WINDOWS 7 MIGRATION

How Every Organization can Quickly and Easily Make the Move to 7

Six Step Process

1. Inventory Readiness

2. Initial OS Deployment

3. User State Migration

4. Software Distribution

5. Patch Management

6. Asset Management

Inventory ReadinessWith regards to inventory there needs to be a way to discover all of the software and hardware on your network. This will help you determine your readiness and potential upgrade for Windows 7. Kace’s scanning feature will help you discover all of this.

Inventory Readiness Continued… Kace uses a network scanner that will detect

all of the devices connected to your network. These state-of-the-art capabilities will help

you accomplish very broad and very deep inventory collection.

The Advanced Inventory Protocol permits the inventory to be reported on throughout the day. This way you will always be up-to-date and accurate.

All of this will help you see which systems are ready for Windows 7.

Initial OS DeploymentThere are two different deployment options for Windows 7. Scripted Installation allows organizations to automate the creation Goldmaster Reference machines and provides a method for slipstreaming the appropriate drivers. For more technical information on Windows 7 Migration go here.

Initial OS Deployment Continued… K-Imagining is Kace’s file based

imaging format. The two main benefits of K Imagines

are that they use smart synchronization and they are editable.

All of this helps eliminate duplicate transfers.

User State MigrationThis will permit user specific settings and files to be deployed with an OS and applications. This minimized the likelihood of missing information and helps mitigate end-user down time. Everything they wanted to retain from their old OS or computer will be ready for them.

User State Migration Continued… To implement one of these

migrations you follow a simple process in which you scan user states from a computer on your network.

Then you choose the specific users to where you want to upload the Kace appliance and then enable them for deployment as a Postinstallation Task.

After selecting the correct user states for deployment you are finished!

Software DistributionAfter this migration of Windows 7 is complete many organizations need to distributed business software throughout their network quickly and efficiently. Kace Software Distribution doesn’t require MSI’s and will take any file, even .exe. LDAP and Real Time Active Directory provide easy alignment with the employee structure.

Software Distribution

This will allows you to easily schedule specified software to certain groups within the organization.

If the user is busy they can postpone the installation until a better time.

With Remote Replication it helps you manage remote sites just as easily.

For more detailed information on Software Distribution go here.

Patch Management Patches must be deployed for Windows 7 and for Windows 7 Applications. Kace makes this possibly by providing a centralized interface for patch deployment for machines at headquarters as well as remote sites.

Asset ManagementA centralized approach is absolutely crucial to managing Lease Info, SW Licenses, and SW Metering. These have direct financial impacts on the organization’s cost structure. These costs need to be analyzed in order to successfully upgrade to Windows 7.Kace makes this easy via a centralized web based interface you can view this information for each computer on your network.