For the past few months, I have been traveling to many corners of the world visiting customers large and small.  Everywhere I went, IT pros gave me very positive reviews about their experience and satisfaction with Windows 7.  Many organizations are also evaluating optimized desktop technologies...

On April 29th, Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich, will be leading a discussion around the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization. Mark will be joined by a panel of IT professionals who are currently in the piloting and deployment process...

Just A Quick Reminder: As we posted on April 15th , don’t forget to join Mark Russinovich, customer IT pros, and Microsoft experts as they discuss the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization.   Broadcast live on the web at 9am, the open...

Continuing the series with our guest blogger, Jeremy Chapman. As with any IT project, the first part of planning is about building a plan. There are several things you’ll want to accomplish with a pilot and depending on your organization, the importance of each validation area will vary. I think of the...

In the last post I started the planning process, but we are far from finished. We’ve basically outlined what we want and quality bars, but we haven’t actually mapped out the test cases, pilot phases or built a timeline yet. Let’s start by looking at test cases for the pilot. Initial Testing for the Pilot...

We are pleased to announce that the next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.5—is now available for beta download . The journey to the cloud is now smoother than ever with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 Beta. The MAP Toolkit’s new capabilities...

We once again welcome guest blogger, Jeremy Chapman. Now that I’ve written the most informal white paper ever published about operating system deployment , I’ve been inundated with requests to talk about piloting Windows 7. There were some excellent resources written in the Windows Vista...

We are pleased to announce that the next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.5—is now available for download . The journey to the cloud is now smoother than ever with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 Beta. The MAP Toolkit’s...

This is the fourth and final installment of this series from Jeremy Chapman After user targeting and planning is complete, you can start your Proof of Concept testing and begin building Windows 7 images. There are many ways to build Windows 7 images or standard builds and depending on the tools you...

“I found MDT 2010 done and ready to rock in an hour from a blank setup” “Tell the team THANK YOU FOR POWERSHELL ENABLING MDT2010 ! :)” “Microsoft has finally taken responsibility for making everything work, Kudos to Microsoft!” “MDT WDS is a kick ass solution...