The advantages of Windows Pro

BitLocker is one of the standard apps of Windows Pro. This program works as an extra lock for the files on your hard drive. With BitLocker, you can lock folders for users without access. Even when someone steals your laptop. Did BitLocker see a suspicious login attempt, for example when someone fills in a wrong password? You need to open the laptop via a recovery key. You can find this in your Microsoft account. In the following article, we'll explain how you do this.

With Remote Desktop in Windows Pro, you can also log in at home with a work computer. We call this an external desktop. This is useful when you work from home for a day and want to connect to your computer at the office. This way, you can easily reach all your programs and files. This also works the other way around, when you quickly need to access your personal files. Do you want to read more on setting up Remote Desktop? Click the advice article below.

In addition to BitLocker, Windows Pro also has extra security functions. For example, a discrete TPM. This is an extra part on your motherboard, so you're extra well protected from viruses and malware. You can also add an extra security layer when you log in. Set your infrared camera or fingerprint via Windows Hello and make your login information more personal and harder to crack. Are you a system administrator? Set up Assigned Access, so users won't use unsafe apps.

Business computers have more power than regular laptops and also offer more expanding possibilities. Sometimes you want to run multiple demanding programs at the same time, for example when you run simulations. The regular operating system Windows Home x64 supports a maximum RAM of 128GB, so you don't have enough power for demanding virtual programs. Windows Pro x64 supports up to 2TB for regular business computers and up to 6TB for workstations. Windows Pro also supports a second processor if your motherboard has space for this.

Windows Pro supports more apps and programs than Windows Home. With Hyper-V Manage, you can create and manage simulations, for example. This program works well together with Windows Sandbox, that allows you to test the simulation. You can only find these programs on Windows Pro, just like BitLocker. An other example is Azure, a cloud computing system you can also build apps and systems with. In the following advice article, you read more about exclusive Windows Pro functions, apps, and programs.