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Bob Kelly appointed as new Chief Product Officer at Juriba

Juriba, a leader in enterprise application and device lifecycle management, is thrilled to announce Bob Kelly as its new Chief Product Officer. This comes just six months after he joined the company ...

Company News

Announcing AppM v4.7

We are pleased to announce the release of AppM v4.7. The latest AppM release delivers several repackaging improvements, smoke-testing bug fixes, and security enhancements.

Bob Kelly

The impact of lost or missing devices on enterprises

Did you know that, according to an Intel and Ponemon Institute survey, an organization will lose on average 265 laptops per year, but typically only recover 12? In addition to that Gartner estimates ...

Barry Angell
application owner, compatibility and testing

Application owner challenges: compatibility and testing

Windows compatibility is less of a concern these days, but ensuring compatibility with not just the operating system but the other applications in the enterprise remains a challenge that requires ...

Bob Kelly

Juriba App Owner: explained

Take an innovative approach to application packaging and testing, starting with the tools to ensure an effective application owner program, and then by empowering application owners to initiate ...

Bob Kelly

Juriba's commitment to accessibility: enhancing digital inclusion

In an era where digital inclusion is paramount, accessibility is no longer just a consideration but a crucial aspect for businesses aiming to meet Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) obligations. ...

Neil Wheeler
Application Owner focus on security and compliance

Application owner challenges: security and compliance concerns

One of the chief benefits of an application owner program is to address security updates proactively. Rather than reactively detecting and prioritizing updates based on security scans for known ...

Bob Kelly

16 questions you need to ask to assess the risk of lost or missing devices

Between laptops, tablets, phones, & peripheral devices, large organizations can easily have tens if not hundreds of thousands of devices to keep track of at any given time. Despite the myriad of ...

John Garner
Application Owners must keep up with rapid change

Application owner challenges: keeping pace with rapid change

In today's fast-paced application landscape, Application Owners face the daunting task of staying abreast of frequent updates. With some applications rolling out updates and new features multiple ...

Bob Kelly
Device Reclamation

Benefits & challenges of device reclamation: recovering lost or missing devices

Did you know that according to Gartner, "about 30% of enterprise IT hardware may be lost, missing, or 'ghosted' in enterprise environments today, which happens at any stage of the lifecycle — from ...

Barry Angell

Application owner challenges: resource allocation and expertise

This is the first in a group of four articles detailing common application owner program challenges to understand and overcome. It is important that the role and responsibilities of the app owner be ...

Bob Kelly

Application owner: levels of responsibility

Application Owner sounds like a pretty important role—and in many organizations, it is. However, the responsibilities of an application owner vary significantly, with a range of responsibilities that ...

Bob Kelly
Ghosted devices stack in a filing cabinet

What are inactive or "ghosted" devices and why should you care?

With up to 76% of all full-time workers being knowledge workers, organizations rely heavily on employee devices such as laptops, PCs, and mobile phones to conduct business and store sensitive data. ...

Barry Angell
application owner challenges

Application owner program challenges to understand and overcome

Despite its widespread adoption as a positive benefit to enterprise organizations, there are many challenges that application owner programs face. In a series of articles, I will outline some of ...

Bob Kelly

Announcing AppM v4.6

We are pleased to announce the release of AppM v4.6. This release delivers several improvements and bug fixes to packaging and smoke testing capabilities, as well as minor UI updates to simplify the ...

Bob Kelly

Application owner program goals

There are many challenges around application management in the enterprise that can be attacked in many ways. An Application Owner program gets its tentacles into addressing many of them, but it is ...

Bob Kelly

Application owner guidance: how to determine if you are on the latest version

If you are an application owner, especially if you are 'non-technical', determining if the applications you have been asked to keep an eye on are on the latest version isn't always straight forward. ...

Bob Kelly

The Essential Guide to Application Lifecycle Management for IT Pros

As the number and complexity of applications in the enterprise continue to grow, the need for streamlining the packaging process, reducing errors and ensuring applications are deployed consistently ...

Bob Kelly

The impact of AI on Application Management

Earlier this month, I gave a talk on Large Language Models (LLMs) and their impact on application management from an IT pro perspective at the AppManagEvent in Utrecht. Unfortunately, that talk ...

Bob Kelly

Introducing the Digital Workplace Operational Assessment

Digital workplace management is crucial for achieving CIO and overall business objectives, but is a significant cost to any business, which needs to be justified and show a measurable ROI. ...

Barry Angell

The key to long-term digital workplace success: executive management support

In a 2023 Gartner Survey, 27 % of CIOs and other technology executives identified "ensuring that business leaders understand the possibilities" as their #1 struggle while developing a vision for ...

Barry Angell

2 tools to assess and benchmark digital workplace maturity and operational efficiency 

Digital workplace management has been a hot topic since the introduction of Windows 10 in 2015, but in the last 12 months, interest in digital workplace programs has risen significantly.

Barry Angell

Juriba appoints Bob Kelly as new Head of Product

Juriba, a provider of enterprise application management solutions, today announced the appointment of Bob Kelly as its new Head of Product. In his role, Bob will be responsible for leading the ...

Company News

Juriba integrates with PingFederate to authenticate, validate, and assign role membership to the Juriba Platform

In today's digital landscape, ensuring robust security while offering an employee-friendly experience is essential. Authentication, validation, and role membership are cornerstones of a secure and ...

Cheok-Ho Mai
Definition Digital Workplace

What is a Digital Workplace? [Definition]

The Digital Workplace is transforming the way we work. It is an ever-evolving ecosystem of workplace technologies that enables us to communicate, collaborate, and manage content and knowledge more ...

Barry Angell
Windows 11 laptop

The 14 steps to planning your Windows 11 migration

Download the Windows 11 project plan Many large organizations encountered difficulties when transitioning their users to Windows 10, leading to the abandonment of biannual upgrade plans. As a result, ...

Barry Angell

Metamorphosis: Juriba’s Coming of Age

Juriba recently celebrated its 15th birthday. Our founders, coming out of JP Morgan at the time recognized that there was a significant gap in the way automation could improve the processes of End ...

Steve Robinson

Hardware Lifecycle Template: Delivering your device refresh faster, cheaper, and more efficiently

Moving away from spreadsheets and disparate processes for your device refreshes can be a daunting task. The Hardware Lifecycle Template has been built to help you quickly and seamlessly move into an ...

