Microsoft Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android devices

20.04.2012
can perform a type of network access control on RT devices as a way to protect corporate networks from harm these devices might inflict if put to corporate use, making them a cut above iPads and tablets in this regard.

The newly announced capability can check the devices for compliance with corporate policies surrounding passwords, encrypting data, antivirus, anti-spyware and auto updates, . This is similar but less comprehensive than what some NAC schemes do in order to keep devices that don't comply from connecting to networks.

Previously Microsoft had announced four flavors of Windows 8 -- Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows RT -- with Windows RT lacking many of the features included in the Enterprise edition that might make the devices more palatable to businesses.

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Windows RT is the name Microsoft has given to a Windows 8 operating system that is packaged with ARM-based hardware such as power-efficient tablets. They are expected to ship later this year or early next. The devices don't support that run on standard x86/64 machines, and until now, would accept Metro-style applications designed for Windows 8 only directly from Microsoft.