微軟發(fā)布免費的XP/Vista升級部署Win7白皮書

Win7之家（ www.afsion.com.cn）：微軟發(fā)布免費的XP/Vista升級部署Win7白皮書

微軟Windows 7已經(jīng)上市快要3個月了，銷量備受矚目。微軟官員表示，最新一代的客戶端操作系統(tǒng)Windows7的銷量創(chuàng)下了歷史銷售最快的業(yè)績。

不過，雖然Windows 7取得了很好的成績，但是為了獲得更多的Windows7用戶，微軟仍然發(fā)布了眾多的額外資源去促進消費者的升級步伐。最好的例子就是微軟高級產(chǎn)品經(jīng)理Jeremy Chapman所公布的部署“自A到Z部署Windows 7”白皮書（《Deploying Windows 7 from A to Z.doc》）。

根據(jù)微軟的官方描述，這個Windows 7白皮書主要是針對IT專業(yè)人士執(zhí)行企業(yè)桌面部署所發(fā)布的，為他們自Windows XP升級至Windows7提供高級指導步驟。目前，用戶可以從微軟下載中心免費下載“自A到Z部署Windows 7”白皮書。

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值得注意的是，微軟此次所發(fā)布的資源并不是針對最終用戶的。Chapman指出，微軟發(fā)布Windows 7白皮書的主要目的就是指導多臺電腦的升級，加快IT專業(yè)人士自Windows XP/Vista升級至Windows 7的步伐。

據(jù)了解，Windows 7的白皮書中包括在平臺之間遷移用戶數(shù)據(jù)、設置、應用程序的相關指導。期間，IT專業(yè)人士需要做的就是平臺安裝、部署、系統(tǒng)成像等。

Chapman表示，有了Windows 7白皮書之后，在系統(tǒng)成像過程中，用戶不再需要浪費時間在保存舊電腦的用戶數(shù)據(jù)、克隆硬盤驅(qū)動、還原數(shù)據(jù)上面。在Windows 7白皮書中，包括自Windows XP遷移用戶文件和設置至Windows 7中的指南、應用程序管理指南、Windows 7部署指南，使得IT專業(yè)人士能夠輕松執(zhí)行Windows 7的升級重大步驟。

總的來說，Windows7白皮書將簡化以下過程的執(zhí)行：收集現(xiàn)有的用戶數(shù)據(jù)和設置（如果存在的話）；安裝操作系統(tǒng)；安裝驅(qū)動程序和應用；啟動操作系統(tǒng)；加入域（如有必要）；恢復用戶數(shù)據(jù)和設置；提供應用程序安裝的靈活的定制；運用語言偏好，區(qū)域，時區(qū)等。

Windows7之家特別提供英文原文如下：

Download Free Windows 7 RTM Deployment WhitepaperFrom the Microsoft Download Center

Windows 7 is closing in on its third month since general availability and uptake is nothing short of spectacular according to Microsoft, which has deemed the latest release of the Windows client the fastest selling version of the operating system in history. Still, Microsoft is little shy of providing customers with additional resources designed to streamline adoption as much as possible. An illustrative example in this regard is the “Deploying Windows 7 from A to Z” whitepaper authored by Jeremy Chapman, a senior product manager at Microsoft.

According to the official description of the download, the guide is set up to document “the high-level steps for IT professionals to perform an enterprise-scale desktop deployment project—starting with Windows XP and moving to Windows 7.” The “Deploying Windows 7 from A to Z” documentation can be grabbed from the Microsoft Download Center at no charge.

Make no mistake about it, the resource in question is not aimed at end users. Instead, Chapman notes that the whitepaper will come in handy to IT professionals that need to upgrade multiple computers or users from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7. The guide deals with migrating user data, settings, and applications between platforms, a process that needs to be performed automatically. Chapman stresses that IT pros will need at least some experience with platform installation, deployment, or system imaging.

“The good news is that with advances in system imaging, you no longer need to spend hours saving user data off an old computer, cloning the hard drive of a reference computer, and then taking the time to restore the data you saved in the first step,” he added. The guide covers a few topics, including Migrating User Files and Settings from Windows XP to Windows 7, Application Management and Preparing for a Windows 7 Deployment, Choosing an Image Strategy and Building Windows 7 System Images and Automating the Migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 End-to-End.

Via the “Deploying Windows 7 from A to Z” whitepaper, IT pros will be able to perform with ease major steps in OS deployment, including: “Collecting existing user data and settings (if they exist); installing the operating system; installing drivers and applications; activating the operating system; joining a domain (if necessary); restoring user data and settings; and providing the flexibility to customize which applications we install by user role, and applying language preference, locale, time zone, and so on based on user needs,” Chapman said.