Graham Minshull

Windows 11 hardware readiness: How you compare to the world’s leading enterprises

Although migrating to Windows 11 from Windows 10 isn't going to be much different than upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 10, there is one snag that could hold a lot of organizations back longer ...

John Garner

Microsoft, Nexthink, Rimo3: Windows 11 Assessment Service options in comparison

With Windows 11 offering improved security, performance, and reliability, as well as the looming as the end-of-life date for Windows 10, October 14th, 2025, many organizations are seriously ...

Barry Angell

Top 5 takeaways from the Gartner Digital Workplace Summit

This week, Julia Bell and I attended the Gartner Digital Workplace Summit in London. The conference brings together IT executives, Digital Workplace leaders, architects, application leaders, and I/O ...

Barry Angell

What to expect when adopting a Digital Platform Conductor as an early adopter

Are you considering a Digital Platform Conductor (DPC) for your organization, but you aren't sure if it pays off to be an early adopter this early in the game? Or have you decided to go for it, but ...

Barry Angell
Achieving sustainability goals with Device Lifecycle Management

Achieving sustainability goals with Device Lifecycle Management

As enterprises strive to become more sustainable, Device Lifecycle Management and sustainability must be considered. With the rise of laptops and PCs in enterprise IT estates, organizations are now ...

Julia Bell

Juriba evolves from Workplace Automation to Digital Platform Conductor for the Workplace

Over the past few years, the way organizations manage IT has drastically changed, and so has Juriba. Always a step ahead of the market, Juriba has transformed from an IT Transformation management ...

Barry Angell
What Is A Digital Platform Conductor (DPC) & Do You Need One?

What is Gartner's Digital Platform Conductor & do you need it?

In November 2022, Gartner® published its first-ever Digital Platform Conductors (DPC) Market Guide. In this report, the analyst company explores a rapidly evolving technology market currently ...

Barry Angell

Windows 11 Enterprise Vs. Professional [A Comparison]

The Windows 11 Operating System is the latest in Microsoft’s line of products and is designed to provide a powerful and secure platform for businesses. However, when choosing between Windows 11 ...

Barry Angell

Maximizing The ROI Of Enterprise Device Lifecycle Management

The return on investment of Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) initiatives is a key consideration for Digital Workplace leaders and enterprise IT managers looking to optimize their hardware refresh ...

Barry Angell

Your 12 Stepping Stones To Evergreen IT Readiness

A few days ago, we introduced our new Evergreen IT Readiness Scorecard, which I believe is going to be a game-changing resource for many Heads of Modern Workplace, VPs of EUC, IT managers, and many ...

Barry Angell

Juriba Incorporates In The US, Further Cementing Commitment To The North American Market

As you might know, Juriba has a long and successful history working with customers in the United States. Our commitment to the North American market has always been firm and continues to strengthen ...

Monique Sarah Commandeur
Which Should You Upgrade To: Windows 11 Or Windows 10 22H2?

Which Should You Upgrade To: Windows 11 Or Windows 10 22H2?

According to a Juriba survey, only 13% of respondents are in the process of starting or will start their Windows 11 migration this year, while 38% of organizations will start their move to the next ...

Barry Angell

New Project Template drastically accelerates Windows 11 by intelligently optimizing migration paths

One of the hardest things to deal with when managing a large Enterprise IT Transformation project, such as a Windows 11 migration and (soon after) the management of subsequent upgrades, is that a) ...

Barry Angell

How To Tackle The Top Blockers For Your Microsoft Intune Migration

In September, back by popular demand, the Juriba team held a webinar to explore the paths available for organizations migrating to Microsoft Intune and reveal what's involved in the process and the ...

Andrew Feltoe
Juriba Microsoft Intune Migration

How to Run a Successful Microsoft Intune Migration (With No Screw Ups)

On July 27th 2022, the Juriba team held a webinar to explore the paths available for organizations migrating to Microsoft Intune, what’s involved throughout this process and how Juriba’s Workplace ...

Andrew Feltoe
Andrew Feltoe Product Manager Juriba

An Interview with appM Product Manager Andrew Feltoe: Can Application Management Automation Really Make A Difference?

This conversation was recorded in July 2022 with Andrew Feltoe, who specializes in application management, and using data and software to solve real world problems. Andrew recently joined Juriba as ...

Barry Angell
Meet Us At The Virtual Workplace Evolution Event In Berlin

Virtual Workplace Evolution (VWE) 2022 Recap

We had an absolutely incredible time at VWE this year, it was an experience filled with great introductions, insightful sessions, and a plethora of engaging knowledge and growth. The Juriba booth ...

Monique Sarah Commandeur
Why Application Packaging Will Always Be Relevant

Juriba Interview Series #3 Bob Kelly: Why Application Packaging Will Always Be Relevant

This blog post is part of an ongoing Expert Interview Series where we meet with knowledgeable industry veterans on Evergreen IT, Modern Application Packaging, and Digital End User Experience. This ...

Barry Angell

J.P. Morgan Recognizes Juriba In UK's Top 20 Women-Powered Business

According to J.P. Morgan's Top 200 Female-Powered Businesses Report, there are 40,000 companies in the United Kingdom that can be classified as high-growth. Of these, 10,647 are founded, led, owned, ...

Monique Sarah Commandeur
Application Packaging Microsoft Intune

What To Think About When Moving Your App Management To Microsoft Intune

Who doesn't love a fairy tale ending, where good overcomes bad, and we celebrate the story's hero? Whilst not quite the Brothers Grimm, Microsoft Intune has established itself as a main character in ...

Julia Bell
Meet Us At The Virtual Workplace Evolution Event In Berlin

Meet Us At The Virtual Workplace Evolution Event In Berlin

After more than two years of not attending large industry events and conferences, we are excited to share that we will be at the Virtual Workplace Evolution (VWE) 2022 in Berlin, Germany from June ...

Monique Sarah Commandeur

Drastically accelerate your device refresh with these 2 strategic & 2 practical ways

As large organizations are preparing for Windows 11 and are moving increasingly towards Evergreen IT Management, many questions arise on how to streamline and accelerate the process. Now that most ...

Neil Wheeler

20 questions to ask in a Juriba demo

The end-user IT environments in large enterprises continue to become more complex with a higher velocity of change than ever before. Now you are managing hardware refreshes, OS servicing updates, ...

Barry Angell

Is Hardware Lifecycle Management Holding Your Customer Back?

As client hardware ages, it costs more to maintain and often impacts end user productivity. Modern processes and applications can be left at the mercy of the aging infrastructure’s abilities to ...

