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Gartner: Start planning to move off Windows 7 -- GCN
Gartner: Start planning to move off Windows 7 -- GCN
Government IT managers thinking they can catch a break from operating
system upgrades might have to think again. Industry analyst firm
Gartner recently suggested that enterprises need to make plans today to
move off Windows 7, in its recently published report, Plan Now to Avoid Windows XP Deja Vu With Windows 7.
Migrating from Windows 7 may be an unwelcome message right now for
many agencies. They may have just recently moved from Windows XP, or
they may still be struggling with getting all of their machines off that
12-year-old operating system, which fell out of extended support back in April.
Microsoft's current flagship client OS is Windows 8.1, which is
capable of running Windows 7 apps (Win32 apps) on the desktop side of
the OS. The next Windows under development, called "Threshold" by
Microsoft (or "Windows 9" by unofficial sources), is vaguely described
by Microsoft as bringing back a Start Menu and allowing Windows Store
Apps ("Metro") to run on the desktop side of the OS. Threshold is
rumored to appear in the spring of 2015, but Microsoft hasn't said
anything official about its arrival schedule.
Such vagueness means that planning for Windows 8/8.1 may be the main
consideration for organizations. However, they still face coming to
grips with some app compatibility issues when moving from Windows 7, the research and consulting firm contends.
Microsoft recently revised the product support lifecycle for Internet Explorer
on supported Windows releases, explained Michael A. Silver, research
vice president for endpoint computing at Gartner, and coauthor of the
report, in an e-mail. That change in policy will accelerate the upgrade
pressures for organizations using Microsoft's older browser versions.
"And now Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will only be
supported with IE 11 as of January 2016, meaning that IE 8, 9, and 10
will all lose support at that time," Silver said. "This presents more
support and compliance issues."
Gartner's report particularly calls out Internet Explorer as one of
the top application compatibility problems that IT pros will have to
face in migrating to Windows 8/8.1. Microsoft does have a remediation solution of sorts for organizations
running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. This new solution, called Enterprise Mode for IE 11
(EMIE), provides a means for organizations to run applications based on
the older Internet Explorer 8 browser technology. The IE 11 browser
emulates IE 8 technologies via Enterprise Mode. IE 8 was the most recent
browser version that was supported on Windows XP, so many organizations
may still have Web-based applications that depend on continuing to use
IE 8 technologies.
EMIE apparently isn't perfect, though. It may have "bugs" and it can be "broken," Microsoft admitted, in a recent blog post. And Silver said that organizations haven't come around to embracing it.
"Orgs are not sold on EMIE yet, and it does not solve the compliance,
support and validation issues discussed above," Silver explained.
"Microsoft should not have included Windows 7 in the new policy. It's
going to be a huge problem for customers."
On a practical note, Gartner's report offers three approaches for
organizations using Windows 7 but considering moving to Windows 8/8.1.
One approach is to put Windows 8 on new machines as those machines get
replaced. A second approach would be to skip Windows 8 altogether and
hold out for Windows Threshold or a subsequent release (Gartner thinks
most organization will try to do this). The third idea is a total
replacement of Windows 7 with Windows 8 machines, but Gartner doesn't
see a compelling business case for that approach.
Government IT managers thinking they can catch a break from operating
system upgrades might have to think again. Industry analyst firm
Gartner recently suggested that enterprises need to make plans today to
move off Windows 7, in its recently published report, Plan Now to Avoid Windows XP Deja Vu With Windows 7.
Migrating from Windows 7 may be an unwelcome message right now for
many agencies. They may have just recently moved from Windows XP, or
they may still be struggling with getting all of their machines off that
12-year-old operating system, which fell out of extended support back in April.
Microsoft's current flagship client OS is Windows 8.1, which is
capable of running Windows 7 apps (Win32 apps) on the desktop side of
the OS. The next Windows under development, called "Threshold" by
Microsoft (or "Windows 9" by unofficial sources), is vaguely described
by Microsoft as bringing back a Start Menu and allowing Windows Store
Apps ("Metro") to run on the desktop side of the OS. Threshold is
rumored to appear in the spring of 2015, but Microsoft hasn't said
anything official about its arrival schedule.
Such vagueness means that planning for Windows 8/8.1 may be the main
consideration for organizations. However, they still face coming to
grips with some app compatibility issues when moving from Windows 7, the research and consulting firm contends.
Microsoft recently revised the product support lifecycle for Internet Explorer
on supported Windows releases, explained Michael A. Silver, research
vice president for endpoint computing at Gartner, and coauthor of the
report, in an e-mail. That change in policy will accelerate the upgrade
pressures for organizations using Microsoft's older browser versions.
