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With the Windows XP sunset date fast approaching, plans for Windows 7 migrations are in full swing. This has prompted most organizations to reassess their approach to PC lockdown.
Studies have shown that a locked-down environment is more cost effective to support because the end users are less likely to make unnecessary changes to the core system configuration. Implementing a locked-down environment is also key in complying with various regulatory and compliance initiatives.
This whitepaper highlights some of the key benefits to an organization when the users do not have local administrator rights. The paper will then discuss some of the most common challenges that organizations face when the local user no longer has local administrator rights. Finally, the paper will highlight how privilege management solutions from Viewfinity address the most common challenges organizations face when removing local administrator rights from end users. Viewfinity Privilege Management allows organizations to manage user permissions at a very granular level after organizations have implemented a least privilege environment when moving to Windows 7.