Mahesh Siddamsetty

Juriba Interview Series #2: Daniel Engberg: Why Agile Methodologies Are The Key To Driving Evergreen IT

This blog post is part of an ongoing Expert Interview Series in which we interview knowledgeable industry veterans on the topics of Evergreen IT, Workplace Automation, and Digital End User ...

Barry Angell
Juriba Blog Microsoft Intune

Spotlight on Microsoft Intune: A Modern Desktop Reality vs Hype

Microsoft Intune promises to simplify Modern Workplace management by enabling users to securely work on their device and applications of choice, with a service delivered entirely from the cloud. ...

Julia Bell
Juriba Interview Series #1

Juriba Interview Series #1: Arun Bhardwaj on Windows 11 Adoption

Windows 11 and other modern technologies such as Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Microsoft Intune are changing the landscape for every application packaging team, placing application management and ...

Mahesh Siddamsetty

Dashworks On-Premise Or In The Cloud: Which One Is Right For You?

The attitude toward the Cloud in large enterprises has significantly shifted in the last five years. While a few years ago, there were legitimate concerns and understandable hesitation, many large ...

Barry Angell

What Is Digital User Experience Monitoring & Analytics?

In the past few years, Digital (Business) Transformation has been an important goal that every organization has chased — especially after COVID-19 forced businesses to go digital almost overnight. ...

Barry Angell
Rise of Microsoft Intune

The Rise and Rise of Microsoft Intune: Driving The Modern Workspace

The End User IT landscape has become increasingly complex, with many management tooling options for managing devices, workstations, mobile systems, people, and processes in the Modern Workplace. One ...

Julia Bell

Internet Explorer 11 Goes End-Of-Life June 2022: What You Need To Know

Business users with systems that are even a few years old are ringing the warning bells. Microsoft announced on May 19th, 2021 that it will be phasing out its Internet Explorer browser entirely, and ...

Barry Angell

3 Dashworks Features That Will Smooth Out Your Hardware Refresh Cycles

Historically, end-user devices have largely been rolled out as part of big-bang OS migration projects. This meant that bulk hardware purchases were made, and the associated end of life for those ...

Barry Angell

Introducing Juriba Dashworks Cloud

The first quarter of 2022 has been a very busy one for us at Juriba. Not only did we officially launch the Windows 11 Assessment Service on February 23rd, but we are also thrilled to announce that, ...

Neil Wheeler
Will Modern Desktop Drive App Modernisation & MSIX Adoption

Will Modern Desktop Drive Application Packaging & MSIX Adoption?

Windows 11, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), and Microsoft Intune are new technologies changing the landscape for every application packaging team, placing application management and modernization at the ...

Julia Bell
Windows 11 and Application Packaging

Windows 11: What Does It Mean For Modern Application Packaging

Transitioning to an agile, modern workplace is a challenge that many organizations face over the coming years. The emergence and adoption of new technology is now frequent and expected, as key tech ...

Julia Bell
Man overcoming obstacle

What’s Holding Back Your Customers’ Migration To Windows 11?

Many end-users are already using Windows 11 on personal devices, but uptake in the enterprise space remains a little slow. An ad software and monitoring platform, AdDuplex, has reported that only 20% ...

Mahesh Siddamsetty

Your Roadmap To Rolling Out Windows 11 Until 2023

Many large organizations initially struggled to move onto Windows 10. The problems did not end there, as some subsequently got stuck on 1809 because they still hadn't transitioned to an Evergreen IT ...

Barry Angell

Juriba Officially Launches The Windows 11 Assessment Service

Finally, the day that many of us here at Juriba were waiting for arrived: February 23rd, 2022, the official launch of the Windows 11 Assessment Service! During the launch event, a webinar hosted by ...

Barry Angell

Why Juriba Is Offering The Windows 11 Assessment Service

On November 8th, 2021, Neil Wheeler and I introduced a new way Juriba is going to help its customers: the Windows 11 Assessment Service — the fastest way for enterprises to not only assess, but ...

Barry Angell
Robot and Human hand connecting puzzle peices

Offshoring vs Automation ‑ Just Say “No” Or Set Up To Grow?

For several years offshoring has been a sensible solution. Advanced skill sets, low labour costs, and readily available capacity in the major IT offshoring hubs, has meant that there’s been a ...

Mahesh Siddamsetty
Juriba plants a tree for every webinar sign up

Juriba Donates One Tree For Every Windows 11 Assessment Service Signup

Juriba as a company has the mission of implementing change and bringing forth transformation with the goal of making large organizations more efficient, agile, and productive. I have always been ...

Monique Sarah Commandeur

What You Need To Know About Packaging Complex Applications

Unfortunately, complex applications are a fact of life when managing any application estate. However, sometimes it is hard to know what exactly makes an application complex, what challenges you will ...

Barry Angell

Windows 11 & Windows 10 Servicing Timeline Update

Over the past few years, we have received feedback that our Windows 10 and Office 365 timeline graphics have been beneficial to those in the IT space, especially with the timelines being updated ...

Barry Angell

Windows 10 To Windows 11: BAU Or Project?

On November 30th, 2021 Microsoft outlined its recommendations on how enterprises should move to Windows 11. In the document, the software giant states that "Windows 10 and Windows 11 are designed to ...

Barry Angell
Introducing Wave Planning With Juriba Dashworks

Introducing Wave Planning With Juriba Dashworks

Theoretically speaking, Wave Planning (also known as Windows Deployment and Ring Scoping) is an easy-to-understand concept: you divide your estate into different waves (or rings) and deploy them ...

Barry Angell

How to accelerate Windows 11 migration rollouts

A few weeks ago, I walked you through the basics of planning a successful enterprise desktop migration to Windows 11 and while a lot of IT managers find that very helpful in a theoretical sense, it ...

Barry Angell

In-place, wipe & load, or hardware refresh: how windows 11 hardware requirements will determine your migration strategy

Ever since the announcement of Windows 11, there is a lot of talk about the new hardware requirements Microsoft's new operating system needs. Right off the bat, a lot of IT professionals balked at ...

Neil Wheeler

Windows 11 Project Plan Template: What It Is & How To Use It

After helping thousands of IT professionals with our Windows 10 Project Plan Template, we have now launched the Windows 11 version of this valuable resource. If you haven't already downloaded it, you ...

Barry Angell

The Basics Of Planning Your Enterprise Desktop Migration to Windows 11

With much drumroll, excitement, and to the surprise of many (you might remember the Windows 10 war cry "the last Windows ever"), Microsoft announced on June 24th, 2021 the launch of its brand-new ...