"And now Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will only be
supported with IE 11 as of January 2016, meaning that IE 8, 9, and 10
will all lose support at that time," Silver said. "This presents more
support and compliance issues."
Gartner's report particularly calls out Internet Explorer as one of
the top application compatibility problems that IT pros will have to
face in migrating to Windows 8/8.1. Microsoft does have a remediation solution of sorts for organizations
running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. This new solution, called Enterprise Mode for IE 11
(EMIE), provides a means for organizations to run applications based on
the older Internet Explorer 8 browser technology. The IE 11 browser
emulates IE 8 technologies via Enterprise Mode. IE 8 was the most recent
browser version that was supported on Windows XP, so many organizations
may still have Web-based applications that depend on continuing to use
IE 8 technologies.
EMIE apparently isn't perfect, though. It may have "bugs" and it can be "broken," Microsoft admitted, in a recent blog post. And Silver said that organizations haven't come around to embracing it.
"Orgs are not sold on EMIE yet, and it does not solve the compliance,
support and validation issues discussed above," Silver explained.
"Microsoft should not have included Windows 7 in the new policy. It's
going to be a huge problem for customers."
On a practical note, Gartner's report offers three approaches for
organizations using Windows 7 but considering moving to Windows 8/8.1.
One approach is to put Windows 8 on new machines as those machines get
replaced. A second approach would be to skip Windows 8 altogether and
hold out for Windows Threshold or a subsequent release (Gartner thinks
most organization will try to do this). The third idea is a total
replacement of Windows 7 with Windows 8 machines, but Gartner doesn't
see a compelling business case for that approach.
HP Still Touting Windows 7 PCs, Two Years After Windows 8 Debut | Re/code
HP Still Touting Windows 7 PCs, Two Years After Windows 8 Debut | Re/code
While Microsoft continues to update Windows 8 to address its critics,
some computer makers have a different way to please fans of classic
Windows: Just keep selling computers with the old software.
In an email newsletter Wednesday, HP led its sales pitch with the
line “Windows 7 PCs on sale, just in time for school,” adding that
Windows 7 is still available preinstalled on select notebooks and
desktops. From HP’s website, more than a dozen laptops and desktop
models running Windows 7 are still offered for sale.
HP is not alone in continuing to sell Windows 7 PCs to consumers. Dell still offers a number of consumer PCs running Windows 7, as do other computer makers.
While not unheard of — PC makers clung to Windows XP after Vista flopped — it does show that the industry still sees Windows 8 as a drawback, at least for some PC buyers.
It has been nearly two years since Windows 8 went on sale.
Though the update was pitched as the future of Windows, Microsoft has
spent the last couple of years finding ways to make the new Windows look
more like the old one. With Windows 8.1, released last year, Microsoft added the ability to boot to the old-style desktop.
The company has promised the next version of Windows will go even further, allowing new-style apps to run from the desktop and bringing back a more traditional start menu.
As for consumer PCs with Windows 7, expect to see those on sale
through Oct. 31, after which computer makers will no longer be able to
sell them as a standard option, per Microsoft’s policy.
Microsoft hasn’t set an end-of-sales date for machines running the
professional version of Windows 7, and business customers often have the
right to “downgrade” their machines to an older version of Windows as
well.
While Microsoft continues to update Windows 8 to address its critics,
some computer makers have a different way to please fans of classic
Windows: Just keep selling computers with the old software.
In an email newsletter Wednesday, HP led its sales pitch with the
line “Windows 7 PCs on sale, just in time for school,” adding that
Windows 7 is still available preinstalled on select notebooks and
desktops. From HP’s website, more than a dozen laptops and desktop
models running Windows 7 are still offered for sale.
HP is not alone in continuing to sell Windows 7 PCs to consumers. Dell still offers a number of consumer PCs running Windows 7, as do other computer makers.
While not unheard of — PC makers clung to Windows XP after Vista flopped — it does show that the industry still sees Windows 8 as a drawback, at least for some PC buyers.
It has been nearly two years since Windows 8 went on sale.
Though the update was pitched as the future of Windows, Microsoft has
spent the last couple of years finding ways to make the new Windows look
more like the old one. With Windows 8.1, released last year, Microsoft added the ability to boot to the old-style desktop.
The company has promised the next version of Windows will go even further, allowing new-style apps to run from the desktop and bringing back a more traditional start menu.
As for consumer PCs with Windows 7, expect to see those on sale
through Oct. 31, after which computer makers will no longer be able to
sell them as a standard option, per Microsoft’s policy.
Microsoft hasn’t set an end-of-sales date for machines running the
professional version of Windows 7, and business customers often have the
right to “downgrade” their machines to an older version of Windows as
well.
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