A Taste of 10

A Taste of 10 -

Back in my day ...

And now, it's time for another exciting episode of
"the Grumpy Old Tech Guy."

Back in my day we did not on the user experience. We have our users hardware and software that we selected at our discretion (and we used it and enjoyed it, by gum!). We use these technologies to our users and that was it. If they did not like it? Too bad they have what we gave them, and they used them as best they could. Period.

Fast forward twenty or even ten years until today and it is a different story. The User Experience does matter. And it plays a major role, or, as we say in Boston, "an angry very." Because if the employees (fka "user") are not happy, they will just go around us and maintain their own technology, effectively cutting IT altogether. Not to mention that most of us now carry out employee satisfaction surveys, and if we do not get 5 stars, in the words of Ricky Ricardo, "Luuuuuceeeeeeee, you have a few" do splaining. "

looming By migrating to Windows 10 on the horizon for many of your customers, now is the time to their employees a vested partner in your success.

a Taste of making 10: What to do

It's really easy, especially if your customers create already a Citrix partner service , or a few "golden" images . to your XenDesktop farm customer. XenDesktop already publishing support 10 Windows and how to implement the most important functions (acronyms) need for a Windows 10 VDI. VDA, PVS, MCS, UPM, AppDNA and more. this Windows 10 desktops to a selected group of test people and invite them to tire of the new desktop to occur.

can spin the test employees their Windows 10 virtual desktops and get to the interface at their own pace acclimatized. You can test and make sure that they can adjust before a company-wide rollout their LOB applications in the new desktop. They can easily be in production Windows 7 desktops as easy as changing to close a window. This will not only feel empowered employees, but it is also as a vested partner in the migration and feel that their employees increase satisfaction. Yes five star!

to increase and responsible for you, your partner for a successful roll-out at your customer site, your taste 10 very effective turn in your acceptance and success. You can observe how employees use Windows 10 golden images, the hell also record the sessions in Director and make changes to what you and your customers to see. And because the user is experienced with your Windows 10 VDI before you do the switch flip then help desk tickets are likely to be fewer and farther between. And that makes for a happy customer and happy customers are repeat customers.

As an added value to our Citrix solution Advisors (CSA), we are expanding our range AppDNA your customers to use for free, while Windows run 10 migration. That's right, quickly and efficiently test their applications compatibility it with the Windows 10 in a fraction of the time used to take with manual tests. You want to pay your customers for months and months of manual app compat testing? I do not think so.

Now, after a successful taste of 10 program and you are ready to create your own supported Windows 10 desktops you deploy can ask yourself, "I should install deploy fat Windows 10 as a legacy or should I use the Windows 10 retained as VDI? "These are big questions that you raise. I bet you all night thinking of them stayed on. I know that I did it.

I, of course, would 10 use the argument for the production of windows with XenDesktop. My argument, while largely influenced by my employment at Citrix goes far beyond. Let's face it, not all of your customers existing hardware is ready Windows 10, ineffective makes XenDesktop this point. And the more you can save your customers on hardware purchases can be converted into sales services. Does your customer such as increased security, flexibility and on this blog that the golden thread provides a great user experience? Check, check and check if Windows 10 with a virtual desktop.

Well, I know what you're wondering. Ask "But Microsoft said Windows 10, the last major version of Windows. If that's the case, why is my customer needs VDI if they never migrate again from one operating system to another?"

And again big question. Let me plant this seed and a little hoe. While it may be true that there will be no further major releases, Microsoft is going to do what I call the Rolling Thunder upgrades. That is, they publish material changes much more frequently than before. The best way to manage this is thunder, with a select few golden images of your virtual desktops. It is easier these updates centrally manage XenDesktop than 50,000 end devices. And what client not as efficient consulting partner like you?

And that's all the things you can do for your customers today! Check out this blog post to get started.

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