Microsoft Windows 7 is a legacy version of Microsoft's signature desktop OS. In comparison to earlier versions, Microsoft Windows 7 offers quicker startup, shut down, and wakeup from sleep mode; hassle-free networking and resource access; consolidated peripherals administration; as well as innovative touch-screen capability. Microsoft Windows 7 also ushered in a major breakthrough in 64-bit client computers and gave businesses an attractive occasion to take the leap to the new generation of information technology.
End of Support for Windows 7
Microsoft has put Windows 7 on End of Support status. This means that Microsoft offers no technical support for any issues with Windows 7 and Microsoft no longer produces software or security fixes. Although computers running Windows 7 still operate, End of Support status can bring about a growing list of problems associated with security, compliance, compatibility with new releases of apps, and even civil liability. If you are now considering an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or 11, Progent's Windows 10 and Windows 11 experts can help you to determine the possible advantages of a modern version of Windows for your business and can help you to design and carry out an efficient migration to Windows 10 or Windows 11 that follows best practices.
How Progent's Consulting Experts Can Assist Your Business to Maintain Windows 7
Progent's certified engineers can help you to manage your Microsoft Windows 7 deployment and can also show you how to assess the likely strategic value of moving to a current release of Windows. Progent offers help with moving to Windows 10 or moving to Windows 11 from Windows 7 or earlier versions of Microsoft Windows.
Progent's consulting experts offer a variety of affordable support options to enhance the efficiency, dependability, security, performance, and manageability of IT systems that incorporate workstations based on
PC Desktop Support Services
Progent's certified desktop support consultants can deliver a wide range of affordable services to help your company to deploy, integrate, repair, and manage desktop PCs and laptops based on Microsoft Windows. Progent can offer on-premises or online help for single machines or laptops or work with you to plan and carry out a large-scale rollout of
Help Desk Support and Expertise
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services provide smaller businesses a complete service desk solution that manages all facets of online Level 1 desktop technical support from service requests through ticketing, remote desktop control, progress tracking, problem solving, and management reports. Progent provides call desk services at a significant discount off Progent's normal Level 1 desktop service rates, and Progent can provide the additional option of fast as-needed escalation to Level 2 and Level 3 experts to resolve complex problems. To learn more, see Online Help Desk Services for Small Businesses.
Configuration Management Automation
Progent's network administration experts can help you set up an information network built around Windows 7 workstations that is easy to administer. Progent's consultants have in-depth experience providing companies of any size System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) consulting to reduce IT management's workload, increase system security, improve productivity by ensuring that all patches and updates are current, enforce software licensing adherence, and monitor patterns of software usage to enable a more efficient purchasing strategy. In addition, Progent can assist you to make a smooth migration to a current version of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager for better management automation and can help you to plan and implement a Microsoft Windows Server 2022 migration or a Windows Server 2019 upgrade to create an up-to-date environment for configuration management. For Microsoft 365 environments, Progent can provide Intune consulting for centralized cloud-based management of Windows 7 computers as well as mobile devices powered by Apple iOS, Google Android, or Windows.
Network Security Inventory Scanning and Evaluation Packages
Progent's premier security consultants can provide a variety of budget-friendly small business network security inventory service packages and enterprise network security evaluation packages created to offer organizations of all sizes a chance to get an independent look at the effectiveness of their security environment. The packages vary from an ultra-affordable external scan and evaluation package for small and midsize businesses up to a high-level solution for enterprises who have to meet security levels demanded by state regulators or by vendors. For every security assessment bundle, engineers with high-level security credentials analyze and report on scanned information and provide suggestions for efficient improvements.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Preparation
Progent's consulting professionals can assist you to configure a high-availability network architecture with features such as Windows Server Hyper-V failover clustering, auto-failover Internet connections, network load balancing, and dispersed colocation sites. Progent offers the services of Microsoft and Cisco-Certified consulting engineers who can help you utilize virtualization to improve fault tolerance. Progent can also show you how to define a complete disaster recovery strategy that incorporates periodic disaster response assessments and drills.
Mobile Wireless PDA Integration and Desktop Synchronization
Progent's smartphone and tablet consultants can help you to incorporate smartphones and tablets into your business network by providing solutions for synchronization between handhelds and Windows 7 workstations and secure connectivity between handheld computers and Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server. Consulting available from Progent includes Apple iPhone integration and management, Google Android phone and tablet integration, and RIM Blackberry support. Progent's RIM BlackBerry experts can assist you to design, install, manage, and support network environments that support BlackBerry BES Server along with Microsoft Windows PCs.
64-bit Migration Help for Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Servers
Windows 7 is available in a 64-bit edition that represents a new benchmark for desktop dependability and capacity. Unfortunately, for the majority of organizations the transition to 64-bit processing is problematic because of the requirement to make a clean setup on each desktop. This entails reconfiguring applications, backing up and restoring data files, and running 64-bit device drivers. Although companies in most cases are already using 64-bit hardware, the effort required to benefit fully from this untapped potential often seems too difficult. But because Windows 7 often calls for a clean install, it can be a good time to upgrade to 64-bit performance, which requires little or no extra work. Progent's Microsoft consultants have extensive backgrounds planning and implementing massive, minimally disruptive operating system migrations of in-place workstations and can assist your business get the most out of your network budget by performing the migration to Windows 7 and to 64-bit technology at the same time.
Live Online Education for Microsoft Office and Office 365 Applications
Progent offers online training for a range of desktop applications and operating systems such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Publisher, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows 10. Virtual training offers the benefits of conventional classroom seminars, such as instant communication between students and trainers, but eliminates the costs of travel and the challenge of attempting to accommodate the availability of multiple students. Offered to individuals or classes of any size, live online training allows the teacher to run the seminar from a remote facility and the clients can be spread throughout a campus or across the the U.S. Virtual instruction utilizes proven teaching aids such as virtual white boards, real-time questions, and collaborative applications. Sessions can be brief and personalized for specialized subjects or extended in time and broader in scope. Teachers and students can work through problems one-on-one or as a class.
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