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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware, devices and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.

 

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Microsoft Windows 7

Discover an exciting world of opportunity with Windows 7

If you've been thinking about investing in new desktop software for your organisation, the arrival of Windows 7 offers the perfect opportunity to begin preparing for a transition to the future.

That future is Windows 7 and it promises to help organisations and their users be more productive everywhere, to enhance security and control and to streamline the management of their PCs.

A FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTALS
All the innovations in Windows 7 won't matter if the operating system doesn't deliver on the basics. That's why Microsoft has done extensive research to ensure that this release of Windows addresses customer needs and concerns.

You need your PC to be reliable, responsive and safe. You want your laptop's battery to last longer and you need the applications and devices you depend on to work well with your PC. In other words, you want everything to 'just work' - and to work how you want it to.

That's why fundamentals are a key focus for Windows 7. Substantial improvements have been made to Windows 7 to deliver an operating system that boots quickly, is fast and highly reliable, is more secure, works well with your existing applications and devices, and helps you get the most out of today's powerful hardware.

MAKE THE CHANGE
Here are the top 10 reasons why the time is right to make the change to Windows 7.

INCREASE END USER FLEXIBILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY
Work Faster & Easier

  • Improvements in fundamentals including performance and battery life mean that your PC can be faster, more reliable and more responsive
  • Multi-Touch and other new advancements to the User Interface make it easier to navigate Windows and find what you need
  • Refinements to User Account Control mean fewer prompts for users and more flexibility for IT.

Remove barriers to information

  • Search Federation gives a consistent search experience from your PC to SharePoint servers and other corporate data portals across the enterprise
  • Libraries enable a single view of content across multiple sources
  • Internet Explorer 8 Accelerators and Web Slices let you reach beyond the page

Stay productive anywhere

  • DirectAccess seamlessly links you to corporate resources from the road, without VPN
  • BranchCache makes it faster to open files and Web pages from a branch office

More flexible ways to work with MDOP*

  • Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MEDV), one of the MDOP suite of applications, enhances deployment and management of Virtual PC images on a Windows Desktop
  • Provides a seamless user experience in a Virtual PC environment, independent of the local desktop configuration and operating system
  • Lets you run mission-critical legacy applications in either Windows Vista or Windows 7

ENHANCE SECURITY & CONTROL
Protect data on PCs & devices

  • With Windows BitLocker full-volume drive encryption, you can better protect corporate, customer and user data if a mobile worker's laptop is lost or stolen
  • BitLocker To Go encryption extends that protection to help protect data on removable drives

Protect users & infrastructure

  • AppLocker provides IT managers with simple, powerful, rule-based policies for specifying which applications can run or be installed on users' PCs
  • Internet Explorer 8 provides defence from malicious Web sites and keeps your confidential data private
  • Designed and developed using Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), Windows 7 provides defence in depth

Get more control with MDOP*

  • With Microsoft Asset Inventory Service (AIS), one of the MDOP suite of applications, you get a comprehensive view of your enterprise's desktop software environment
  • Helps reduce total cost of ownership and improve licensing compliance through advanced software inventory scanning, and by translating inventory data into actionable information

STREAMLINE PC MANAGEMENT
Deploy more easily from Windows Vista

  • High compatibility eases migration to the new OS and enhances the desktop and application deployment experience for IT professionals
  • Offline image servicing helps keep images up to date more efficiently
  • Fast, reliable migration of users data and settings with User State Migration Tool

Keep PCs running smoothly

  • Enables IT professionals to easily and remotely automate repetitive tasks, helping them increase consistency and be more productive (Windows PowerShell)
  • Provides more comprehensive and flexible Group Policy settings and preferences, enabling IT professionals to better configure and manage user PCs
  • Delivers a comprehensive, extensible troubleshooting platform to reduce the amount and length of help desk calls.

Streamline management with MDOP*

  • With Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT), your IT team can make PCs safer to use, keep employees more productive, and provide desktop environments that are much easier and less expensive to manage
  • Easily recover PCs that have become unusable, rapidly diagnose probable causes of issues, and quickly repair unbootable or locked-out systems.

Contact your Phoenix Account Manager about upgrading on 0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk.

* The subscription-based Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) is a suite of six applications that help reduce application deployment costs, enable the delivery of applications as services, and allow for better management and control of the desktop environment. It is available exclusively through Microsoft Software Assurance.

Windows 7 Case Study - City of Miami
Like many government organisations across the globe, the City of Miami faces mounting pressures to deliver more city services with less budget. After piloting the new Windows 7 operating system, the city decided to upgrade to Windows 7 city-wide to take advantage of the software's capabilities.