Involving the business in your Windows 7 migration

Last week I sat down with a customer who recently completed their Windows 7 Migration to discuss what worked well for them. In their case, they had close to 400 applications that needed to be migrated. One of their primary concerns was getting cooperation from each of the lines of business. In an effort to assist the business units as much as possible and keep them from being a bottleneck during the migration process, they decided to provide each with as much information on their portfolio as possible. The IT group would then ask them to make their rationalization decisions based in part on that intelligence. The benefit here was that the decision makers were given all of the compatibility and support information on their applications at once, so that the bulk of their rationalization decisions could be made quickly. This reduced the amount of resource time that they needed to commit on their side, making timely participation more likely. By actively involving the business units early on, and by providing them with useful intelligence on their portfolios, this customer created a successful partnership that helped deliver the timely migration that they needed.

Learn more about how AppRx can help you accelerate your Windows 7 migration

 
 

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Desktop Authority 9.1 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the release of Desktop Authority 9.1. This release offers new platform support, new and updated management objects and usability, performance and stability improvements. With this release, all components of the Desktop Authority Management Suite support the latest Microsoft platforms. This release includes:

  • Support for Windows 8, Server 2012, SQL Server 2012 and Internet Explorer 10
  • An all-new, Local Account Management object to support least privilege user initiatives
  • A completely revamped Registry object, incorporating highly-requested customer features
  • An updated patching engine for those customers licensed for patch deployment
  • An updated ExpertAssist remote management agent and Remote Support Center add-on
  • Support for managing User Account Control (UAC) settings in a remote management session
  • Support for logging admin activities in a remote management session
  • User interface, stability and performance improvements

New customers can learn more and download Desktop Authority 9.1 from: http://www.quest.com/desktop-authority-management-suite/ or http://software.dell.com/products/desktop-authority-management-suite/.

Existing customers, with active maintenance, can download it from: https://support.quest.com/softwaredownloads.aspx?pr=268447863&pv=4294947297

Software License Audit: Breeze it and Beat it with Dell KACE!

Software License Audit: Breeze it and Beat it with Dell KACE! A Live Web Event June 27, 2013, 10:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. ET Registration Link: http://bit.ly/1aq7pOq 

65% of Gartner respondents went through a software audit during the last 12 months… you’re bound to be next. Join us for an informative live web event that will show you the tips and tricks to surviving software audits and optimizing the utilization of your purchased licenses.

In one short hour, you will: learn about best practices for software auditing and compliance, get advice from an expert from BSA, hear from a Dell KACE customer about their software auditing experience, see a demo of the newest features of the K1000 that integrate with the Dell Application Catalog

You’ll understand how to save time and money with a centralized, appliance-based approach to managing your software environment and sail smoothly through your organization’s software audit!

Registration Link: http://bit.ly/1aq7pOq

 

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RationalPlan 4.4 – Integration With Google Drive and Dropbox Storage Services

RationalPlan Project Management Software version 4.4 is ready for the public. Current version offers support for opening and saving files from/to Google Drive and Dropbox platforms. Plus it was added the possibility to handle Microsoft Project 2013 files along with a new look for the web-based module.

Important changes for this version:

  • Dropbox integration
  • Google Drive integration
  • added recurrent tasks
  • support for Microsoft Project 2013 files
  • new web based interface for Server
  • export projects to .xls format files
  • automatic email notifications on Server

On users increased need to have access to their projects from multiple places, version 4.4 added the possibility to open and save files automatically on external locations like those provided by Google Drive and Dropbox storage services. This is a huge advantage because users can now manager their projects without worrying if their data is safe on their local hard-drives. All they need to do is to keep their files stored on any of the above two hosting solutions. Opening and saving is done as easy as working on local computers but with the advantage of data backup and availability, as long as you have an Internet connection. In case of concurrent access from multiple users on the same data, the Server products should be used.

Since many users asked for this feature the team behind RationalPlan added the possibility to create recurrent tasks. Having the need to create recurrent activities like daily meetings or weekly trainings? Nothing easier: in RationalPlan 4.4 users can do that by creating daily, weekly or monthly recurrence patterns.

RationalPlan products can now also read Microsoft Project 2013 files. Project managers that need to exchange data with the latest .mpp version from MS Project can count on version 4.4.

The web-based module of the Server product got a new look. However besides the fact it is nicer, the more important thing is that it is easier for users to navigate through it and to use it. But that is not all: new features were added so resources have more possibilities to send email notifications to project managers.

RationalPlan is a project management solution that puts the accent on productivity, ease of use and fast learning. It was created to serve many types of users starting from novice project managers, users that need an environment to handle multiple projects and up to companies that need a distributed solution with concurrent access. For the latter case RationalPlan Server can be used as an on-premise solution or in the cloud aka SAAS offering.

RationalPlan suite includes:

RationalPlan Single Project – an alternative to Microsoft Project and the perfect solution for novice or accidental project managers
RationalPlan Multi Project – project management software for multiple projects, projects that are interconnected through dependencies and share common resource
RationalPlan Project Viewer – free project management software viewer, the solution for anyone (from project stakeholders to team workers) to view projects details
RationalPlan Project Server – a centralized place to manage the company’s projects while offering concurrent access to different users

RationalPlan Project Management Software is available at http://www.rationalplan.com. It can be download from http://www.rationalplan.com/download.php.

About Stand By Soft

Stand By Soft was founded in 1997 as a software company specialized in building desktop applications and components. RationalPlan is a project planning software that follows the general recommended guidelines from project management domain. MOOS Project viewer is a Microsoft Project viewer that allows users to open, view in a dynamic way and print any Microsoft Project file.

Contact name: Lucian Ioan
Address: Aleea Parului, Nr.4A, Craiova, Dolj, 200346, Romania
Email: marketing@rationalplan.com
Phone: +40771610710

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Do you want to store your WIM's externally with k2000 v3.5 like we did with 3.4?

I have a blog about storing wims externally with the 3.4 kbox.

http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/wim-storage-freeing-up-space-on-your-k2000-if-you-are-using-wim-s

I have been reapplyed the patch 3.4 wim package to my 3.5 box and it worked fine till I informed Kace I was doing this.  Mysteriously now the capture wim button keeps disappearing from the imaging menu overnight every couple of days ever since I told the Kace Engineers about my by pass.  Well I got tired of having to reapply the .bin file so I found a new method. 

I found the easy solution for this.  If you installed the native imaging kits to your 3.4 box the .hta file to do the work is still there it just does not show on the imaging window.

If you want to use the external method:

Confirm the k2000 still has the needed file.  Go to \\ikbox\peinst\hta and see if you still have the file capture_wim.hta.

If that exists:

boot with your external net use mappings like in the old blog

from the main menu choose recovery and then choose command prompt

enter y:\hta\capture_wim.hta and the capture box will pop up.  Fill it in like you did in 3.4 and go for it.

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