With Windows 10, Microsoft again presents a significantly improved version of its operating system. In order to migrate to the current platform, the company has numerous options open. Anyone who has already consolidated their client portfolios and harmonized the application landscape during a previous Windows migration will benefit most.
Better today than tomorrow
With Windows 10, Microsoft has big plans. The new operating system is intended to create what Windows 8 has already prepared - namely, to establish a uniform operating system across all today's end-user categories: smartphones, tablets, PCs, convertibles as well as embedded systems and even the game consoles Xbox One on the current OS basis
Many ways lead to Windows 10
Microsoft's Windows 7 desktop PCs and virtual desktop functionality, Windows 8's live tiles, and notification sidebars, as well as the Personal Assistant, Functionality Cortana, which is known from the mobile world. Windows 10 can be adapted from a common base for each of these platform variants. On a convertible, for example, you can use an app by touch or keyboard, whereas it works on the smartphone only by touch. With this flexible yet unified codebase and device-specific Universal Apps, Microsoft simplifies operations and makes your work more productive - regardless of the device.
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In the face of increasing competition, particularly in the consumer segment, Microsoft will continue to have a high number of hits and an equally high innovation performance in OS development. Companies are doing well to tackle migration as soon as possible, but not later than next year. IT leaders should avoid migrating Windows migrations for too long, so as not to lose track of the state-of-the-art, and not to have to migrate under time pressure, as some companies have recently experienced with Windows XP Br>
Smooth changeover
Companies whose hardware and software stocks are already harmonized can tackle the change, the Windows 7/8 hardware is also suitable for the new version. All other IT leaders should take the opportunity to establish a clearly structured change process for the operating system change.
Microsoft provides three possible ways to switch to Windows 10: Wipe and Load, an in-place update, and runtime provisioning.
From? Wipe and Load (Bare Metal Install, Re-Imaging): The familiar procedure of a complete deletion of the operating system with subsequent reinstallation provides a high degree of control and reliability, but also has a significant impact on the end user's work and the network clutter
From? In-Place Update: This functionality is used to seamlessly switch from a previous version to Windows 10. What is important here is that Microsoft is not only the direct switch from Windows 8 but also from its predecessor Windows 7 to the current OS version with the In -Place update procedure. This approach is, however, only recommended if the last OS migration is not too long ago, and the application landscape is accordingly "tidied" to ensure the compatibility of the applications.
From? Runtime Provisioning: This procedure is used to reconfigure Windows 10 images using so-called Provisioning Packages and the Windows Image and Configuration Designer tool, WICD. With WICD, a customer can customize Windows 10 to their needs. If, for example, a company receives PCs with standard images (ship-to-desk) from its hardware supplier, IT can use WICD to create the configuration packages for the respectively required Windows 10 versions and then use a client management tool. WICD can also be used when enterprises integrate their own or private devices into the enterprise network via MDM (mobile device management).
The integration of end devices into the corporate network via MDM is possible with Windows 10 for smartphones and tablets, as well as for desktop PCs and notebooks, because Microsoft pursues the hybrid approach to the management of mobile and stationary devices. The goal is to facilitate device and app administration, including BYOD scenarios, across platforms. For example, an employee in a small foreign subsidiary could acquire a private device and then install the Windows 10 configuration, which was defined by the IT using WICD, using MDM enrollment.
From a purely technical point of view, an IT organization with Microsoft on-board devices (Intune, SCCM) or other client management tools is already very far in the Windows 10 migration. However, time savings and efficiency gains for IT in OS conversions are not only due to ever more powerful tools, but above all by the processor-oriented automation. A comprehensive service management solution is therefore required.
Here, a client management solution is required to support all relevant processes with customizable workflows. This includes the inventory, the set-to-actual matching with regard to suitability for the new operating system, the order process, the approval processes (with release, delegation and escalation), the individual update as well as the mass rollout and the equipment of the end devices with applications or apps As well as the required data. It is also necessary to integrate these processes as far as possible so that all processes of migration from the end-user viewpoint can be seamlessly integrated.
In addition to the Windows on-board equipment, an IT organization is able to benefit from a wide range of automated processes and proven migration processes by means of a mature and comprehensive client management solution. With thorough preparation and a process-oriented client management suite, IT can ensure that the operating system changes smoothly - even to self-service provisioning via a portal interface. Because state of the art today is an OS update by the end user itself to the desired date. This requires clearly structured processes and consistent automation. The end user simply orders the change to Windows 10 on his preferred key date via a service request portal. The client management software checks in the background whether the user is authorized to order and the hardware for Windows 10 is suitable, and passes the order on to the responsible IT officer for approval. Once it has been approved, the operating system will be updated automatically at the desired date, and the settings and data sets will be adopted automatically.
A comprehensive client management suite, which supports PCs and notebooks, as well as smartphones and tablets, even allows the Windows 10 rollout to be highly automated across all customary terminal generations. Thanks to integrated workspace management, IT organizations can provide their end-users with platform-specific applications, apps, updates, patches, and more. The IT leader then has the peace of mind: Windows 10 comes - and it is also guaranteed to meet end users' needs.
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