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	August 9, 2007 Things To Consider When Preparing For Windows Vista Test App Compatibility While Anticipating SP1 And Configuration Manager 2007 by Benjamin Gray with Simon Yates, Robert Whiteley, Christine E. Atwood

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Executive Summary

For the vast majority of businesses, Windows Vista is a matter of when and how — not if. This is thanks in large part to Microsoft's dominance in the corporate client operating system (OS) market. Last year, Forrester interviewed more than 1,600 PC decision-makers across North American and European enterprises and SMBs about their Windows Vista deployment plans. More recently, we followed up with 45 expert user interviews to get a sense of how IT has been preparing for Windows Vista — if at all. What we found is mostly in line with previous generations of the Windows OS: initial upgrade apathy, followed by acceptance, and eventually, action. Forrester captured some insightful and, at times, humorous perspectives from IT ops pros on how IT should prepare for Windows Vista.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Initial Business Deployment Plans For Windows Vista Were Aggressive
• Making The Business Case For Windows Vista
• IT Should Prepare For Windows Vista Now, Regardless Of Deployment Timing

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