Last time I had a Technet subscription was in, ummm - 1997, IIRC. I'll have to look at that, and our budget, and see if we can fit it in.
Thanks. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:08, Mike Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > Win 7 Enterprise is not on the retail disks, when you get your agreement you > will have access to download it. If you have TechNet access then you can > start playing with the MDT and get the ISO from the same place. > > You can go straight to SP1 on the builds and deploy from USB or over the net > depending on what else you put on the build. You can certainly get rid of any > OEM junk. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 31 March 2011 04:04 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Win7 upgrade question > > I recommend you spend an hour or two looking at MDT 2010 Update 1 in detail > (MDT - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit). > > Not only will it do everything you want (and then some) - it's free. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:12 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Win7 upgrade question > > All, > > We're on the cusp of getting a MSFT EA in place (it looking like 90% sure, > right now), and we've been ordering Dell laptops for lease with > Win7 Pro on them. > > I want to get all of them up to Win7 Enterprise, and thought I had read > somewhere that it was just a matter of a key update. > > I can't find any documentation on that, however, and our vendor rep pointed > me at this article: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28WS.10%29.aspx > > So, for those of you who know about this kind of thing, what would you do? > > Right now I'm contemplating either something like this: > http://laplink.com/pcmover > > or just doing an Anytime upgrade to Ultimate, and calling it good, because > the lease will run out before the OS EOLs. > > Anyone have better thoughts on this? > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
