Persystent Suite Makes for an Easy Windows 7 OS Migration
Window 7 offers new and exciting features. However, it poses a set of challenges for IT because Microsoft does not offer a direct upgrade over XP, making migrating XP to Windows 7 or a Windows 7 Vista upgrade a very manual and time-consuming process that could be disruptive to end-user productivity.
Fortunately, Persystent Software makes the Windows 7 OS migration process seamless for organizations that want to upgrade Vista Business to Windows 7 or are migrating XP to Windows 7.
While OS migrations have traditionally been plagued with complications, Persystent Software offers built-in capabilities to automate the migration process and enable the success rate of software patching in a variety of ways, including:
- Offering Asset Management capabilities to assess the PC landscape to determine what PCs are Windows 7 ready, and which machines need to be replaced
- Providing end-to-end automation for provisioning new PCs, upgrading older PCs with a new OS, or retiring older machines
- Preserving end user profiles and settings
- Enabling IT to schedule tasks and automate the process with a convenient Web-based IT management console
In the case of provisioning new machines, the multi-casting capabilities of Persystent Suite enable organizations to image multiple machines simultaneously. Once the new OS is installed, the previously captured user profiles can be automatically restored to the new Windows 7 machines.
In the case of re-provisioning existing machines, since the upgrade option is not available in Windows 7 Setup when installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP, Persystent Suite accelerates the process of re-provisioning by suggesting that the computer’s operating system be removed by formatting the hard drive. After Windows 7 is then installed, Persystent Suite restores the end user profiles which would otherwise be lost.