Windows 7 – Is It Ready For Your Firm?

Adam Doblo
Adaptive Solutions, Inc

adam@adaptivesolutions.com
The Spinach
Why Are You Still ON XP?
Will My Current Hardware Support Windows 7?
What Are The Supported Upgrade Paths?
What Version of Windows 7 Is Right For My Firm?
The Dessert - Demo
An Overview Of The New Windows 7 UI
Windows XP Mode
AppLocker
BitLocker To Go
More “Dessert”
BranchCache
DirectAccess
Federated Search
I Want It Now – How To Migrate
Migration Scenarios
User State Migration
Windows Vista was a dog
Application compatibility on Vista was sub-
standard
Driver compatibility on Vista was lagging
Not enough functional improvement to warrant
the expense
The political issue - Who wants to be on the
Windows Millennium of business computing
platforms
What the Press Is Saying ...

“Microsoft has put

together a well thought-
through ecosystem,
which eases enterprise
deployment and
administration and yet
also gives end-users a
desktop OS they can
love.”

www.adaptivesolutions.com
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit
(x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-
bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20
GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or
higher driver

Note these are minimum specs

Upgrades to Windows 7 from the following operating systems are not
supported:

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP,

Windows Vista® RTM, Windows Vista Starter, Windows 7 Beta, Windows 7
RC

From Windows Vista (SP1, SP2) Upgrade to Windows 7

Business Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
Enterprise Enterprise
Home Basic Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate
Home Premium Home Premium, Ultimate
Ultimate Ultimate
Which Version Of Windows Is Right For My
Firm?
•Pick The Features Which Matter To You
Home Premium Professional Enterprise/Ultimate
Makes the things you do every day easier with improved desktop
√ √ √
navigation.

Is faster and easier to launch programs and find the documents you use
√ √ √
most often.

Makes your Web experience faster, easier, and safer than ever with the
√ √ √
Internet Explorer® 8 Internet browser.
Is easy to create a home network and connect your computers to a printer
√ √ √
with HomeGroup.
Enables you to watch, pause, rewind, and record TV on your computer. √ √ √

Runs many older Windows XP productivity applications in Windows XP

√ √
Mode.

Connects to company networks easily and more securely with Domain Join. √ √

Recovers your data easily with automatic backup to your home or business
√ √
network.

Helps protect your data on your computer and portable storage devices
√
against loss or theft with Windows BitLocker™ drive encryption.

Enables you to work in the language of your choice among 35 languages. √

www.adaptivesolutions.com
It’s Demo Time

• The Aero Desktop

• Customization
• Jump Lists and Pin To…
• Aero Peek, Snap and Shake
• Libraries
• Saved Searches
• Problem Steps Recorder Tool

www.adaptivesolutions.com
It’s Demo Time

• Windows XP Mode
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-
pc/download.aspx

• Applocker

• BitLocker To Go

www.adaptivesolutions.com
Better Together
• BranchCache allows for the caching of data on a passive basis,
improving client response and reducing overall WAN traffic.
• Two Distinct Implementations
• Distributed. Limited to less than 50 seats
• Hosted Requires a 2008 r2 Server in both locations
• Improves performance of apps which use either:
• HTTP / HTTPS
• SMB (protocol used by shared folders)
• Download technical details from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=EE07
308F-7C53-4C76-9ED9-670BC25A4C9D&displaylang=en
Allows users to connect securely
and seamlessly to corporate
network via the Internet without
using a VPN
Examples of available network Internet Intranet
resources might be: mail
servers, shared folders,
intranet Web sites
Provides IT with ability to
remotely manage user laptops.
Policies can be applied which do
not allow connection without
current virus protection,
patches, etc.
Technical overview available @
http://www.microsoft.com/dow
nloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64
966e88-1377-4d1a-be86-
ab77014495f4&displaylang=en
Simplified search across remote repositories
Get’s your user’s out of the browser
Based on OpenSearch and RSS2
Can be programmed and expanded based on
OpenSource technologies
Another arrow in your knowledge management
quiver
Incredibly simple to implement
How To Migrate
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010
Free download from Microsoft
Allows for “agnostic” image deployment (HAL
independent)
Huge improvement in User State Migration
In a “refresh” scenario employs “hard-link” migration
ScanState runs on local PC and marks location of all
user state data to be preserved
Machine hard drive is wiped and Windows 7 is
installed using MDT 2010
User data is automatically available to end user as it
didn’t leave the disk
•Thank you

www.adaptivesolutions.com