Barry Angell
Your Windows 11 Migration Will Be Different From Moving To Windows 10

Your Windows 11 Migration Will Be Different From Moving To Windows 10

Many of us still remember the initial migration to Windows 10 as somewhat painful (although nowhere as disastrous as the move to Windows 7). As usual, it was sold as an easy-peasy migration, but many ...

Barry Angell

The 5 Biggest Mistakes Enterprises Make As Part Of Their Hardware Refresh Management

Did you know that according to a Security Signals report for March 2021, more than 80% of enterprises said they have experienced at least one firmware attack in the past two years, but only 29% of ...

Barry Angell

The Application Packaging & Testing Process Explained Step By Step

Application packaging and testing have always been processes that are somewhat shrouded in mystery, siloed off from the rest of the IT organization. But now that the end-to-end process is becoming ...

Barry Angell
Which Version Of Windows Should You Upgrade To If You Are Stuck On 1809?

Which Version Of Windows Should You Upgrade To If You Are Stuck On 1809?

Last week we explored why so many enterprises are stuck on a particular Windows 10 version, 1809 to be exact. This situation is causing millions of enterprise users to run on an unsupported operating ...

Barry Angell

Why Enterprises Got Stuck On Windows 10 1809 & How To Get Unstuck

In a recent vendor briefing with Gartner about how to best manage the Windows Servicing process, the Gartner analysts mentioned that they are currently getting a lot of questions from enterprises are ...

Barry Angell

Juriba Launches New Website To Reflect New Workplace Automation Focus

A lot has happened at Juriba in the last 12 months. The UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growth businesses, BFG, invested in Juriba to fuel accelerated product development and drive ...

Barry Angell

3 Tips On How To Sell Application Packaging & Testing Automation Internally

On June 30th, 2021, Julia Bell, David Higginbotham, and I hosted a webinar entitled "How To Build Your Business Case For Automating Your App Packaging & Testing." If you haven't had a chance to ...

Barry Angell

Workplace Automation: Defined Less Than 100 Words

In a recent vendor briefing with Gartner, they mentioned that many large enterprises are getting stuck on Windows 10 1809 because they have not been able to streamline and automate the processes ...

Barry Angell

Building Your Business Case For App Testing & Packaging Automation

Despite slightly increasing IT budgets, better visibility, and higher prioritization of IT projects, enterprise IT organizations are under enormous pressure to do more with less. Mounting ...

Barry Angell

What To Make Of The Windows 11 / Sun Valley Rumors

For months, there have been hints. Microsoft watchers like Mary J. Foley, Zac Bowden, and Tom Warren have been talking about an upcoming "big update" for at least twelve months. Now, Microsoft ...

Barry Angell

The Impact Of Windows Virtual Desktop On Your Application Management Strategy

Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is a super hot topic with our customers right now as it promises to enable Work-From-Anywhere strategies securely and productively while drastically reducing the ...

Barry Angell
AppM Automation Platform

Juriba Launches AppM To Help You Manage Application Change In Minutes

Test & Package Applications Faster With Automation Juriba is delighted to announce the launch of AppM, their automated application platform enhancing their end-to-end IT delivery solution. ...

Barry Angell
Windows Virtual Desktop drastically reduces IT maintenance and cost.

What Heads Of Workplace Needs To Know About Windows Virtual Desktop

To many, Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is still a mystery. Although it has been around since 2019 and demand for it increased drastically over the last year when employees suddenly found ...

Barry Angell

Sorry, Microsoft's Cloud PC Won't Solve Your Constant Upgrade Problem

In early June of last year, on their public career page, Microsoft posted a job opening for a program manager for their Microsoft Cloud PC team. In the post, Microsoft gave few details and simply ...

Barry Angell
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5 Non-Technical Skills Your Business-as-Usual IT Team Must Have To Avoid Becoming Obsolete In This New As-A-Service World

(Originally published on Oct. 3rd, 2017, updated on May 5th, 2021) If you ask a bunch of different CIOs what is the biggest barrier to achieving his/her goals, you will likely hear the same answer: ...

Barry Angell

Should You Use Desktop Analytics To Manage Your Windows 10 Servicing?

With so many Enterprises stuck on version 1809 of Windows 10, it is not surprising to see organizations looking towards the open market to find a solution to the ongoing Windows 10 update problem. ...

Barry Angell

Juriba Launches New Partner Program: What To Expect

In 2021, Juriba is heavily investing to create a healthy and resilient partner ecosystem that relies on long-term relationships to the benefit of all parties involved — Juriba, our partners, and of ...

Iain Fraser

What You Need To Know About The New Dashworks Workflow Automation Engine

Traditionally, large IT transformations were fairly autonomous, one-off, big-bang migration projects, lasting between 2 to 5 years on average, depending on the scope of the project. Nowadays, with ...

Julia Bell

Stock Inventory: Manage devices in the supply chain with Dashworks

Is your organisation looking to Import data from your hardware vendor into Dashworks and manage devices in the supply chain before they are connected to the network? This new preview release is ...

Julia Bell

What Is The Difference Between The Office 365 Enterprise Plans?

Last month we wrote a detailed post about the different update channels to choose from for Microsoft 365 (Office 365 ProPlus) based on your organization's needs, as well as the name changes that have ...

Barry Angell

Juriba Makes Multi-Year Product Development Investment

Significant investment in product development has always been a huge priority for Juriba as we pursue our mission to cement our status as the world's leading software platform for enterprise ...

Julia Bell
Office 365 Migration 2-Click Process With Dashworks

How To Make Complex O365 Migrations A Simple 2-Click Process

There is no doubt that Microsoft 365 (M365) is one of the biggest drivers for revenue and new business at the moment for Microsoft. Due to the pandemic and the shift to remote work, Microsoft Teams ...

Neil Wheeler

Microsoft 365 (Office 365 ProPlus) Servicing Channel Changes Explained

There have been a lot of changes in 2020 with regard to how Microsoft is servicing their as-a-service products such as Windows 10 and Office 365. You can see our posts that we regularly update on the ...

Barry Angell

Introducing Your Go-To Resource For Evergreen IT Management

In the past few years, we have published way over 50 pieces of content on Evergreen IT Management in an effort to inspire you, help you get started, manage your upgrades as efficiently as possible, ...

