Don't disagree i put all of that under the SOE readiness banner.. I have seen a few organisations that use AV as a blocking issue for migration as assuming you get all the other change management protocols under control if the slightest hint of "Your computers aren't protected" appears they in turn pounce on it.
I've also seen a fight break out or two electronically over the merits of adopting a 3rd party virus scanner over the inbuilt one within Windows 8 given the total amount of "patterns" aren't int he 90's+ compared to the inbuilt one being in the 60s+... I think the end was that the Windows 8 didn't cover off all virus's given that most of the virus's that aren't being covered dont "exist" anymore or have not shown any signs of reappearing or rely on old ways to breach the OS ... --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > AV clients aren’t a blocker for most enterprise client migrations. > Usually the blocker is the huge cost involved, due to the large number of > people involved in getting the release out**** > > ** ** > > **- **Need to go and gather requirements from many business units > **** > > **- **Need to go and find out all the differences (e.g. new > security settings/defaults) between the old platform and the new one, and > then get the security group (and regulators etc.) to sign off on the new > proposed standard**** > > **- **Need to do sociability testing of all the base > infrastructure (including end-point protection, but also VPN clients, > monitoring tools, deployment tools, asset tracking tools, provisioning > tools, procurement tools)**** > > **- **Need to do sociability testing of business apps (e.g. a > big bank will have hundreds of apps)**** > > **- **Need to create the necessary builds, scripts etc. and > update deployment infrastructure to cater for the new platform.**** > > **- **Need to validate which hardware models the new build will > actually work on, and work to retire the rest**** > > **- **Need to work out how to migrate existing user data during > the upgrade process**** > > **- **Need to get all the necessary support in place (e.g. floor > walkers), plus user guides / self-help training etc, negotiate roll out > schedules with business units blah blah**** > > ** ** > > For really big orgs, with hundreds of thousands of seats, you never really > finish one upgrade before you’re already planning the next one. The > end-point protection client is probably the least of the issues.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Scott Barnes > *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 April 2013 6:05 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?**** > > ** ** > > The reality is most Enterprises that have moved to Windows 7 aren't likely > to rush out again on Windows 8, they'll probably want the dust to settle > and lot of time the stalling point for migration between Operating Systems > isn't just SOE red-tape its often because Virus scanners themselves haven't > gotten their act together to produce a solid build for the latest edition > (i'm looking at you Symantec) ..... oh yes despite their being a built-in > Virus scanner in Windows 8....**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > **** > > ** ** >
