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How To Drive Maximum Velocity Windows 10 Upgrades In 10 Steps

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
Gartner: Your Windows 10 Servicing Frequency Has Huge Cost Implications

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
SkipWin10ServicingUpdateMay2018

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

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

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

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
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
Understanding The Office 365 Servicing Timeline (As of May 2021)

Understanding The Office 365 Servicing Timeline (As of May 2021)

NOTE: Since Office 365 has undergone significant changes by Microsoft in it's naming convention and update channels, we will no longer be updating this post, as we have created a new post detailing ...

Barry Angell
Microsoft Windows Analytics (Upgrade Readiness) vs. Juriba Dashworks (Updated 4/12/18)

Microsoft Windows Analytics (Upgrade Readiness) vs. Juriba Dashworks (Updated 4/12/18)

One of the most frequent questions we get when we talk to potential customers about tooling is: "What about Microsoft Upgrade Readiness? How does Dashworks compare to that?" It's a very valid ...

Barry Angell
Windows 10 Servicing Timeline (Sept 2021)

Understanding The Windows-as-a-Service Timeline (As of September 2021)

(Please note: This post is part of the "Definitive Guide To Windows-as-a-Service Management" blog series and will be updated periodically as the latest information is available. Last Update: ...

Barry Angell
The Evergreen IT Budget Dilemma — And How To Solve It

The Evergreen IT Budget Dilemma — And How To Solve It

The summer is almost over — which, for a lot of IT managers, means they need to start planning and preparing for upcoming budget rounds in the fall. And unless you are one of the lucky few that saw a ...

Barry Angell
User Acceptance Testing In A Business-As-Usual Environment

User Acceptance Testing In A Business-As-Usual Environment

Traditionally, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is performed at the end of a long software development cycle by the intended audience under real-world conditions. By then, engineering has performed a ...

Barry Angell