Taking on the Windows 7 Migration Challenge

For many organizations, the migration to Windows 7 represents the biggest change action ever faced. Despite a wide range of tools and solutions, many organizations are ill-prepared for a Windows 7 migration. The lack of basic information about hardware and software compatibility in their IT environment and the absence of a truly automated desktop are the two primary reasons a Windows 7 migration can become so complex. mPower provides Windows 7 migration solutions that solve today’s problems and build a foundation for a cost saving automated desktop environment for tomorrow.

Turning Windows 7 Migration into Opportunity

One of the biggest opportunities to and cut costs and streamline your migration is to take a layered image approach to your Windows 7 migration. mPower has worked with many enterprise level clients to create a universal Windows 7 base image that enables their the use of a single image for all workstations and notebook models.

The approach is incorporates mPower Standardized, a service combining tools and a proven framework designed to build a foundation and deliver a desktop solution for your unique business environment. This approach has been selected by enterprise level clients to solve Windows 7 migrations. It is not another piece of technology or software-in-a-box.

mPower Windows 7 migration solution works to standardizes desktop environments to provide businesses with a single universal image, and standardized applications deployed to any company hardware to create a personalized workspace for each user. The benefits are clear!

• A standardized and rationalized Windows 7 OS and application environment can cut ongoing management costs by as much as 60%.
• Save 50% in Windows 7 migration planning by developing a clear understanding of your hardware and software and transforming SCCM inventory data into actionable information.
• Rationalize your application sprawl in days, not months while eliminating unused applications and/or consolidating stand alone applications.

IT Visibility Tools for Windows 7 Migrations

mPower, in a partnership with BDNA, delivers the most comprehensive IT visibility and data normalization solutions to discover your entire environment faster and more accurately than any other available tools. mPower’s unique approach to Windows 7 migrations help you discover, rationalize, optimize, and manage your entire environment.

Leveraging BDNA data and your existing desktop management information will bring a laser focus to Windows 7 visibility and migration management questions. Tapping your current deployment of Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager or other solutions, mPower transforms the raw data from your solution into a normalized list of hardware and software products as well as enriching the data with Windows 7 compatibility information to deliver:

• Immediate Value: requires zero changes to your existing SCCM deployment – either via on-premise or cloud based offerings – and delivers a picture of your Windows 7 readiness immediately.
• Reduced Analysis Cost: Tapping into BDNA Technopedia, BDNA Normalize, mPower automatically tags your software installations with Windows 7 application compatibility data, drastically reducing manual efforts to understand your current state.
• Informed Decisions: mPower provides additional information to guide who and when to upgrade, such as hardware lifecycle information.

Cut the complexity from Windows 7 migrations! Contact mPower Today for an assessment.