{"id":35426,"date":"2018-08-20T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moderneuc.com\/?p=35426"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:02:30","slug":"infobits-windows-10-news-you-can-use-aug-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/infobits-windows-10-news-you-can-use-aug-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"InfoBits &#8211; Windows 10 News You Can use Aug 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>onth &#8211; or so, I try to&nbsp; find a short list on Windows 10 related topics which would be of&nbsp; interest to you and specially your customers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to share below items with your peers and customers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Windows 10 represent a great opportunity to change the way customers deploy and manage devices, however it also represents a big challenge for many customer.&nbsp; We continue to visit customers, and there are still a lot of them&nbsp; deploying Windows 10 without understanding of its capabilities or new Windows as a Service (WaaS) cadence.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We can help them in this journey to Modern Device Management!&nbsp; It is not trivial or easy\u2026 We have lots of experience on this topic\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>:=======================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of happening since my last update\u2026 Hope you had a great 1H&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New Blog Post:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows-10-and-application-modernization-msix-format\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows-10-and-application-modernization-msix-format\/\">Windows 10 and Application Modernization: MSIX Format<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Windows 10 Opportunity Ahead:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I posted a very short&nbsp; internal blog post:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows-10-opportunity-184m-devices-in-370-working-days\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows-10-opportunity-184m-devices-in-370-working-days\/\"><strong>Windows 10 Opportunity: 184M devices in 370 Working Days<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Summary follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Microsoft there is 184M Windows 7 devices worldwide still out there &#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#Win7RemainingDays\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#Win7RemainingDays\">Windows 10 Migration Countdown Calculator&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;there is&nbsp;less than 370 working days&nbsp;&nbsp;to migrate them to Windows 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>About 184 million commercial PCs around the world (excluding China)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;50% were within enterprises<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30% in small- and mid-sized businesses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;30% in government. Nearly two-thirds of those machines were older than five years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;64% of Devices are older than 5 years (117.8&nbsp; million devices!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Of the 184 million, 25% of them are in the USA &#8212; That is&nbsp;about 45 million in the USA alone!<\/li><li>Migration rate&nbsp;per remaining working days<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Worldwide: 497,297 devices per working day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;US: 124,324 devices&nbsp; per working day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ties with the Windows 10 Red Pill\/ Blue Pill&nbsp; messaging we have been presenting in the last few weeks to internal teams including RSD teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have not seen this presentation you can find posted at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/getting-to-windows-10-take-the-blue-pill-or-the-red-pill\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/getting-to-windows-10-take-the-blue-pill-or-the-red-pill\/\">Windows 10: Red Pill\/ Blue Pill Video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you know how are your customers doing with Windows 10 migrations?&nbsp; Do they know how DellEMC can help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Windows 7&nbsp; End of Extended Support date<\/strong>: January 14, 2020&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Less than&nbsp;<strong>&lt;365<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Working Days!<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Procrastination is REAL!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8212;&nbsp;&nbsp; Customers need our help!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Windows 10 Keeping Current<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So many of our customers are having challenges with this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The challenges can be summarize as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Large Size of Updates<\/li><li>Application Validation &amp; Testing<\/li><li>Deployment Effort (Deployment Rings)<\/li><li>New Operational Processes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Microsoft Video featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/story\/dell-partner-professional-services-windows-10\">DellEMC path to Modern Workspace<\/a><ul><li>Featuring Bill Clark, Phil Dakas, Jim Ginger and many others!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Microsoft Blog post :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/deployment\/windows-10-deployment-scenarios\">Windows 10 Deployment Scenarios<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>onth &#8211; or so, I try to&nbsp; find a short list on Windows 10 related topics which would be of&nbsp; interest to you and specially your customers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please feel free to share below items with your peers and customers! 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