[WinPartners] Updated Administrative Staff VM (Windows 7) for Spring 2013

[Jonathan McIndoe Hunt]

Good afternoon,

Information Services & Technology (IS&T) has updated the Administrative Staff Virtual Machine (VM) we provide preloaded with Windows 7 SP1, security updates, and bundles of software for administrators at MIT. The Administrative Staff VM is one of the generalized Windows 7 VMs IS&T provides the MIT community each year. It is supported only on Macintosh host machines as a way to access Windows-only software.

Download and Setup
You can download the VM, set your username and password, and access administrative Windows software without needing to install Windows or the included applications.

Please note that in order to use this VM, you must have VMware Fusion 5.0 or later installed and working beforehand. VMware and the VM are both available from the Software Grid at

http://ist.mit.edu/software-hardware

Select Virtualization in the "What's it for?" menu and click Search.


Documentation
As you wait for these very large VMs (8 GB compressed) to download, please read through the short



Introduction to the Administrative Staff Virtual Machine

http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/IYCkBQ

Support
The IS&T Help Desk is ready to assist you in setting up the Administrative Staff VMs or using the supported software it includes. You can contact the Help Desk at (617) 253-1101 or helpdesk at mit.edu<mailto:helpdesk at mit.edu>. You can also submit a request online<http://ist.mit.edu/help>.

IS&T plans to release new versions of the virtual machines twice a year. The release will include updated versions of software with security and anti-virus patches applied. We welcome feedback about the included software and settings.

We hope the Administrative Staff VM will benefit you and the communities you support.

Thanks,
Jon
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Jonathan McIndoe Hunt     MIT EECS '97    617.253.0172
Senior Educational and Sustainability IT Project Manager
Faculty & Student Experience (FSX)
Information Services & Technology (IS&T), MIT

Important: IS&T staff will *NEVER* ask you for your password nor send email requesting it.  The bogus emails and phone calls asking for your password are Phishing attempts to compromise your email.