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Microsoft Delivers Windows 7
During an address at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft's head Steve Ballmer announced the beta release of the
Microsoft Windows 7 includes faster initialization, power off, and wakeup from standby; easier LAN configuration and file and printer access; consolidated device administration; plus multiple finger touch-screen technology. To see Microsoft's press release, refer to Microsoft Previews Windows 7
Notice: End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has placed Windows 7 on End of Support status. Consequently Microsoft offers no technical assistance for any issues you encounter with Windows 7 and no longer distributes software or security patches. Although devices running Windows 7 still operate, End of Support status can bring about an expanding array of undesirable issues concerned with cybersecurity, compliance, operation with new releases of applications, and even civil liability. If you are currently evaluating an upgrade from Microsoft Windows 7 to Windows 10 or 11, Progent's Windows 10 and 11 consultants can assist you to understand the potential advantages of a current release of Windows for your organization and can assist you to design and execute a cost-effective transition to Windows 10 or 11 based on leading practices.
How Progent's Certified Experts Can Assist Your Company to Manage Windows 7
Progent's certified consultants can help your company to manage your Windows 7 environment and can also help you to assess the potential strategic benefits of moving to a current version of Windows. Progent offers assistance with migrating to Windows 10 or migrating to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or from previous releases of Microsoft Windows.
Progent's IT professionals can provide a range of other low-cost services to improve the efficiency, dependability, protection, performance, and maintainability of information networks that incorporate desktops based on
PC Desktop Consulting and Support Services
Progent's certified desktop support consultants can deliver a broad array of affordable services to assist you to install, configure, troubleshoot, and manage desktop PCs and laptops powered by Windows. Progent can offer on-premises or online technical support for single computers or laptops or work with your business to plan and implement a large-scale rollout of
Virtual Education for Workstation Applications
Progent offers live virtual education for an array of client programs and environments including Excel, Word, Publisher, Visio, Adobe Acrobat Writer, Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows XP and Vista. Virtual training provides all the advantages of conventional classroom seminars, such as instant interaction between students and teachers, but eliminates the expenses of travel and the challenge of trying to synchronize the availability of multiple workers. Available to individuals or groups of any size, virtual instruction permits the trainer to run the seminar from a remote office and the students can be dispersed across an office or across the the U.S. Virtual instruction deploys powerful teaching aids such as virtual white boards, electronic hand-raising, and shared desktops. Sessions can be short and personalized for specific subjects or extended in duration and broader in coverage. Instructors and students can go through problems one-on-one or as a class.
64-bit Transitioning Help for Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is offered in a 64-bit version that sets a new standard for desktop reliability and capacity. Unfortunately, for the majority of organizations the migration to 64-bit computing is problematic because of the need to perform a clean setup on every workstation. This requires re-installing applications, backing up and restoring data, and running new device drivers. Though businesses usually already have 64-bit hardware, the work required to benefit fully from this untapped potential appears too time-consuming. Yet since Microsoft Windows 7 usually calls for a clean install, it represents a great time to upgrade to 64-bit computing, which can be done with little if any extra work. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have extensive experience designing and performing massive, efficient operating system migrations of in-place desktops and can help your business leverage your IT dollars by performing the move to Windows 7 and to 64-bit technology at the same time.
Update Automation
Progent's IT management experts can show you how to set up an information network built on Microsoft Windows 7 PCs that is simple to administer. Progent's engineers have in-depth experience delivering small businesses Microsoft SMS Server 2003 expertise to streamline network management's processes, improve network security, improve productivity by ensuring that all patches and updates are installed, police licensing adherence, and monitor characteristics of software usage to allow smarter purchasing strategy. Also, Progent can assist you to execute a non-disruptive upgrade to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from SMS Server for more comprehensive administration automation and can assist you to upgrade to Windows Server 2008.
Network Security Inventory and Assessment Packages
Progent's certified security engineers can provide a selection of budget-friendly small business security inventory service bundles and network security evaluation service bundles designed to offer organizations of all sizes an opportunity to receive a professional opinion about the strength of their security environment. These packages range from an ultra-affordable external scan and evaluation package for small and midsize companies up to a high-end package for enterprises who need to meet security standards demanded by state regulators or by vendors. For each security assessment bundle, engineers with high-level security accreditations evaluate and report on scanned information and make suggestions for efficient remediation.
High-availability System Design
Progent's consulting professionals can assist you to configure a fault-tolerant network architecture that offers features that can include Microsoft Windows Hyper-V failover clustering, redundant Internet connections, system load balancing, and dispersed data centers. Progent offers the expertise of Microsoft and Cisco-Certified consulting professionals who can show you how to benefit from virtual machines to improve availability. Progent can also help define a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that incorporates scheduled disaster response preparedness audits and testing.
Call Center Support and Consulting
Progent is a Microsoft Gold and Cisco Authorized Partner and Progent's remote Help Desk services team of trained IT experts offers your customers convenient access to a reliable technical group with years of experience delivering phone assistance and online troubleshooting for networks based on Microsoft and Cisco technology. Progent's concentration is on giving the Help Desk a positive image as a solid contributor to business productivity. Progent's target is to fix rather than merely report problems. Progent can deliver full Helpdesk support or seamlessly reinforce your current Helpdesk. Progent can in addition help your company to identify and deploy the most advanced solutions for building or enhancing your internal Help Desk.