Barry Angell

MSIX: Why Enterprises Aren't (Yet) Banking On The Future Of App Packaging

A few weeks ago, I attended the Flexera's Application Packaging Roundtable webinar about MSIX which was very interesting and included application management people from both customer organizations ...

Barry Angell

Why Digital Experience Management Matters Now More Than Ever

While remote work has become increasingly common over the past years, the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has certainly pushed the fast-forward button. In fact, a recent survey published by the ...

Barry Angell

Why Self-Service Is The Future Of App Packaging & Testing

Application packaging and testing hasn't changed much over the past twenty years — until now. Last month, we detailed some of the major historical changes up until the present, from MSI Installer to ...

Barry Angell

6 New App Packaging & Testing Innovations Coming Soon To A Business Unit Near You

Last week, we talked about the 20+ years of innovation drought in the application packaging and testing space and explained why this space is about to change. But in addition to MSIX and application ...

Barry Angell

Why Application Packaging Is Finally About To Change

I want to take you back just over 20 years to when I was working at the Woolwich Building Society in their IT department (my first job after University). Seated next to me were the application ...

Barry Angell
Juriba Dashworks Application Manager Dashboard

Top 10 Features Of The New Juriba AppM Platform

On November 13th 2020, we announced the acquisition of AppAvail, a best-in-class application packaging and testing automation solution that enables non-technical product owners, developers, ...

Barry Angell

Juriba Acquires AppAvail To Add Evergreen Smoke Testing, UAT, Packaging And More

On 13 November 2020, Juriba acquired AppAvail, a leading edge application packaging and testing automation provider, to add automated smoke testing, functional testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) ...

Iain Fraser

Juriba Partners with Aternity to Drive Digital Transformation Success

THE COMBINATION OF ATERNITY'S LEADING DIGITAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM AND JURIBA'S EVERGREEN IT COMMAND AND CONTROL PLATFORM ENABLES THE MODERN DIGITAL ENTERPRISE. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – October ...

Barry Angell

How To Build An Optimized Evergreen IT Tool Stack

Last week, I introduced our Evergreen IT Process Framework which introduced a generalized framework of processes that can be applied to any Evergreen IT use case, whether it is a hardware refresh, an ...

Barry Angell

One Evergreen IT Process Framework To Rule Them All

If you have read any of our content before, you know that having a repeatable, industrialized process is the very foundation for Evergreen IT Management success. By now, most organizations have ...

Barry Angell

Real World Desktop Analytics Results & How It Complements Dashworks

Desktop Analytics is a toolset that is gaining traction in the enterprise space with organizations looking to leverage compatibility, performance and health data to drive their ongoing Windows 10 ...

Barry Angell

Microsoft's Readiness Toolkit for Office Add-Ins and VBA Macros

Office 365, Microsoft's SaaS version of its Office Suite, has grown even more popular in recent months. Organizations, especially those that have already moved over to Windows 10, are starting or ...

Barry Angell

BGF Invests In Juriba To Accelerate Company Growth

Juriba is delighted to announce that BGF (@BGFinvestments), the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growth businesses, has decided to invest in the company to fuel accelerated product ...

Barry Angell

What You Need To Know About Evergreen IT & Smoke Testing

Co-ordinating the testing of hundreds or thousands of enterprise applications against a new operating system or patch release has long been the bane of many an application manager's life. But now ...

Barry Angell
Game Changing Evergreen IT Management Benefits

8 Game-Changing Benefits Of Evergreen IT Management Your Boss Wants To Know

Instinctively, we all know that keeping our IT environment up-to-date is a good thing. Yet, despite the fact that the enterprise market is, by now, over the peak of initial Windows 10 migrations, ...

Barry Angell

10 Steps For A Successful Windows 10 or Office 365 Migration Using A Service Integrator

Last week, we spoke about how to negotiate a successful Windows 10 or Office 365 migration deal with a service integrator. But what happens once the contracts are signed? Should you sit back and let ...

Barry Angell

25+ Evergreen IT Statistics You Need To Know

Did you know that 76% of statistics are made up on the spot? Okay, I just made that up. But all kidding aside, as with all new and emerging technology and management approaches, having reliable data ...

Barry Angell

Microsoft & Containers: An Introduction

The concept of containers has been a hot topic for those in the server space, but less so in the End-User technology space where Juriba spends its time. However, this is beginning to change with some ...

Barry Angell

How To Keep Sane Managing Remote Teams Not Used To Working From Home

Global Workplace Analytics estimates that "56% of the U.S. workforce holds a job that is compatible (at least partially) with remote work", yet "only 3.6% of the employee workforce works at home ...

Julia Bell

Microsoft's COVID-19-Related Changes To Windows 10, Office 365, And More

It's hard to keep up with the news these days as things move so rapidly in this unprecedented and uncertain time. But there are also rays of hope. Companies are finding innovative ways to serve their ...

Barry Angell

Evergreen IT Management & Your Legacy Business Apps

All enterprises have a dirty, not-so-little secret: their legacy applications. In fact, more than 90% of Fortune 500 companies still rely on legacy technologies and services to carry out ...

Barry Angell

8 Organizational Considerations For Successful Evergreen IT Management

A few years back, I wrote an article called "Why Evergreen IT Must Be Part Of Your Long-Term IT Strategy" which has been one of our most popular blog articles. It defined Evergreen IT as the ...

Barry Angell

176% ROI By Managing Multiple Evergreen IT Projects With Juriba

A few weeks ago, we walked through a detailed cost calculation of running an Evergreen IT-managed Windows 10 upgrade cycle. We were able to demonstrate significant savings while stressing the point ...

Barry Angell

The Real-World Cost Of Running A Windows 10 Upgrade

Now that Windows 7 is a thing of the past, enterprises have no choice but to complete their Windows 10 migrations — and with that, get on the treadmill of Windows 10 upgrade management as Microsoft ...

Barry Angell

The Basics Of Planning Your Enterprise Desktop Migration to Windows 10

While Windows 10 was touted initially as the fastest adopted OS in Microsoft history and Gartner predicted that 80% of enterprises would have completed or at least started their migration by the end ...

Barry Angell

5 common road blocks to adopting Evergreen IT

There are dozens of great reasons why you should move to Evergreen IT, such as an always-up-to-date estate, tightened security, and increased compliance. However, adopting a strategy that ...

Barry Angell
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Digital Transformation: Why Your IT Management Mindset Needs To Change Now

Almost every enterprise has understood by now that participation in Digital Transformation is mandatory. If you don't adapt fast enough, you will simply be shaded out by fast growing organizations, ...

