Resource: Preparing for Windows 10 Deployment (Gartner)

This 2016 Gartner reports focuses on what business need to be aware of when it comes to preparing for a migration to Windows 10.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

December 5, 2016

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Resource: Preparing for Windows 10 Deployment (Gartner)

I have recently come across a very good read when it comes to considering the deployment or migration of your company to Windows 10.

This document, which focuses on four key areas, provides two options for companies on Windows 7. One is to continue using the same methods that have been in use for many years to deploy and manage Windows based machines and the other is to consider the improvements that have been made in Windows 10 to make that process more efficient and secure.

The report does requires a brief registration for immediate access covers these four key areas:

  • The three migration phases and steps to take in each one

  • Recommendations on a testing methodology

  • Considerations between using traditional vs. new deployment and management tools

  • The recommended time to prepare for a successful Windows 10 migration 

We have covered many of the features in Windows 10, which Gartner discusses in this document, that improves security, management and servicing for the new operating system. 

While there are pros and cons for many organizations ultimately the support life cycle for Windows 7 is going to expire in January 2020 - just five years from now. I also do not expect Microsoft to extend that date like they did with the popular Windows XP.

So sooner or later your company will need to develop a plan and implement that to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10. According to Gartner that should happen sooner rather than later.

Register and check out the entire report from Gartner on Preparing for Windows 10 PC Deployment.

But, wait...there's probably more so be sure to follow me on Twitter and Google+.

About the Author

Richard Hay

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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