Network Help for Small Companies

Windows 7 is a legacy release of Microsoft's flagship desktop OS. In comparison to prior releases, Windows 7 offers faster startup, shut down, and resumption from sleep mode; hassle-free networking and resource access; consolidated peripherals administration; as well as sophisticated touch-screen capability. Window 7 also represents a new era in 64-bit client computers and gave businesses an attractive opportunity to take the leap into the new generation of network technology.

End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has placed Windows 7 on End of Support status. Consequently Microsoft offers no technical assistance for any problems with Windows 7 and no longer produces software or security updates or patches. Although computers running Windows 7 still operate, End of Support status can bring about an expanding list of undesirable issues associated with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, compatibility with new versions of applications, and even liability. If your company is now considering a migration from Microsoft Windows 7 to Windows 10 or 11, Progent's Windows 10 and Windows 11 consultants can assist you to understand the potential benefit of a current release of Windows for your business and can help you to plan and execute a cost-effective migration to Windows 10 or 11 based on leading practices.

How Progent's Consulting Experts Can Help You to Maintain Microsoft Windows 7
Progent's certified consultants can assist your company to manage your Windows 7 deployment and can also show you how to estimate the likely business value of moving to a current release of Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide help with upgrading to Windows 10 or upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or prior versions of Windows.

Progent's consultants can provide a variety of low-cost services to improve the productivity, reliability, security, speed, and maintainability of information networks that include desktops based on Windows 7:

Desktop Consulting and Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified desktop support experts can deliver a broad array of cost-effective consulting and support services to assist your business to install, configure, repair, and manage workstations and laptops powered by Windows. Progent can provide on-premises or remote technical support for individual machines or laptops or help your business to design and carry out a large-scale migration to Windows 7. Progent can also install Microsoft Office or Microsoft Dynamics business applications on your client PCs so they communicate efficiently with all Microsoft applications, products from third-party vendors, business servers, and key solutions throughout your network. Progent can also provide engineers and technicians to assist you to plan for and complete an office relocation or consolidation organized to produce minimal interruption to your productivity.

Call Center Support and Expertise
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services provide small businesses a complete solution that manages all aspects of remote desktop support from initial requests through trouble ticket generation, remote desktop control, progress tracking, problem solving, and reporting. Progent offers help desk services at a substantial discount off Progent's regular desktop support rates, and Progent offers the option of fast as-needed escalation to subject matter experts to handle challenging issues. For details, see Online Help Desk Services for Small Businesses.

Configuration Automation
Progent's network administration experts can help you set up a computer system based on Windows 7 PCs that is simple to manage. Progent's consultants have in-depth backgrounds providing companies of all sizes System Center Configuration Manager consulting to reduce IT administration's processes, increase network protection, improve efficiency by making sure that all patches and updates are installed, enforce software licensing adherence, and track patterns of application use to enable a more efficient purchasing strategy. In addition, Progent can help you to execute a non-disruptive migration to a current version of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager for more comprehensive administration automation and can assist your business to carry out a Windows Server 2022 migration or a Windows Server 2019 upgrade to create a modern infrastructure for configuration management. For Microsoft 365 users, Progent's consultants can provide Microsoft Intune consulting support for advanced cloud-based management of Windows 7 PCs along with mobile handhelds powered by Apple iOS, Google Android, or Windows operating systems.

Security Inventory Scanning and Assessment Packages
Progent's certified security engineers can provide a range of budget-friendly security inventory bundles and enterprise network security assessment service packages created to offer organizations of all sizes a chance to receive a professional look at the effectiveness of their security environment. The packages vary from an a low-cost external scan and evaluation package for small and midsize businesses up to a high-end solution for institutions who have to comply with security standards required by state agencies or by customers. For each security assessment package, engineers with top security credentials evaluate and report on scanned data and provide recommendations for efficient remediation.

Backup and Restore and Business Continuity Preparation
Progent's consulting experts can assist your company to configure a fault-tolerant system infrastructure with features that can include Windows Server Hyper-V failover clustering, auto-failover Internet connections, network load balancing, and strategic data centers. Progent offers the services of Microsoft and Cisco-Premier consulting engineers who can help you utilize virtualization to improve availability. Progent can also show you how to define a complete business continuity plan that includes periodic disaster response evaluations and testing.

Wireless PDA Support and Workstation Synchronization
Progent's mobile wireless consultants can show you how to integrate smartphones and tablets into your IT network by delivering solutions for data synchronization between handhelds and Windows 7 workstations and secure connectivity between handheld devices and Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL. Support offered from Progent includes iPhone and iPad integration, Google Android smartphone integration and management, and RIM Blackberry support. Progent's RIM BlackBerry specialists can help you to plan, deploy, manage, and support information environments that combine BlackBerry Enterprise Server along with Microsoft Windows PCs.

64-bit Migration Consulting for Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is available in a 64-bit edition that sets a new benchmark for workstation reliability and performance. However, for the majority of organizations the migration to 64-bit computing is problematic due to the need to perform a new setup on every PC. This requires reconfiguring applications, backing up and restoring data files, and running new device drivers. Although businesses usually already have 64-bit computers, the effort required to take full advantage of these resources can seem too difficult. Yet because Microsoft Windows 7 often calls for a from-scratch install, this can be a great opportunity to upgrade to 64-bit technology, which is possible with virtually no extra work. Progent's Microsoft consulting experts have in-depth backgrounds designing and implementing major, minimally disruptive OS upgrades of existing workstations and can assist your business get the most out of your IT budget by making the transition to Microsoft Windows 7 and to 64-bit computing simultaneously.

Live Online Classes for Microsoft Office and Office 365 Apps
Progent offers online instruction for popular desktop applications and environments such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Publisher, Visio, Acrobat Writer, Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft Windows 10. Live online education provides the benefits of conventional in-person sessions, such as instant communication between students and teachers, but eliminates the costs of travel and the hassle of attempting to synchronize the availability of many trainees. Offered to single students or groups of all sizes, live online training permits the trainer to conduct the class from a remote facility while the clients can be spread across a campus or all over the country. Virtual learning utilizes proven teaching tools like virtual white boards, real-time questions, and collaborative desktops. Sessions can be brief and targeted for specialized topics or extended in duration and broader in scope. Teachers and students can go through problems individually or as a class.

For more details about Progent's consulting expertise for Microsoft Windows 7, call 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.