Barry Angell
Windows10EOLDates

Reference Point: All Windows 10 Versions Release & EOL Dates (Updated September 2021)

This blog post has been updated as of September 2021, and will continue to be updated when there are changes to Windows 10 release and EOL dates, and other major revisions. Over the last few years, ...

Barry Angell
ModernDeviceManagement

Is Now The Right Time To Consider Modern Device Management?

Every 53 seconds, a laptop gets stolen. In 56% of the cases, the theft results in a data breach — costing the business an average of $47,000 per stolen device! On the other side, 61% of Gen Y and 50% ...

Barry Angell
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Microsoft Decouples New Features From Windows 10 Feature Releases

On December 16th 2019, Microsoft's Senior Program Manager for the Windows Insider Program, Brandon LeBlanc, announced in a blog post that the new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19536 (an early ...

Barry Angell
TheRoadToEvergreenITManagement

The Evergreen IT Planning Basics (Step-by-Step Guide)

In the past, we have shown you how to effectively plan for an enterprise Windows 10 transformation, Office 365 migration, and Windows-as-a-Service upgrade management. Because so many of you found ...

Barry Angell
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Dashworks Enterprise: Many Use Cases — One License To Manage Them All

Many times, after I give a demo, prospects get excited about the many different scenarios they can manage with Dashworks. All of a sudden, ideas come to life. "We could piggyback a hardware refresh ...

Barry Angell
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Right-to-Left or Left-to-Right: Which Is Better For Your Windows 10 Upgrades?

The title is one of the biggest questions enterprises face when deciding on a Windows 10 migration and/or upgrade approach for their estate. In other words, how will they determine when to migrate ...

Barry Angell
MSEndpointManager

Microsoft Endpoint Manager — Clever Marketing Or Fundamental Strategy Shift?

Last week, at this year's Ignite conference, Microsoft dropped a bunch of announcements that surprised even veteran industry analysts, e.g., Azure Arc, Project Cortex, Project Silica and, of course, ...

Barry Angell
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How We Mathematically Calculate Deployment Rings For Maximum Velocity

A few years back, a tech consultant won a few eBay auctions he was bidding on and found himself the owner of 2 tons of LEGO pieces overnight. He developed and built a GPU-based neural network to ...

Neil Wheeler
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Juriba Launches ServiceNow Connector For Dashworks

At Juriba, we know how important it is to work with, and action accurate, up-to-date data during your IT transformation project or BAU change activity. This is why our product, Dashworks, uses ...

Barry Angell
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How To Build A Waterproof Evergreen IT Business Case

It's October — and that means budget rounds for many organizations! Years ago, this was a rather straightforward exercise; you knew how much money you needed to keep the lights on, and then decide ...

Barry Angell
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User Acceptance Testing & Its Importance in Evergreen IT Management

Most of our customers are currently in the process of deciding 1) which Windows 10 Upgrade Management strategy to pursue (6, 12, 18 or 24 months), and whatever they are choosing, 2) how to achieve ...

Barry Angell
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Desktop Analytics: First Real-World Impressions

To the surprise of many, Microsoft announced on September 6th, 2019, that it will retire its Windows Analytics services in favor of Desktop Analytics. While the reality of Desktop Analytics (DA) ...

Barry Angell
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Managing Evergreen IT With Dashworks — The Agile Way

Last week, we took a closer look at how the Agile Software Development methodology and its concepts could be used to manage your IT estate the Evergreen IT way. Recently, we have been getting some ...

Barry Angell
AgileEvergreenIT

How To Apply Agile Software Development Methods To Your Evergreen IT Management

Traditionally, enterprises tackled large IT transformation projects such as OS migrations, infrastructure upgrades, or email migrations, one at a time in what is commonly termed a "big bang" ...

Barry Angell
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Announcing The Juriba Training Academy

At Juriba, we believe all our customers deserve access to valuable and free education on our products.

Barry Angell
Windows10Servicing19H2

Microsoft Effectively Slows Windows 10 Servicing Pace By Making 19H2 A Cumulative Update

A few weeks ago, we had an interesting internal discussion about whether or not Microsoft might be moving towards once-a-year upgrades to fall in line with the upgrade pace that most enterprises have ...

Barry Angell
DesktopAnalyticsPortal

Reading Between The Lines: What The Desktop Analytics Public Preview Tells Us

Microsoft has been buzzing this week with announcements around the future of its Windows 10 Servicing model — so much that one announcement almost fell through the cracks: the public preview release ...

Barry Angell
G-Cloud 11 blog

Juriba Confirmed As G-Cloud 11 Supplier

LONDON, 3 July 2019 -- Juriba has announced that its flagship software Dashworks has been accepted into the G-Cloud 11 framework, part of the UK Government’s digital marketplace.

Barry Angell
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Pro Tips From The Windows 10 Summit: How To Get Your Executives Fired Up About Evergreen IT

Do you dread having to pitch Windows 10 Service Management to your executives? Will they perceive it as yet another service they have to dole out cash for or think it is Business-as-Usual and not ...

Barry Angell
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3 Things To Consider When Deciding On A Future End-User Platform

When today's CIO talks about Digital Transformation, they are looking at a huge number of IT initiatives to increase productivity, reduce cost, improve agility and deliver the best experience to ...

Barry Angell
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On-Demand Webinar: Windows 10 Summit

On May 30 and July 2, Juriba's CTO, Barry Angell, presented a session entitled 'How to get your executive management fired up about Evergreen IT after your Windows 10 migration' at the Ivanti Windows ...

Barry Angell
Win10CompatibilityProblem

Why Windows 10 Enterprise Application Compatibility Is A Bigger Problem Now Than 5 Years Ago

It is easy to get caught up in Microsoft's marketing message that tells us application compatibility with Windows 10 isn't an issue any more. In fact, Microsoft claims that 99% of all Windows 7 ...

Barry Angell
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How The New WaaS Project Plan Differs From The Windows 10 Migration Project Plan

A few days ago, we launched our brand-new Windows-as-a-Service (WaaS) Project Plan, a fully customizable template with nearly 700 action items to speedily and efficiently manage your Windows 10 ...

Barry Angell
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Introducing The New Windows-as-a-Service (WaaS) Project Plan For Maximum Velocity Upgrades

It's been a long time coming, but it is finally here — our brand-new Windows-as-a-Service Management Project Plan Template! And I am thrilled to finally share with you some details on it. This ...