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Cisco Certified Expert Microsoft Windows 2008 Cluster Server Online Technical Support
Windows Failover Cluster Engineer
The server cluster technology built into the high-end editions of Windows Server 2008 has been dramatically redesigned to simplify the installation, setup, and maintenance of server clusters that offer greater levels of system dependability, protection, efficiency, and flexibility. New or improved features include automated cluster verification, revamped configuration and deployment, improved cluster administration, new cluster architecture for maximum availability, hardened protection and quorum structure, fewer failure points, more storage and RAM capacity, and improvements for geographically dispersed clusters. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist your company evaluate the advantages of Windows clustering, design and implement a deployment, train your IT personnel to manage your cluster environment, deliver continuing consulting and technical help services, and create and test a business continuity procedure.
Engineer Exchange 2013 Upgrade
24/7 Exchange 2013 Disk Availability Group Specialist
Microsoft Exchange 2013 incorporates major enhancements to the capabilities of its predecessor Exchange 2010 and introduces powerful innovations as well as a revamped structure. These enhancements affect key facets of IT such as ease of administration, availability, security, cost of ownership, collaboration, extensibility, performance, cross-version interoperability, and the user experience. Progent's certified Exchange Server 2013 consulting experts can help you evaluate the potential business benefits of migrating to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, create a cost-effective validation and rollout strategy, and train your IT staff to manage your Exchange Server 2013 solution. Progent also offers ongoing online support and management for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.
Virtual Helpdesk Computer Consultant
Supplemental Support Desk Setup and Support
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer a complete solution that handles all facets of online Level 1 desktop support from service requests through trouble ticket generation, screen sharing, progress tracking, problem resolution, and management reports. Help Desk services are offered at a substantial discount from Progent's regular desktop service rates, and Progent can provide the option of rapid as-needed escalation to subject matter experts to handle the most problems.
Remote Management Specialists
Remote Server Management Professional
Remote server management cards give network managers complete control of a server without the need for a personal presence. Using these management cards, all console screen data plus keyboard and mouse operations are transferred to an off-site session to an IT expert who can be located anywhere with Internet access. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco certified engineers can assist you to plan, implement, and support a fault-tolerant business network that includes remote server management cards and Progent can utilize these remote server management cards to deliver efficient off-site technical support. Progent is familiar with a number of remote management cards including Aten remote server management cards, American Megatrends remote server management cards, Dell remote server management cards, HP Lights-Out remote management cards, and Peppercon eRIC remote management cards.
Expert Microsoft Certified SQL Server 2019 Disaster Recovery IT Services
24 Hour SQL Server 2019 and Kubernetes Technical Support Services
Progent's certified SQL Server 2019 experts can help your organization to assess the business case for upgrading to SQL Server 2019 and can deliver rapid remote or onsite access to experts in system planning and integration, software programming, SQL Server management, and network security.
NinjaOne Server Monitoring Technology Professional
NinjaOne Desktop Monitoring and Reporting Technical Support
ProSight LAN Watch with NinjaOne RMM is Progent's network, server and endpoint remote monitoring service that incorporates advanced remote monitoring and management techniques to keep your network running at peak levels by checking the health of critical devices.
Virtual Server Professional
IT Consulting Server Management
Server proliferation wreaks havoc on network budgets and management resources. Server reduction through a virtual infrastructure promises lower total cost of ownership of servers and quicker ROI, more leveraged utilization of servers, simplified operations, enhanced network availability, and easier manageability. Common usage scenarios for virtual servers are hardware consolidation, low-cost platforms for mission-critical legacy software based on obsolete operating systems, and inexpensive isolation of software development or pilot testing systems from production systems.
Support for IT Service Providers IT Consulting
Support and Setup Support for IT Service Firms
Progent's Reseller Program for IT Service Firms lets you take advantage of Progent's consulting experts under your own service brand as a seamless arm of your network services staff.
Offsite Workers VoIP Consulting
Specialists Offsite Employees VoIP
Progent can assist small and mid-size organizations to deploy IP voice technology to provide their remote workforce the benefit of transparent access to the company phone system.
Immediate Engineer .NET VBA
.NET Framework Developer Firm
If you want to update your production web site, create internal websites for purposes such as human resources or worker training, establish a powerful web presence for a new business, or generate enterprise-class, data-driven specialized web applications, Progent can provide talented and proven web designers. Progent's experts can also help you build and manage a secure, robust server and communications infrastructure, including remote and wireless connectivity, to run your web solutions.
Outsourcing Network Help Engineer
Chief Information Officer Outsourcing Engineer
Progent is organized provide comprehensive online support for all major technical areas associated with today's small business IT networks and offers an array of strategic, on-demand support services such as a part-time Chief Information Officer to offer advanced IT design and budgeting capability, a Call Center for help desk services, proactive remote monitoring, spam/virus protection as a managed service, best-practices project management help for critical initiatives such as site relocations oroperating system migrations, Cisco-certified experts for designing fast and robust infrastructure, security specialists to ensure data protection and regulatory compliance, disaster recovery experts to design and document business continuity plans, and software programmers to create, customize, or repair mission-critical application programs.
24 Hour Best Practices Installer
Microsoft Solutions Framework Project Methodology IT Consulting Firms
Progent's staff of Microsoft and Cisco Premier Certified consultants average longer than a decade of real-world professional background, in the trenches of network service, performing a wide variety of IT projects for an extensive mix of customers. Each Progent support professional shares a proven collection of individual best practices which are combined into shared best practices training that Progent teaches its support team. This guarantees that you get not only world-class technical skills, but also a support engineer with field-tested methods for applying computer knowledge to fix actual network problems efficiently.
Hornetsecurity Altaro M365 OneDrive Backup Consultant Services
Altaro 365 Total Backup Network Consultants
Progent is an authorized Hornetsecurity/Altaro partner and can design, install, and manage an implementation of 365 Total Backup to protect your Microsoft 365 mailboxes, files stored on your organization's OneDrive Accounts and SharePoint Document Libraries, Teams Chats, plus files on Windows laptops and desktops.
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