Article Optimizing Your Windows 7 Migration Process

With end of life support for Windows 7 coming quickly in January 14, 2020, many businesses are aggressively planning refresh and migration activities. For that reason, Insight developed a framework of solutions addressing the entire lifecycle of the refresh and migration process. Our solution framework can optimize end-to-end time and labor associated with refresh activities by as much as 40% depending on the specific environment requirements, while at the same time improving end user experience. Personality of the devices are specifically targeted. By comprehensively migrating system settings, user data — regardless of where it may be located — there is a significant reduction of migration times and issues that would trigger additional support touches with the end users post migration. This creates significantly lower cost per seat with less end user down time, and an improved experience. The process can also be leveraged to support end user self-migration, truly introducing a zero or low touch solution that actually delivers.

Many organizations report a higher percentage of mobile and remote workers making this is an attractive model that can also facilitate the movement of data from end user devices to cloud storage solutions, including OneDrive and others, improving data protection and security.

Insight has been recognized as a leader in managed services with a ranking of No. 2 globally by MSP Mentor. Our knowledge as a leader in managed services is reflected in our systems and ITSM platforms. We use that knowledge and experience to help our customers mature their ITSM approach and streamline the process from request to fulfillment associated with the asset life cycle to improve overall request times, labor cost, and automation of service workflow. This lays a strong foundation for asset reconciliation and asset management as an optimization to the overall refresh process.

To assist our customers with quickly closing the gap on their refresh projects Insight offers a Rapid Start Services (RSS) program to help customers quickly navigate all of the decisions they face with their architecture,including:

• Evaluating OS options and alternatives
• Client management options
• Endpoint Security
• Collaboration and Office productivity platforms
• Subscription Cloud and on-premises models
• Migration and image planning and development
• Service models – Outsourced, managed, or utility

If you’re behind in the planning process and need help, Insight can use our rapid start program to help your organization move quickly to execution. We also offer other targeted solutions aimed at reducing the overall cost of ownership and cost per seat associated with end user computing and software usage to truly introduce innovation to your end user computing road map. Let one of our solution architects highlight and demonstrate these solutions to show how Insight can provide true Hybrid IT delivery and help your organization scale and optimize technology in your environment.