Short for
Zero Administration for Windows, a collection of
utilities developed by
Microsoft that should enable administrators to centrally manage and update
software on
PCs connected to a
LAN. ZAW was developed partly as a response to the emergence of
Net PCs. One of the main selling points of Net PCs is that they enable software to be centralized, which greatly simplifies administration of applications. ZAW attempts to offer the same sort of administration ease while letting the applications remain on traditional desktop PCs.
