Choose Your Upgrade Path
Adopting a new operating system in an enterprise environment is never a simple undertaking, but the Windows 7 operating system was designed to ease application compatibility as much as possible. Assessing the compatibility of your applications depends largely on what operating system your enterprise is currently running.
Upgrade from Windows XP and Windows 2000
Microsoft recommends that organizations work closely with IT specialists at Zones to help get ready for Windows 7, as there are additional steps that need to be taken to mitigate application compatibility when the decision is made to skip Windows Vista. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Microsoft Large Account Reseller (LAR), Zones has the expertise and tools to help you during your organization's transition to Windows 7.
Upgrade from Windows Vista
For organizations on Windows Vista moving to Windows 7, the effort required to test and validate applications will be substantially reduced compared to moving from Windows XP to Windows 7. The majority of applications that already work on Windows Vista will continue to work on Windows 7 with little or no issues due to the underlying similarity of the two operating systems and efforts by Microsoft and its partners to provide compatibility. For example, application updates created for Windows Vista can be applied to Windows 7 as well.
Windows 7 simplifies migration
There are several enhancements to the overall imaging, deployment, and migration experience in Windows 7. New tools enable organizations to easily create and manage single, globally-supported system images, quickly deliver those images in network-based deployments, and rapidly migrate user files and settings from the previously operating system into Windows 7. Automated solutions enable direct migration from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7 while retaining and migrating user data on the same computer.
Task integration tools like the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 support the entire process - data migration, operating system installation, driver and application specialization, domain configuration, and more. And before deployment, organizations can use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit to assess hardware and device compatibility of existing client computers.
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