During a presentation at the 2009 CES Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer introduced the beta release of
Windows 7 features faster initialization, power off, and resumption from sleep mode; no-hassle LAN configuration and file and printer access; consolidated peripherals management; as well as multiple finger touch-screen technology. To see Microsoft's press release, visit Microsoft Previews 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 problems you encounter with Windows 7 and no longer distributes software or security updates. Although devices running Windows 7 still operate, End of Support status can result in a growing list of undesirable issues associated with security, compliance, operation with new releases of apps, and even liability. If your company is now evaluating an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or 11, Progent's Windows 10 and 11 experts can help you to understand the potential benefit of a current release of Windows for your organization and can help you to plan and execute an efficient migration to Windows 10 or 11 based on best practices.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Professionals Can Help You to Maintain Microsoft Windows 7
Progent's certified engineers can assist you to maintain your Windows 7 environment and can also show you how to evaluate the potential business advantages of moving to a current version of Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide assistance with migrating to Windows 10 or moving to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or from earlier versions of Windows.
Progent's IT professionals can provide a range of other affordable support options to enhance the efficiency, dependability, security, speed, and manageability of IT networks that incorporate desktops based on
Desktop Consulting and Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified desktop support consultants offer a broad range of affordable consulting and support services to help you to deploy, integrate, repair, and administer workstations and notebooks based on Windows. Progent can provide on-premises or remote assistance for individual machines or notebooks or help your business to design and implement a large-scale migration to
Virtual Education for Desktop Programs
Progent provides live virtual training for a range of client programs and operating systems such as Excel, Word, Publisher, Project, Acrobat Writer, Adobe Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. Live online education offers all the advantages of conventional in-person sessions, such as immediate interaction between students and trainers, but avoids the costs of travel and the challenge of trying to accommodate the availability of many trainees. Available to individuals or classes of all sizes, virtual training permits the instructor to conduct the class from an online facility while the clients can be dispersed throughout an office or all over the country. Live online learning utilizes proven learning mechanisms such as broadcast white boards, electronic hand-raising, and shared desktops. Classes can be short and targeted for specific topics or extended in duration and broader in coverage. Teachers and students can go through examples one-on-one or as a class.
64-bit Transitioning Help for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Microsoft Windows 7 is offered in a 64-bit edition that sets a new standard for workstation reliability and performance. However, for most organizations the migration to 64-bit technology is challenging because of the need to perform a new installation on every workstation. This requires re-installing applications, saving and recovering data, and installing 64-bit device drivers. Though businesses typically already have 64-bit workstations, the work needed to take full advantage of this untapped potential appears excessively difficult. But because Microsoft Windows 7 often requires a from-scratch installation, it represents a great opportunity to upgrade to 64-bit technology, which requires little if any incremental work. Progent's Microsoft-certified Microsoft} consulting experts have in-depth backgrounds planning and implementing massive, minimally disruptive OS migrations of existing workstations and can help your business get the most out of your IT budget by executing the move to Microsoft Windows 7 and to 64-bit computing at the same time.
Change Management Automation
Progent's network administration experts can help you create an information system based around Microsoft Windows 7 workstations that is simple to manage. Progent's engineers have extensive experience delivering small and midsize companies SMS Server 2003 consulting to streamline IT administration's processes, increase system security, boost efficiency by ensuring that all application updates are current, police licensing compliance, and track patterns of application use to allow a more efficient purchasing strategy. In addition, Progent can help your company to make a non-disruptive upgrade to System Center Configuration Manager from SMS Server for more complete administration automation and can help your business to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Server 2008.
Security Inventory Scanning and Assessment Packages
Progent's certified security engineers can provide a variety of cost-effective small business network security inventory service bundles and security assessment packages created to give organizations of any size an opportunity to receive a professional opinion about the effectiveness of their protection environment. These packages vary from an ultra-affordable external scan and evaluation package for small companies up to a high-level solution for enterprises who need to meet security standards demanded by state regulators or by customers. For every security inventory or evaluation package, consultants with high-level security accreditations evaluate and report on scanned data and make recommendations for efficient remediation.
Fault-tolerant System Design
Progent's consulting experts can assist you to implement a high-availability network architecture with features that can include Microsoft Windows Hyper-V failover clustering, auto-failover Internet access, network load balancing, and strategic colocation sites. Progent offers access to Microsoft and Cisco-Certified consulting engineers who can show you how to benefit from virtualization to improve fault tolerance. Progent can also help create a complete disaster recovery plan that incorporates periodic disaster response preparedness audits and drills.
Help Desk Outsourcing and Consulting
Progent is a Microsoft and Cisco Certified Partner and Progent's online Help Desk services team of certified IT professionals offers your customers easy access to a reliable support resource with extensive experience providing telephone assistance and remote access repair for networks based on Microsoft and Cisco products. Progent's concentration is on earning the Helpdesk a respected image as a key contributor to business productivity. Progent's goal is to resolve rather than merely record problems. Progent can deliver full Call Center outsourcing or transparently reinforce your current Help Desk. Progent can also help you to select and implement the most advanced solutions for building or enhancing your in-house Help Desk.
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