Pilot

Simplify your Microsoft Windows 7 migration planning. Helping you deliver Windows 7 successfully.
Microsoft Windows 7 is the most secure, highest quality, Windows release to date, offering many new and enhanced features. By upgrading to Windows 7, your organization can experience enhanced productivity that can translate into cost savings and revenue growth for your business. But migrating to Windows 7 can impose challenges on any organization. Our Windows 7 Migration Services framework helps you quickly build a cohesive strategy to deploy your new Operating System knowing that you have ensured the compatibility of all your mission critical hardware and desktop applications. Once the preparation phase is complete, youll be ready for a more aggressive roll-out. Our consultants will help your project team prepare for and then complete a production pilot deployment for an agreed number of PCs in an agreed timeframe, supporting you every step of the way. The pilot phase also includes technology clinics to demonstrate Windows 7 to your pilot users and to answer any questions they have ahead of the migration. Our Pilot is the key to streamlining your migration to Windows 7, ensuring the best experience for pilot users and helping to provide positive project justification to business decision makers in your organization. The pilot roll-out also gives you an opportunity to see our automated desktop deployment platform working in your production environment, extending zero-touch installation across your entire organization.

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SOLUTION

Our pilot includes:

Pilot roll-out through a fixed price engagement based upon your chosen timescales Technology clinics and showcases for pilot users Automated deployment using our Windows 7 Migration Services Review of pilot deployment and lessons-learned Knowledge share and hands-on learning

Get Started
A 1E-facilitated five day assessment workshop session is the best way to get started with your Windows 7 deployment. Contact your 1E representative today to schedule your first step.

Pilot Deployment - deliver to your early adopters

Working closely with your project team, and based upon the plan agreed in the preparation phase, we will support the delivery of your pilot deployment across your specified number of desktops, laptops and users.

Desktop Deployment roll out quickly and cost effectively

Our Windows 7 deployment solution is designed to automatically perform the complex tasks associated with a typical Windows 7 deployment, including deploying OS images, installing applications, migrating end-user data and settings, and more. By using automation to help ensure consistency, efficiency and accuracy, you minimize manual intervention, reduce costs and dramatically accelerate deploy timescales.

teams and to answer any questions, sharing their skills, knowledge and experience throughout to ensure you are well placed to manage the deployment going forward.

Lessons learned - review and adapt the plan as necessary

The final phase of the pilot deployment is an in-depth review of the pilot migration, to ensure that the planned migration process worked as expected and that there were no unexpected scenarios. If required, we will work with your team to revisit the migration plan and make any amendments necessary.

Technology Clinics - help your users get the most out of Windows 7
As part of the pilot, our consultants will run a series of clinics and workshops for your users, helping them understand the new technology and answering any questions they have. Our consultants will remain on-site and available for the duration of the pilot deployment.

Knowledge Share - get the benefit of our years of experience

Throughout the pilot phase, our consultants will be on hand to support and assist your project and delivery

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