So, we’ve just kicked off a project to design and deploy a Windows 7 SOE to our internal customers. It’s an unusual situation for me. In my 9 years with Data^#3 I’ve delivered countless Desktop SOE projects for clients, but this time I also get to be a user of the solution when it’s complete. J I’ll be blogging my experiences over the coming months from both perspectives.

We all know that Windows Vista was given a fair old snubbing from the business community. As a result, the number of Desktop SOE Design and Deployment engagements I’ve been involved in has slowed a little in the last couple of years. The pending RTM availability of Windows 7 promises to keep my colleagues and I busy for quite some time. Many of our customers are gearing up now to get the next iteration of their corporate desktop underway.

Plenty of us have already been running the Windows 7 Beta and RC builds and dabbled with the improvements in manageability and deployment. But this project provides an opportunity to properly re-visit the business requirements, the policies and the processes that contribute to a mature desktop environment.

By leveraging the features of Windows 7, MDT 2010 and SCCM 2007 we expect to significantly elevate the maturity of the desktop service provided internally by Data^#3. We’ll measure this improvement in a number of ways, including before and after maturity assessments performed by an independent consultant.

Data^#3 is a technology company and in an environment where everyone is an expert – there’ll be no hiding from the knives if this project doesn’t deliver. J

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