Monday, September 20, 2010

WIndows 7 Seminar...What's New?

I hope you enjoyed the Seminar. I realize that a hour and half is not enough time to cover all of the considerations for migrations to windows 7. Below ii have posted links to articles that you may find helpful in you discussion's.

First we need to address the potential cost issue of a migration that most assured will include hardware costs due to the slow(or non-existent) adoption rate of Windows Vista

ZDNET,

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/how-much-will-a-windows-7-migration-really-cost/2377

The next link talks about the costs associated with delaying your migrations from Windows XP

CIO Magizine

http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/12214/windows_7_migration_moment_of_truth_three_ways_to_get_ready?source=CIONLE_nlt_microsoft_2010-09-02

Next we need to address tools needed to automate the migrations as much as possible

Microsoft Tools

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537566.aspx

3rd Party Tools Guide

http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid192_gci1511449,00.html