AppSense user virtualization and Microsoft Flexible Workstyle
The migration to Microsoft Windows 7 is a top priority for many organizations due to the end of support for Windows XP in 2014. However, it is also one of the most costly and time consuming projects for any IT department over the next 24 months. Migrating to Windows 7 not only impacts IT service, delivery and support – but also the user; their experience, quality of service and productivity.
User virtualization reduces both the time required and cost of migrating to Windows 7, while ensuring maximum user adoption through a seamless user experience. AppSense User Virtualization is different from one-way tactical migration utilities. It provides a lifecycle approach to managing the user by decoupling and managing the user components of the desktop independently from the operating system and applications, enabling a seamless migration of the user and all related data to any new desktop operating system.
User virtualization can help realize the benefits of Windows 7 more quickly, and at less cost. User virtualization achieves this in three simple steps:
Decouple: - Unlock the user layer from the operating system, applications and device
Manage: - Centrally store and manage all aspects of the user
Deploy: - Share the user data on-demand, to any desktop, with any device
7 things you need to know about user virtualization and Windows 7
- Low cost, low risk migration to Windows 7
- Eliminate costs associated with legacy methods of managing the user
- Reduces Windows 7 operational costs in a physical and virtual desktop environments
- Ensure seamless user experience across all Windows platforms
- Enable standardized Windows 7 images
- Personalize native to virtualized applications (such as App-V) in a Windows 7 environment
- Quickly and easily scale Windows 7 across your enterprise
It has already cut the time, cost and complexity of moving to Windows 7 by over a third for thousands of organizations around the world and is recognized by Microsoft, analysts and customers as a key strategic component to adopting Windows 7.
The AppSense User Virtualization Platform is more than just a solution to the Windows 7 migration challenge; it will provide ongoing value that keeps you a step ahead for the next migration. AppSense User Virtualization optimizes your Windows 7 environment, enhances the user experience and also reduces desktop management and operational costs.