Desktop Migration - Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise
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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.
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@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