Barry Angell
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Traditional IT vs. Evergreen IT Management [Infographic]

When we started talking about the importance of Evergreen IT management in late 2015, there was almost no information out there on this new IT management approach. But within a few months, hundreds ...

Barry Angell
5 Critical IT KPIs That Will Improve With Evergreen IT

5 Critical IT KPIs That Will Improve With Evergreen IT

You may have heard that Evergreen IT is very beneficial as it increases your IT landscape's security and performance. You may have also heard that it lowers your ongoing IT maintenance costs. But how ...

Barry Angell
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Desktop Analytics 101 - What You Need To Know

A few weeks ago, I participated in two interesting sessions at the Microsoft Ignite Tour: one about Microsoft Autopilot, which we have extensively covered in the past, and one about Desktop ...

Barry Angell
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Time Is Up For Windows 7 - How To Position Your Organization For Windows 10 And Beyond [Q&As]

Last month, we partnered with Flexera to present the webinar entitled "Time is up for Windows 7: How to position your organization for Windows 10 and beyond" hosted by myself and Adam Jeffries, ...

Barry Angell
ITTransformationAdvice

The Worst Pieces Of IT Transformation Advice We Have Ever Heard

We all know that hindsight is always 20/20. There is probably nothing more frustrating than realizing that you just made a huge mistake, and then looking back and realizing that you should have known ...

Barry Angell
Flexera webinar blog post

Time Is Up For Windows 7: How To Position Your Organization For Windows 10 & Beyond [On-Demand Webinar]

Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting a webinar with our partner Flexera entitled "Time is up for Windows 7: How to position your organization for Windows 10 and beyond". If you missed it or you ...

Barry Angell
Dashworks updates 2018

Every Dashworks Update in 2018

2018 was the busiest year for our development team here at Juriba so we thought it might be useful to put out a summary of the major changes. As customer requests for functionality grow so does the ...

Barry Angell
HeadstartWindows10Migration

5 Week Step-by-Step Plan On Getting A Head-Start On Your 2019 Windows 10 Migration

2018 has been be a big year for enterprise IT teams — but for those who still haven't made the move to Windows 10 and adopted a repeatable and scalable Windows-as-a-Service Management framework, 2019 ...

Barry Angell
ExecutiveByuinEvergreenIT

How To Get Your Executive Management Fired Up About Evergreen IT

According to a 2015 Forester study, executives predicted that by 2020 47% of their revenue would be majorly impacted or entirely generated by digital — a sentiment that drove Digital Transformation ...

Barry Angell
MicrosoftFastTrack

What You Need To Know About Microsoft FastTrack

Many of our customers have signed up for Microsoft's free FastTrack service that they are eligible for if they purchased certain enterprise versions of Microsoft 365, Windows 10, or Office 365. But ...

Barry Angell
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Meet The People Behind Juriba

The Juriba team Juriba was formed in 2008 by a team of industry veterans who have spent their lives managing, operating and migrating enterprise desktops and infrastructure.

Barry Angell
MicrosoftDesktopAppAssure

What Microsoft Desktop App Assure Is — And What It Isn't

On September 6th, 2018, Microsoft announced two new resources to enable its customers to adopt its Modern IT Vision: Desktop Analytics, a cloud-based inventory management and application ...

Barry Angell
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How Juriba Fits Into Microsoft's Modern IT Vision

Over the last few weeks, we took a closer look at Microsoft's Modern IT Vision — in particular at Microsoft Autopilot improvements announced at Ignite and the new Device-as-a-Service offering, ...

Barry Angell
EvergreenHardwareRefreshJustInTimeorStockManagement

Evergreen IT Hardware Refresh: Stock Management or Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory Management

At Juriba, we get involved in a lot of hardware refresh projects as well as large scale IT transformations. A major part of refresh project planning is how to handle stock management and whether to ...

Barry Angell
Windows10LongTermServicingChannel2019

What You Have To Know About The Windows 10 Long-Term Servicing Channel

Update: On February 18th, 2021, Microsoft announced that the next versions of Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise will be released in H2 of 2021. Microsoft further announced that ...

Barry Angell
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12 Easy Steps To Completing Your Windows 10 Transformation With Maximum Velocity

November has been a big month for Windows 10. No, I am not referring to the stop-and-go release of the October 2018 Update but rather to the two major milestones Windows 10 is expected to reach ...

Barry Angell
Dashworks 5.3 blog

Dashworks 5.3 - What You Need To Know

We are excited to introduce you to the latest version of Dashworks, 5.3! After an extensive set of customer feedback sessions, our development team has been focusing on improving the capacity/booking ...

Barry Angell
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Enterprise Windows 10 Adoption Statistics

Shortly after releasing Windows 10 on July 29th 2015, Microsoft's former VP Windows and Devices Group, Terry Myerson, announced that in the next two to three years (mid-2018), Windows 10 would be the ...

Barry Angell
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How Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD) Fits Into Microsoft's Modern IT Vision: An Analysis

Traditional IT infrastructures are often loosely connected, relatively fragmented, and highly complex — making them incredibly difficult, labor-intensive, and therefore costly to maintain and update. ...

Barry Angell
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Celebrating 10 Years of Juriba

It's hard to believe, but on October 15, 2018 Juriba turned 10 so we thought we'd write about our journey! It all started in 2008 from Julia Bell's (our Chief Operating Officer) house and 7 million ...

Barry Angell
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What I Learned About Windows Autopilot At Ignite

What was the most impactful announcement for your organization at Microsoft's Ignite this year? For me, it was probably Michael Niehaus' session on Windows Autopilot, the software giant's new way to ...

Barry Angell
Ignite 2018 blog

Key Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2018

More than 26,000 people from 100 different countries attended the biggest Microsoft event for IT professionals and enterprise developers, Microsoft Ignite 2018 in Orlando. Our Juriba team was there ...

Barry Angell
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4 Differences That Might Prevent You From Hiring Rockstar Women For Your Tech Team

Please note: This article was first published on the Ivanti Women in Tech blog. I am the co-founder and COO of enterprise technology company Juriba, and a technologist with more than 20 years ...

Julia Bell
Windows 10 Servicing Timeline Sept 2018

Microsoft Just Announced (Another!) Windows-as-a-Service Support Model Change — What Does It Mean For You?

If you, like many others, have been struggling to keep up with the constant modifications the Windows-as-a-Service support model has undergone since its initial release, you know that the Greek ...

