If you are a healthcare provider and your firm has squeezed as much useful life out of Windows XP as it can, your IT department might soon be scrambling as news of the impending suspension of XP patches and updates approaches eight months from now in April 2014. Healthcare providers face a $1.5M fine for…
It’s no secret that migration tools, specialized applications for enabling system refresh and Windows deployment, are critical to the success of a rollout. With that in mind, I found this report in Microsoft Certified Professional to be concerning: ” There were 29 percent of respondents that said they had lost data using Microsoft’s tools [USMT]…
From Microsoft Certified Professional http://mcponline.com “64 percent of enterprises (more than 5,000 employees) had not moved off Windows XP, although most (50 percent) had Windows XP migrations that were “in process.” About half of midsize companies (1,000 to 5,000 employees) still had not moved off Windows XP, but the majority (43 percent) had such efforts…
We saw this recent article in CRN about VARs backpedalling on Windows 8. This has to be making some teeth grind at night in reseller land. Greg Starr, a senior executive at I.T. Works, a Houston-based solution provider, typically spends his day talking business strategy with clients and vendors. But on a recent afternoon, with…
Redirect User Data to Network Shares One of the most often asked features in recent years has to do with changing where user documents are stored. One of the best times to make such a change is a system refresh, or migration time. Migrate7’s team engaged in a pain-staking review of how these policies can…
[Ed: We recently sat down with a customer to talk about a recent migration. This IT Manager works for an international energy company and recently performed a 300-seat migration. We thought we would share. It seems like this user’s favorite Migrate7 feature is not having to use USMT.] Q: How is your migration going?…
Version 8.2 of Migrate7 is now available with significant new features supporting an even wider range of migration scenarios. Server Migration Migrate7 now supports migrating users for Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services environments. Specifically, the following scenarios are supported: – Windows Server 2003 R2 to Windows Server 2003 R2 – Windows Server 2003 R2 to Windows…
Version 8.1 of Migrate7 has been released and is available for download for all customers with an active support contract. An evaluation version is also available for download. Major new features in this release include: /PERSONALITYPATH Command-Line Parameter The new /PERSONALITYPATH command-line parameter makes it possible to completely define the path where Migrate7 should read…
Version 8.0 of Migrate7 has been released and is available for download for all customers with an active support contract. An evaluation version is also available for download. Major new features in this release include: Improved Support for Zero-Touch Migrations Migrate7 now supports defining the source and target computer pairing for migrations in a mapping…
Gartner has published must-read information on deploying and migrating to Windows 7 as part of their Windows 7 Research. This report on Windows 7 and Office 2010 in particular makes the case for why it’s essential to start planning your Windows 7 deployment now. Migrate7 offers unparalleled support for migrating users to Windows 7 and…