 {"id":365305,"date":"2018-06-15T10:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/?p=365305"},"modified":"2018-06-15T10:40:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:40:59","slug":"windows10-bluepill-redpill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/windows10-bluepill-redpill\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Windows 10: Take the Blue Pill or the Red Pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always start my Windows 10 conversations with the statement, there are two parts to any Windows 10 project:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Getting to Windows 10.<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining Windows 10<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>This article is all about &#8220;Getting to Windows 10&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of us have been to customers that have not yet officially started their Windows 10 projects or they are still at very early stages.&nbsp; This is especially true for larger organizations (public and private sectors).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Procrastination is real<\/strong>, and unless Microsoft changes the date \u2013 which they have stated publicly they are not , Windows 7 -based devices will be out of support January 14, 2020.&nbsp; which meant they will be a security compliance&nbsp; issue, not to mentioned the data security risks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The message is not new.&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>But the reality of the timeline ahead,&nbsp; is!<\/strong> \u2013 We are at that point.&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zQ1_IbFFbzA?t=3m36s\">want the blue pill or red pill<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, there are only <strong>406 working business days<\/strong> until January 14, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It is my job to help customers not only understand the journey ahead, but also have the uncomfortable conversations, to make them realize they have an issue.<\/p>\n<p>Showing customers how many business days are left before Windows 7 extended support ends, and tying those dates to the number of devices they have to migrate per week\/month to get there has proven very effective.&nbsp; It has not only opened eyes but also lead to real conversations about actionable items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I created created a very simple web page \/ tool to help customers visualize the effort ahead.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"jive-link-blog-small\" href=\"http:\/\/jp251.com\/Win7RemainingDays\/\" data-objecttype=\"38\" data-objectid=\"53422\" data-containertype=\"37\" data-containerid=\"30588\">Windows 10 Migration Countdown Tool<\/a><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365307\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-365307\" src=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/win10Countdown01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/win10Countdown01.jpg 570w, https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/win10Countdown01-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/jp251.com\/Win7RemainingDays\/index.php<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6><em>Disclaimer:&nbsp; &nbsp;I work for DellEMC, as an End-User Computing (EUC) Solutions Principal in the Support &amp; Deployment Services group.&nbsp; &nbsp; It is my passion to help guide organizations&nbsp; through the current technology transition we call the Digital Transformation specifically as it relates to&nbsp;Workforce Transformation.&nbsp; Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delltechnologies.com\/en-us\/what-we-do\/workforce-transformation.htm\">Dell Technologies<\/a>&nbsp;site for more information.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always start my Windows 10 conversations with the statement, there are two parts to any Windows 10 project: Getting to Windows 10. Maintaining Windows 10 This article is all about &#8220;Getting to Windows 10&#8221;. 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