Barry Angell
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Announcing The Dashworks Connector For Microsoft Analytics Upgrade Readiness

Ever since the introduction of Microsoft's Windows Analytics service, Microsoft has been working hard to convince enterprise IT admins to manage their Windows 10 migration and later service upgrades ...

Barry Angell
Windows10DeploymentRingCriteria

How To Choose The Right Windows 10 Deployment Ring Enrollment Criterion For Your Organization

Over the past three years. I have probably spoken to dozens if not hundreds of IT managers, executives, schedulers, and other folks involved in Windows-as-a-Service management, and there is one ...

Barry Angell
SelfServiceITTransformationMotivation

How To Use Psychology To Drive Your Self-Service IT Transformation

Raise your hand if you love filling out your tax return every year. How about government censure surveys? No? How about doing a quick Facebook quiz on your dream vacation destination? Or telling your ...

Barry Angell
SimpleGuideToMicrosoftsModernITManagement

The Simple Guide To Microsoft's Modern IT Management

By 2020, one out of two US employees will be working remotely, a new study finds. But the same is true for many other countries, e.g., the United Kingdom. While for some, this might seem like a ...

Barry Angell
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14 Must-Include Items For Your Windows 10 Servicing RFP

May I ask you a personal question? What is the hardest part about Windows 10 Servicing for you? Based on talking to many of our clients and partners, I would venture to say your answer would focus on ...

Barry Angell
G-Cloud 10 blog

Juriba Confirmed As G-Cloud 10 Supplier

LONDON, 2 July 2018 -- Juriba has announced that its flagship software Dashworks has been accepted into the G-Cloud 10 framework, part of the UK Government’s digital marketplace.

Barry Angell
WindowsServicingTeam

Who Should Be On Your A-List Windows Servicing Team?

Almost two years ago, we published an article called "How To Staff Your Windows 10 Migration Team Properly" which walks you through the required team member roles and necessary skills for your ...

Barry Angell
EvergreenApplicationManagement

What Every IT Executive Should Know About Evergreen App Management

I don't know about you, but I don't know of any single enterprise-size organization that does not do some formal application compatibility testing as they roll out a new OS — except one: Microsoft. ...

Barry Angell
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How To Drive Maximum Velocity Windows 10 Upgrades In 10 Steps

For decades, large IT Transformation projects have been planned using manual spreadsheets or hand-cranked databases. All required steps were neatly visualized in a massive MS Project Gantt Chart — of ...

Barry Angell
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Gartner: Your Windows 10 Servicing Frequency Has Huge Cost Implications

In November 2015, I calculated the per device cost to migrate from Windows 7 to Windows 10 — a whopping $693 per seat for a manually delivered migration using spreadsheets or hand-cranked databases! ...

Barry Angell
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How To Manage Windows 10 & Office 365 ProPlus Servicing: A Data Model

Over the past few years, we have seen our fair share of failed and dangerously inefficient enterprise attempts to keep Windows 10 and Office 365 Servicing up-to-date. Often, the organization took ...

Barry Angell
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Windows 10 Servicing: Can I Skip An Update?

Update: Microsoft has announced in September 2018 that it will change its Windows 10 support timeline again to extend support for all currently supported version for enterprise and education ...

Barry Angell
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Office 2019: Is Now The Right Time To Upgrade Your On-Premise Office Estate To Office 365 ProPlus?

If you recently tried to find anything on Microsoft Office — for example on the enterprise section of Office.com — you might have noticed that there isn't much mention of Microsoft's on-premise ...

Barry Angell
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Pillsbury Law Gets Praise For Smooth Windows 10 Migration & Hardware Refresh From Its VIP Lawyers & Staff

With Windows 7 approaching end of support in January 2020, most enterprises are accelerating plans to migrate to Windows 10 in 2018 to take advantage of the new or improved cyber-security ...

Barry Angell
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Is Microsoft's Modern IT Vision And Co-Management Replacing Traditional Image-Based Management?

In the past week, Microsoft asked me to speak at the Windows Partner Deployment Day about the infrastructure, project management & readiness support for effective Windows-as-a-Service ...

Barry Angell
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How To Streamline Your Office 365 Migration / Update Rollout In 7 Steps With Juriba Dashworks

Rolling out Office 365 can be very exciting considering the value it will add to your organization in terms of unified communication, collaboration, and business processes! But it can be equally ...

Barry Angell
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Is Bimodal IT The Answer To Your Windows-as-a-Service Management Problem?

If you look at how IT traditionally spent its investment dollars, there would be a distinct requirement for a positive return on investment by the end of the first three years. Many were long-term IT ...

Barry Angell
Dashworks 5.2 blog

Dashworks 5.2 - What You Need To Know

We are excited to introduce you to the latest version of Dashworks, 5.2! This release was focussed on improving the user reporting experience and building out some Evergreen project management ...

Barry Angell
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Security or Performance? Spectre & Meltdown Fixes Will Slow Down Older PCs

2018 started with a bang for those in cyber-security — and almost everyone else running a device that uses an Intel, AMD or ARM chip made from the mid-nineties till today. News broke (and spread like ...

Barry Angell
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Will Microsoft's Windows 10 Support Extensions Impact Its Servicing Model Strategy?

UPDATE: Please note, that Microsoft since then has updated its support policies to grant an extended 30 months support for all 09 Feature Updates and the regular 18 months for all 03 Feature Updates. ...

Barry Angell
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All Important Windows 10 Release & End-of-Life Dates Until Windows 7 EoL In 2020

UPDATE: For the most up-to-date timeline information, please refer to our Windows 10 Servicing Timeline article. It's been more than two-and-a-half years since Microsoft released Windows 10, its ...

Barry Angell
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10 Ways To Sell Windows 10 Transformation To Your Business Units

This post is part of the "Definitive Guide To Windows 10 Servicing" blog series. Last update: Sept. 2018. Before co-founding Juriba, I was a Vice President within the Global Technology Infrastructure ...

Barry Angell

Is Your Organization Ready For Ongoing Self-Service IT Migration? Take Our Quiz To Find Out.

The quality of customer service has a massive impact on how consumers interact with the service provider — whether that provider is an internal department, an outsource partner, or a company ...

Barry Angell
How To Negotiate A Windows 10 Or Office 365 Migration Deal With Your System Integrator

How To Negotiate A Windows 10 Or Office 365 Migration Deal With Your System Integrator

On January 14th, 2020, the extended support for Windows 7 ends, which means that enterprises have about 26 months to fully roll out Windows 10. Similarly, Microsoft expects that at least two-thirds ...

Barry Angell