Windows 7 Integration Windows 7 offers desktop users advanced levels of performance, security, dependability, productivity, extended battery life, and simplicity. Improvements built into this release of Microsoft's flagship operating system include quicker startup, power off, and resumption from standby; simpler networking and resource sharing; centralized peripherals administration; as well as sophisticated touch-screen support. Window 7 also represents a major breakthrough in 64-bit workstations and gives businesses an excellent occasion to move into the new generation of information technology.

How Progent's Certified Professionals Can Assist Your Company to Plan for Windows 7
Progent's certified engineers can assist your company to assess Microsoft Windows 7 to verify application and driver compatibility and to check its performance and stability working with your applications. Progent's consultants can also help you to estimate the likely business benefits of adopting Microsoft Windows 7. If you decide that Windows 7 makes sense for your business, Progent can assist you to plan and carry out a non-disruptive upgrade to Windows 7 from a your current release of Microsoft Windows. Progent also offers help with upgrading to Windows 8.1 or moving to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or earlier releases of Microsoft Windows.

Progent's IT professionals offer a range of low-cost support options to enhance the productivity, reliability, security, speed, and manageability of information systems that incorporate workstations based on Microsoft Windows 7:

PC Desktop Consulting and Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified desktop support consultants offer a wide array of cost-effective services to help your business to deploy, integrate, repair, and administer desktop PCs and laptops based on Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide onsite or remote assistance for individual machines or laptops or work with you to plan and carry out a large-scale migration to Microsoft Windows 7. Progent can also install Office or Microsoft Dynamics applications on your client PCs so they integrate productively with all Microsoft programs, software from third-party vendors, SQL databases, and line-of-business solutions network-wide. Progent can also supply consultants and technical workers to help your company to prepare for and complete a site relocation or merger organized to produce the least possible interruption to your business.

Help Desk Support and Consulting
Progent's Standard Help Desk Services offer small businesses an end-to-end service desk solution that handles all aspects of online desktop technical support from service requests through ticketing, screen sharing, progress tracking, problem solving, and reporting. Progent offers call desk services at a substantial discount from Progent's regular Level 1 desktop support rates, and Progent can provide the additional option of fast as-needed escalation to subject matter experts to handle challenging issues. for more information, refer to Online Help Desk Services for Small Businesses.

Change Automation
Progent's network administration experts can help you create an information system based on Microsoft Windows 7 workstations that is easy to administer. Progent's consultants have extensive backgrounds delivering companies of all sizes Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager consulting to streamline network management's processes, increase network protection, boost productivity by making sure that all patches and updates are installed, police software licensing adherence, and monitor characteristics of application usage to allow a more efficient purchasing strategy. Also, Progent can help you to carry out an efficient migration to a current version of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager for more comprehensive management automation and can help you to plan and implement a Windows Server 2019 migration, Windows Server 2016 upgrade or Windows Server 2012 R2 migration to establish an up-to-date infrastructure for change management. For Office 365 environments, Progent can provide Intune consulting for centralized cloud-based configuration management of Windows 7 PCs along with mobile devices running Apple iOS, Android, or Windows operating systems.

Network Security Inventory and Assessment Packages
Progent's certified security engineers can provide a range of cost-effective security inventory service bundles and network security evaluation bundles designed to give organizations of all sizes an opportunity to get an objective opinion about the strength of their protection profile. The packages range from an a low-cost external security scan and evaluation package for small and midsize businesses up to a high-end package for corporations who have to meet security levels demanded by government agencies or by vendors. For each security assessment bundle, consultants with high-level security accreditations analyze and report on collected information and provide recommendations for efficient remediation.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Preparation
Progent’s consulting professionals can assist your company to configure a fault-tolerant system infrastructure that offers features such as Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V failover clustering, redundant Internet connections, network load balancing, and dispersed data centers. Progent provides access to Microsoft and Cisco-Premier consulting professionals who can help you utilize virtual machines to improve fault tolerance. Progent can also help define a comprehensive business continuity plan that incorporates periodic disaster recovery assessments and testing.

Wireless Smartphone Support and Desktop Synchronization
Progent's smartphone and tablet specialists can assist you to incorporate smartphones and tablets into your IT network by offering expertise in synchronization between mobile devices and Microsoft Windows 7 workstations and secure connectivity between pocket computers and Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL. Support offered from Progent includes Apple iPhone integration and management, Android smartphone and tablet integration, and Blackberry troubleshooting. Progent's BlackBerry experts can help you to design, deploy, administer, and support network environments that support BlackBerry BES Server and Microsoft Windows desktops.

64-bit Migration Consulting for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Servers
Windows 7 is available in a 64-bit version that sets a new standard for workstation reliability and performance. Unfortunately, for the majority of businesses the transition to 64-bit technology is problematic because of the requirement to perform a clean installation on each desktop. This requires reconfiguring programs, backing up and restoring data files, and installing new drivers. Though companies usually are already using 64-bit workstations, the work needed to take full advantage of this potential resource appears excessively difficult. Yet because Microsoft Windows 7 often requires a clean installation, it represents a good time to upgrade to 64-bit computing, which you can do with little or no more work. Progent's Microsoft engineers have in-depth backgrounds designing and performing massive, efficient operating system migrations of existing workstations and can assist your business get the most out of your IT budget by performing the migration to Windows 7 and to 64-bit computing at the same time.

Online Education for Desktop Applications
Progent offers online instruction for popular desktop apps and environments including Office Excel, Word, Publisher, Visio, Acrobat Writer, Adobe Photoshop, Crystal Reports, and Windows 10. Live online learning offers all the advantages of traditional in-person seminars, such as immediate interaction between students and teachers, but avoids the costs of travel and the challenge of attempting to synchronize the availability of many students. Available to individuals or groups of any size, live online education permits the instructor to run the class from a remote office while the students can be spread across an office or across the the U.S. Virtual education deploys proven teaching aids such as virtual white boards, real-time questions, and shared applications. Sessions can be brief and targeted for specific topics or longer in duration and wider in coverage. Teachers and students can work through problems one-on-one or as a class.

For more details concerning Progent's consulting support for Microsoft Windows 7, call 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.