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Microsoft Ships Windows 7
During a talk at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Corp. head Steve Ballmer announced the beta version of
Windows 7 features faster startup, power off, and wakeup from standby; easier networking and resource access; centralized device management; plus advanced touch-screen technology. To view Microsoft's news release, visit Microsoft's Chief Executive Introduces Microsoft Windows 7
Notice: End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has put Windows 7 on End of Support status. Consequently Microsoft will offer no technical support for any issues with Windows 7 and no longer produces software or security patches. Even though devices powered by Windows 7 still function, End of Support can result in a growing array of undesirable issues concerned with cybersecurity, compliance, operation with new releases of apps, and possibly even liability. If your company is now considering a migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or 11, Progent's Windows 10 and Windows 11 experts can assist you to determine the possible advantages of a current release of Windows for your business and can help you to design and execute a cost-effective transition to Windows 10 or Windows 11 that follows best practices.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Experts Can Assist Your Business to Maintain Microsoft Windows 7
Progent's certified engineers can help you to manage your Microsoft Windows 7 deployment and can also show you how to evaluate the likely business value of moving to a current release of Windows. Progent offers assistance with migrating to Windows 10 or moving to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or prior releases of Windows.
Progent's consulting experts offer a range of other affordable services to improve the productivity, dependability, protection, speed, and manageability of IT networks that include workstations powered by
Desktop Consulting and Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified desktop support consultants offer a wide range of affordable support services to help your business to deploy, integrate, troubleshoot, and administer workstations and laptops powered by Windows. Progent can offer on-premises or online technical support for individual computers or notebooks or help you to plan and implement a company-wide rollout of
Live Virtual Instruction for Desktop Applications
Progent provides online virtual learning for a range of client programs and operating systems including Office Excel, Word, Publisher, Outlook, Acrobat Writer, Adobe Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows Vista and Windows 7. Virtual education provides the benefits of traditional classroom sessions, including immediate interaction between clients and teachers, but avoids the costs of travel and the hassle of trying to synchronize the schedules of multiple workers. Offered to single students or classes of any size, live online training allows the instructor to run the seminar from an online office and the clients can be spread across an office or across the the U.S. Live online instruction supports powerful teaching tools like broadcast white boards, real-time questions, and collaborative desktops. Sessions can be brief and personalized for specialized subjects or longer in duration and wider in coverage. Instructors and clients can go through examples one-on-one or as a class.
64-bit Upgrade Consulting for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is offered in a 64-bit edition that represents a new standard for desktop dependability and capacity. However, for most organizations the transition to 64-bit computing is problematic because of the requirement to make a new installation on every workstation. This entails reconfiguring programs, saving and recovering data, and installing new drivers. Though companies typically are already using 64-bit hardware, the work required to take full advantage of this untapped potential can seem excessively difficult. But since Microsoft Windows 7 often calls for a clean install, this can be a good opportunity to upgrade to 64-bit reliability and performance, which can be done with little more effort. Progent's Microsoft-certified Microsoft} engineers have extensive experience designing and implementing major, minimally disruptive operating system migrations of existing desktops and can assist your organization leverage your IT dollars by performing the migration to Windows 7 and to 64-bit computing simultaneously.
Change Management Automation
Progent's network administration professionals can help you create a computer system built on Microsoft Windows 7 workstations that is simple to administer. Progent's consultants have in-depth experience providing small companies Systems Management Server consulting to reduce network administration's processes, increase network protection, boost productivity by ensuring that all patches and updates are current, enforce software licensing adherence, and track characteristics of application usage to allow smarter purchasing strategy. Also, Progent can assist you to carry out a smooth migration to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from SMS Server 2003 for more complete administration automation and can help your business to move to Windows Server 2008.
Security Inventory and Evaluation Packages
Progent's certified security consultants can deliver a selection of cost-effective security inventory packages and network security assessment bundles created to offer businesses of all sizes a chance to receive a professional opinion about the quality of their security profile. These packages vary from an ultra-affordable external security scan and evaluation package for small and midsize companies up to a high-level package for institutions who have to comply with security standards demanded by government regulators or by customers. For every security assessment bundle, engineers with high-level security accreditations evaluate and summarize collected data and make recommendations for effective improvements.
Fault-tolerant System Design
Progent's consulting professionals can assist you to implement a high-availability system architecture with features that can include Microsoft Windows Hyper-V failover clustering, auto-failover Internet access, network load balancing, and dispersed colocation sites. Progent offers access to Microsoft and Cisco-Certified consulting engineers who can help you utilize virtualization to enhance availability. Progent can also show you how to create a comprehensive business continuity strategy that incorporates periodic disaster recovery evaluations and testing.
Helpdesk Outsourcing and Expertise
Progent is a Microsoft and Cisco Authorized Partner and Progent's remote Help Desk services staff of certified technical experts offers your clients instant access to a reliable support group with extensive background delivering telephone assistance and remote access repair for IT systems powered by Microsoft and Cisco products. Progent's concentration is on earning the Call Center a positive reputation as a solid contributor to business performance. Progent's goal is to fix rather than simply report problems. Progent can deliver full Help Desk outsourcing or seamlessly supplement your existing Call Center. Progent can in addition help your company to identify and deploy the latest solutions for building or enhancing your internal Help Desk.
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