FAQ: Windows 7 migration

If your enterprise is running Windows XP or Vista, it will become increasingly vulnerable to performance and security issues as Microsoft and third party vendors withdraw support. In addition, you will not be able to take advantage of new applications developed to run on Windows 7.

Microsoft has already begun withdrawing support for Windows XP, and end-of-life for Windows XP extended support is scheduled for April 2014. Deferring your organisation’s Windows 7 corporate deployment and desktop rollout strategy is no longer an option, and you can expect to realise productivity and security gains the sooner you begin your desktop transformation program.

Dashworks has been designed to help medium and large enterprises migrate to Windows 7 as painlessly as possible. There are occasions where smaller organisations could benefit from Dashworks, depending on the complexity of your systems. Contact us to ask for specific advice.

Users report typical reductions in project management effort of up to 60 per cent. The overall cost of a Windows 7 rollout is typically reduced by up to 15 per cent when compared with traditional approaches to Windows migration.

Dashworks aggregates information from all parts of your business, including application discovery and profiling from specialist tools like ChangeBASE and App-DNA. Dashworks helps you intelligently analyse that information alongside other pertinent data, so that you can make informed decisions as part of your Windows 7 project plan.

Since 2008, Juriba has implemented Dashworks for over 500,000 end users across the globe, actively managing the desktop transformation of 200,000 to Windows 7 in 2011. Customers include some of the largest organisations in the world such as JPMorganChase and Fujitsu.

Yes, Juriba offers both a fully functional web demonstration system, proof of concept and on-site services

If you simply want to have a play with Dashworks, you can easily request a demonstration login.

If you are interested in testing out Dashworks with some of your own organisational data, we offer a cloud based solution that is ready to go. All you need to do is provide some of your data in a supported CSV format that Dashworks can understand.

If you are interested in a complete test of Dashworks functionality within your own site, we also offer a fast-start proof of concept service. This means we will install Dashworks onto your own on-premises server/virtual server and can, where supported, import your data from your own live systems on a one-time basis.

For more information on each approach, visit out Try it now page.

Dashworks has been designed as a generic desktop migration project management tool. It just so happens that most enterprises today are migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7.

However, we’ve worked with organisations still migrating from Windows NT and others planning complete desktop virtualisation on Server 2008/Citrix. Dashworks is applicable in pretty much any desktop migration scenario you can imagine.

The Dashworks suite of products can be purchased on a number of flexible plans.

The mandatory Analysis system starts at just £2.50 ($4) per user, per annum, and the optional project system also has prices starting at £2.50 ($4) per user, per annum. The optional Dashworks agent starts at just £0.75 ($1.25) per user per annum.

The system can be licensed for anything from one to five years. You may also want to consider complementary implementation services to ensure that Dashworks is configured exactly to your organisational requirements.

Dashworks is available via SaaS but is rarely procured in that manner.

Most organisations that we work with are keen to enhance the base Dashworks data with more critical department and location feeds which drives the preferred implementation to be in-house. If you are interested in exploring Dashworks as a SaaS option, please contact your Juriba representative to discuss further.

Yes, Juriba is not purely a software house. We have extensive experience in mass enterprise desktop migration, and have a large portfolio of best practice which we can apply to your migration through our highly qualified consultancy team.

On larger programs, we have selected an exclusive band of highly respected partner companies that can bring value to your migration on both a local and global basis.  We know the importance of selecting the right partner for your migration, and can ensure the very best quality of experienced consultancy resource.

Yes, Juriba are experts in the entire end-to-end desktop transformation process. We can advise on every element of your project from the initial data gathering and inventory phases right through to the end user deployment methodology.

Juriba has a large number of certified system integrator and consultancy partners that can implement Dashworks into your organisation.

If you already have a preferred partner, ask them about their relationship with Juriba. It is highly likely that we are working together already. In the event that a relationship does not exist, our fast partner signup program gets them trained and certified quickly, with the capability to implement Dashworks for your organisation.

Of course, the Juriba support team is always available to help, and our consultancy team available to perform the implementation for you.

Juriba’s extensive consultancy services and reach into the partner network can get you the resource you need fast. We only work with the best companies that specialise in Windows 7 migration. Our consultants are not the cheapest, but you are guaranteed significant levels of added value to your migration process through the experience and best practices we can impart.

We pride ourselves in Dashworks being the fastest, most accurate, most dynamic Windows 7 project management tool in the market, scalable to hundreds of thousands of users. We also understand that we’re dealing with your data, and that the system needs to be fast, responsive and add value.

In the unlikely event that your Dashworks implementation is not performing as expected, we will, at no extra cost, provide additional consultancy to ensure that you are receiving the right levels of performance and results.