Desktop Migration - Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise
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I am ramping up for a migration of Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise and was looking for some tips and recommendations on making it a smooth migration. We have been stuck on 7 due to software compatibility constraints. We recently upgraded our ERP system and the last major hold-out is a minor ShoreTel update.
I use WDS and MDT for deployment and will be creating my gold image in vcenter server. I have seen some people posting their tips on "new" GPOs for Windows 10, do you guys and gals have any?
Also, which version of Windows 10 Enterprise are you deploying? LTSB or regular (1703)?
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@wrx7m I don't have any Windows 10 specific GPO stuff.
I always install current, never LTSB. Maybe you have a business reason for LTSB to make sense, but no one but your organization can know that.
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I'm with Jared. Current unless you have a strong reason to be on the lagging release.
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Thanks, @JaredBusch @scottalanmiller - I don't have a specific reason for LTSB, I wanted to make sure I didn't overlook something.
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If you have to migrate users desktops, download the User State Migration Tools (USMT) and find a tutorial on scanstate and loadstate. You can keep it really simple, or get pretty involved depending on your needs.
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@mike-davis Thanks for the tip. I will check those tools out.
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Make sure you update your Central Store with the latest Windows 10 1703 administrative templates.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55080 -
@black3dynamite Thanks. I will double-check the version i have. I did it in May, I think.
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Why Windows 10 Enterprise? Is there a feature there you need? Lots of expense there.
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@dashrender said in Desktop Migration - Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise:
Why Windows 10 Enterprise? Is there a feature there you need? Lots of expense there.
Costs the same as pro when you have vlk
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@wrx7m said in Desktop Migration - Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise:
@dashrender said in Desktop Migration - Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise:
Why Windows 10 Enterprise? Is there a feature there you need? Lots of expense there.
Costs the same as pro when you have vlk
Oh? What's changed?
I know Enterprise used to be part of Software Assurance, but they broke that out a while ago. Enterprise can be purchased directly through VLK as a one time purchase, subscription not required.
That said - I had Win 7 and Win 8(.1) throughout my organization. Moving to Windows 10 was free, and the one VLK SA license I had for a previous Windows Pro machine granted me access to the Pro media so I could use images to roll it out.
So I'm curious, had you purchased Enterprise previously? or carried SA on all licenses before the SA/Enterprise split (and get grandfathered into getting both licenses?)
Or are there new licensing setup I'm unaware of?
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@dashrender It is SA
