Leveraging existing systems and people's knowledge lowers the cost of ownership by avoiding costs associated with duplicating existing functionality and avoiding retraining costs for software developers, systems administrators, and end users. Integrating new intranets with legacy systems preserves the investments of a corporation. This supports better information sharing, collaboration, and business process integration which in turn leads to a more efficient, cost-effective business. Microsoft has demonstrated experience supporting millions of users with high-quality products. Quality is achieved in many ways including extensive research on usage patterns and user needs.
Low prices result from broad adoption.
These applications can be deployed as Web pages downloaded on demand with no installation required. In addition, typical applications can be distributed and managed electronically using the Systems Management Server component of BackOffice. In addition, upgrades and new software can be downloaded as Web pages or Systems Management Server-delivered software updates. Different categories of users may be targeted with different rules, thus retaining complete openness for knowledge workers while limiting single-task workers to specific applications. Windows NT provides native capabilities for remote monitoring and administration.