Many companies are making the move to Windows 7. In large part this is happening because using older operating system, like XP, 2000 Professional or Windows 98, is now really old. Too many changes have occurred at the hardware level, and also at the software level. Even if an IT manager would only like to upgrade applications, trying to take advantage of the application suites will not be possible with some of the older hardware or Operating system technology.
That said, migration to Windows 7 is not a straightforward path. It holds many potential rewards, nevertheless there are many questions and challenges. So here are some Tips on Deploying Windows 7 because there are some issues that may present themselves and an IT manager would do well to be acquainted with them and prepare go a rounds.
- You should investigate application and user profiles or the data, application configurations and settings that make up a user’s desktop environment before any deployment takes place.
- Applications or the core purpose of using a PC: running tools that support your organization’s business operations must be well established to perform under the new environment.
- User skills or the ability of your users to work with and operate a desktop to fulfill their daily task
- User upgrades vs. clean installs. The issue here is that since it is not possible to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, you must take precautions to provide protection for end user data.
- Complications of XP mode. If you decide to use XP Mode in Windows 7, you have to remember to build and deploy a Windows XP virtual machine onto target computers. Additionally, you must install applications that are incompatible with Windows 7 into the XP Virtual Machine.
- Installing or virtualizing applications. Microsoft has made tremendous efforts to add application compatibility support within Windows 7; however, you must test and possibly convert some of your applications before moving them to the new OS.
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