Windows Embedded Product Family

Windows Embedded CE
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/windowsce/default.mspx

Windows Embedded CE 6.0 allows you to develop small-footprint devices with a componentized, real-time operating system. The componentized features in Windows Embedded CE are optimized for small devices with limited memory and processing resources, for mobile devices that require power management capabilities, next-generation devices that require rich networking and communications standards, or for real-time devices that require deterministic responses to interrupts. Examples of Windows CE-based devices include portable navigation and communications devices.

Windows Embedded Standard
(Next generation of Windows XP Embedded)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/westandard/default.mspx

Windows Embedded Standard is a fully componentized version of Windows. Windows Embedded Standard allows you to develop advanced commercial and consumer devices to run thousands of existing Windows applications and drivers. Windows Embedded Standard includes Silverlight, .NET Framework 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, RDP 6.1 and Network Access Protection. With Standard, you can optimize the size of the OS footprint on your device because you can select only the drivers, services, and applications you need. By using only the components you need, you can reduce development time, optimize operating system size, lower hardware costs, and scale as low as 40MB in size with a bootable kernel. Windows Embedded Standard is used in devices such as Thin Clients and kiosks.

Windows Embedded POSReady
(Next generation of Windows Embedded Point of Service)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/readyproducts/posready/default.mspx

Windows Embedded POSReady is a flexible operating system optimized for the retail industry, with built-in networking capabilities and standards-based plug-and-play support. It lets you connect a variety of retail or hospitality device peripherals onto a single POS system. Windows Embedded POSReady is used in a wide range of POS devices, including self-checkout systems, customer-facing information kiosks, cash registers, fuel pumps, automated teller machines, and digital signage.

Windows Embedded Enterprise
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/weenterprise/default.mspx

Windows Embedded Enterprise products are fully functional versions of Microsoft’s Windows desktop operating system intended to power dedicated embedded devices that require Windows application compatibility and the flexibility to deploy a custom user interface. When footprint size is not an issue, developers use Windows Embedded Enterprise for its visual and differentiated user interfaces, connectivity capabilities, and reliability in building secure applications. Successful applications using Windows Embedded Enterprise include kiosks, ATM systems, POS devices, kiosks, complex industrial automation controllers, complex medical devices, and gaming machines.

The Windows Embedded Enterprise Family includes:

- Windows 7 Professional for Embedded Systems
- Windows 7 Ultimate for Embedded Systems
- Windows XP Professional for Embedded Systems
- Windows Vista Business for Embedded Systems
- Windows Vista Ultimate for Embedded Systems

Windows Embedded NavReady
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/readyproducts/navready/default.mspx

Windows Embedded NavReady is an operating system and set of development tools that allows you to build handheld portable navigation devices (PNDs) that connect to online services, Bluetooth capable mobile phones, Windows-based PCs, and the Internet. Windows Embedded NavReady is based on Windows Embedded CE. PNDs built on Windows Embedded NavReady provide location-aware services and connect to other devices to make hands-free phone calls, stream music, and exchange data.

Windows Embedded Server
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/server/default.mspx

Windows Embedded Server is a fully functional version of Microsoft’s server operating system with built-in security, reliability, and availability features intended for use in an embedded solution consisting of purpose-built hardware and application software. Windows Embedded Server is used to build a wide variety of server solutions including Medical imaging, security and surveillance, industrial automation and telecommunications.

Windows Embedded Automotive
http://www.microsoft.com/auto/ma.mspx

Windows Embedded Automotive is a standardized software platform for developing in-vehicle communication, entertainment, and service enabled location based solutions. It includes a large set of integrated, tested, and flexible middleware components, as well as hundreds of components available with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3, enabling Windows Embedded Automotive–based systems to scale across a broad range of automotive makes and models. Windows Embedded Automotive extends customers’ lifestyles into the vehicles they drive.