Desktop Optimization using Windows® and the Microsoft® Office system 

Desktop Optimization using Windows® and the Microsoft® Office system delivers a modern enterprise desktop, based on the Windows® 7 operating system, and Office system, supported by Windows Server® 2008 R2.

It’s a modular solution to help accelerate the deployment of Windows 7, provide new security features, and reduce time and cost of desktop migration.

Desktop Optimization Offering comprises four components:

• Desktop Planning and Deployment.

Best practices that scale to the specific needs of your organization and that help ensure a robust foundation for desktop migrations.

• Image Engineering. 

Creation of standardized corporate desktop images, taking into account hardware, security, performance, and localization requirements.

• Microsoft Office System Upgrade. 

A formalized framework to plan and deploy the Office system in the organization. 

• Desktop Deployment Jumpstart. 

Designed to rapidly deploy a new environment in production; includes image design and creation, configuration of a Lite Touch or Zero Touch Installation solution, application compatibility, and operations processes.

• Desktop Application Compatibility.  

Delivered either as a stand-alone solution or as part of a full Planning and Deployment engagement:

         •  Application Compatibility Strategy.

Develops a plan that identifies the technical and business needs in an application-compatibility project.

         •  Application Remediation.

Delivers inventory, assessment, and remediation services to help ensure that applications run on Windows 7 and Windows Internet Explorer® 8.0 and are compatible with the Office system.