How to Assess Device Readiness for Enterprise-wide Windows 11 Migration using Nexthink
The modern workplace demands hybrid working, robust security, and enhanced user experience features. All these interactions rely heavily on the Operating System (OS) and associated software stacks. The sheer scale of migrating tens of thousands of remote devices and their users to a new OS can lead to potential technical failures, delays in migration roadmap and budget overruns.
OS migration can be a daunting task for organizations, as it is plagued by uncertainities. The reason being, lack of visibility and control over the entire migration process, thus impacting both human and financial resources.
The migration process encompasses the assessment of hardware and operating system readiness, including:
- Identification of incompatible Hardware
- Identification of Hardware requiring upgrade.
- Evaluation of Operating System readiness ·
- Assessment of disk space and pending reboot requirements
Nexthink provides an out-of-the-box Realtime monitoring, automated fixes, and engagement campaigns tailored to effortlessly assess, plan, deploy, and run Windows 11.
The Windows 11 Readiness and Migration Pack enables IT teams to understand their device landscape readiness for a Windows 11 migration. This assessment spans acroos device compatibility, application, and employee experience level. This is possible by combining both Microsoft and Nexthink Digital Experience Score intelligence to look beyond basic hardware pre-requisites.
Watch : How To Asses Device Readiness for Enterprise-Wide Windows 11 Migration Using Nexthink
Let us see,how to assess device readiness for enterprise-wide Windows 11 Migration using Nexthink.
We start off by importing the content pack from the library. Windows 11 – Readiness and Migration . Post import, schedule the remote action to "Get Windows 11 Readiness" on devices shortlisted to be migrated to Windows 11.
Step 1: Navigate to the Live Dashboards to access the Windows 11 – Readiness and Migration dashboard.
Step 2: Next, click on the Windows 11 – Readiness and Migration Dashboard to check for hardware and operating system readiness.
Step 3: This displays the Summary tab, here you can see the status of the Windows 11 Migration progress, DEX Score of Windows 11 Devices and Device migration status by region.
Next, click on the Readiness tab for a more detailed drill down.
The Readiness tab has been divided into four sections. Each of these sections takes
you through a thorough inspection of your enterprise state and gives the necessary data intelligence to proceed with the Windows 11 migrationThese sections are:
- Hardware readiness
- Action required
- OS Readiness
- Remote action results: "Get Windows 11 readiness"
Let us now look at each of these sections in detail for actionable insights.
Hardware readiness
In this section you can get information on the hardware readiness of the devices across the enterprise, this will include the status of:
- Device Information (Hardware readiness, upgrade and replacement)
- Active devices not ready to migrate.
- Hardware readiness by region.
- Hardware readiness by model.
You will also derive at what devices are ready to migrate, need upgrade and require replacement Hovering on the data enables the action menu for a detailed drill down on the investigations tab.
Proceeding to the Action required section, you can get an overview of the steps essential prior to Windows 11 migration process.Action required
Action Required
Scroll down to the Action required section, here we can get an overview of the action that needs to be taken prior to the start of the migration process, spanning across Hardware upgrade, Device replacement required, Device type to be replaced and Virtual machines not running on Windows 11.
This information is crucial for an uninterrupted and smooth transition. As mentioned
above, hovering on any of the data widget will enable the action menu for a detailed drill down in the investigations tab.
OS Readiness
Here, in the OS Readiness section, you can observe the OS version and architecture details. A detailed drill down is available, indicating which Operating systems are ready to migrate and which necessitate upgrade and are not ready for migration.
Remote action results: "Get Windows 11 readiness”
This remote action deployed, gets all the necessary information on the device's compatibility with Windows 11. Here, the Data available widget indicates the number of devices on which the remote action has been successfully executed and data insights available.
This is how Nexthink helps to assess device readiness for enterprise-wide Windows 11 migration, by providing much needed visibility and setting the stage for a seamless migration.
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