Free assessment

Find out which of your applications actually block the migration

Migrations do not stall on operating systems, they stall on a handful of applications nobody can account for. This sorts your estate into the four groups that actually matter, before you commit budget to any of it.

Free45 minutes, plus a written application breakdown within three working days

Who books this

  • A Windows 11, Windows Server or virtual desktop migration has stalled on a few applications
  • You have an App-V estate to move and nobody knows what the packages contain
  • An application is the only reason a machine is still on an unsupported OS
  • You have been quoted for a migration and want to know if the application scope is realistic

What you get

  • Your applications sorted into four groups: converts cleanly, needs remediation, must be captured from a running install, or should be delivered another way
  • A straight answer on the ones that will never convert, and what to do with them instead
  • The App-V position, if you have one, including what a converter would lose
  • A realistic effort estimate per group, so the migration can be budgeted rather than guessed

What we need from you

  • A list of the applications in use, however rough. An export from Intune, Configuration Manager or even a spreadsheet is fine
  • Your target platform, if you have chosen one: Windows 11, a newer Server release, AVD or Windows 365
  • Which applications somebody would escalate about if they stopped working on Monday
When not to book this

If your estate is a dozen well-behaved applications all installed from current vendor media, you do not need this: they will almost all convert and the work is straightforward. This earns its place where the list is long, old, or nobody is quite sure what is on it.

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