windows 7 migration options david strom [email protected] strominator.com (310) 857-6867 1
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Products to consider
• Zinstall• Laplink PCMover
• Microsoft Windows Automated Install Kit• Prowess SmartDeploy Enterprise• Dell/Kace Kbox• Viewfinity User Migration
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Other deployment products
• Landesk• Novell Zenworks• Symantec Altiris• Acronis Snap Image
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Zinstall
• Advantages– Runs XP as a VM inside of Win7 but with all your
existing user settings– Can continue to use your XP setup and apps– Inexpensive
• Disadvantages – Unstable and can render your drive unusable– Somewhat time consuming for large migrations
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Laplink PCMover
• Advantages– Migrate user data and some apps via a special file
called its “moving van”
• Disadvantages– Startup apps usually don’t migrate over– DRM-apps (iTunes) will require re-activation
under Win7
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Why use deployment products?
• Best for >10 desktops• Clean consistent image pays off dividends
later on for support• Can automate the most mundane parts of
copying your OS files • Can preserve desktop apps and user files – on
some of these solutions
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WAIK
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Other Microsoft freebies
• Windows Deployment Services• Business Desktop Deployment Module• Win 7 Upgrade Advisor (useless)
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Viewfinity User Migration
• Requires WAIK, AD and other Microsoft tools, such as .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
• Doesn’t migrate the apps, just their settings and user data
• Is free for the time being while it is beta
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Kbox
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Prowess SmartDeploy
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Limitations
• No VMware tools or equivalent installed• A single disk VMDK image – don’t split it up
into smaller files• Don’t join any Windows domains• No VM snapshots taken of the image
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To ReviewTool Price Approach Keep existing apps?
Laplink PCMover $20-$60 per PC In place single PC Mostly
Zinstall $89 per PC PC run in VM Yes
WAIK Free Automated WIM Sometimes
Kace Kbox 2100 $4500 for 100 PCs Appliance Sometimes
Viewfinity Free in beta Automated WIM No
Smart Deploy $2000 per site Convert VMDK to VIM
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Questions to answer• How much hardware variation do you have to
cover? • Have you used any of Microsoft deployment tools
in the past? Start with WAIK.• Do you need to keep your existing applications
on each desktop? Then don't consider Viewfinity.• Do you have any experience with VMware? If so,
then start with SmartDeploy. • Are you looking to store a centralized repository
of your desktop images? If so, then consider the Kbox.
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Discussion topics
• Is this the time to consider imaged desktops or managed desktops?
• How much variety in vendors and internals do you have to deal with to run Win7?
• How much VM experience do you have?
• What is the total number of desktops to migrate?
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