Monthly Archives: July 2009

Windows 7 Is Now RTM

By sduncan | Published: July 23, 2009
Windows 7 went RTM this morning:  http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx Let’s see how long it takes to get my hands on the source!
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The Calm Before the Storm

By sduncan | Published: July 23, 2009
RTM is imminent, and I’d say I’m just about ready for Open Pilot and full scale deployment. The issues that we identified during Closed Pilot are now down to a manageable list and I’m feeling pretty excited about pulling the trigger. The issues we identified during closed pilot were fairly trivial; none of which came close [...]
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Windows 7 SOE Deployed to Closed Pilot Users

By sduncan | Published: July 14, 2009
Last week we rolled out the first cut of our Windows 7 SOE image to a set of closed pilot users. There are 27 closed pilot users in total, representing a good cross section of users and hardware types from each line of business. Nearly all the closed pilot users are located in the same [...]
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User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0

By sduncan | Published: July 3, 2009
Arguably the most challenging task of an SOE deployment is determining how to capture users’ data and application settings, and then restore it post image deployment. The speed and accuracy of this task has possibly the biggest impact on a user’s perceived success (or otherwise) of the project. Windows 7 may be a wonderful operating [...]
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