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05-13-2011, 08:16 PM
One of Microsoft's biggest pushes at this year's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is around Rally, a connectivity platform that Microsoft debuted at last year's WinHEC. Rally is a set of networking protocols and licenses that are designed to simplify consumers'abilities to connect peripherals to Windows Vista and to each other. (That's my best attempt at a succinct definition, at least.) So far, there are only 20 devices that use Rally technologies, according to Microsoft's own press release,Office 2010 Activation (http://www.office2010-key.in/), with "many more currently under development." Meanwhile,Microsoft Office 2010 Pro Plus (http://www.windows-7-key.us/office-2010-key), OEMs have downloaded "more than one,100 copies of the Windows Rally Porting Kit," introduced a year ago, Microsoft says. By making use of auto-discovery and auto-configuration,Office 2007 Professional (http://www.office2007key.us/), Rally "gets over the humps of things in the past that were so hard," said Corporate Vice President of Windows Product management Mike Nash. Rally is a "foundational technology in Windows for management, set-up and security." Rally is a superset of a bunch of existing networking standards/specs/tools. Among them: • Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD), a layer 2 protocol that operates over Ethernet and allows users one-click access to a device's Web user interface • Windows Connect Now (WCN), Microsoft’s implementation of the WiFi Alliance’s WiFi Protected Setup • Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS), which enables programmatic control of devices, and discovery of device capabilities • Plug and Play Extensions (PnPX), which enable for buses,Windows 7 Starter Key (http://www.windows7serialkey.com/), such as USB, device-like plug-and-play capabilities There is no such thing as a "Rally-Ready" or "Rally-Certified" logo. Instead,Office 2010 Keygen (http://www.key-windows-7.co.uk/office-2010-key), if users purchase "Certified for Vista" networking peripherals, they will be Rally-compatible, Nash said. There are a half-dozen Rally-specific sessions on tap for WinHEC in Los Angeles this week, covering topics ranging from best practices, to implementation guidelines. Anyone out there — on the OEM or user side of the house — have any direct experience with Rally yet? Is it more than just another attempt by Microsoft to license more protcols?