User Virtualization: Tools and Techniques in Preserving User Data

Chapter 5: User Virtualization: Tools and Techniques in Preserving User Data

The only way your Windows 7 upgrade project will be considered a success is if you can protect existing data and ensure it arrives back on users’ upgraded computers. Even the smallest amount of missing data creates stress and negative attitudes that cause upgrade projects to fail. This chapter is all about user data. You’ll find that the thin approach works very well here. The MDT in combination with Microsoft User State Migration Tool (USMT—yet another acronym!) will enable you to layer user state data over the top of a deployed OS.

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