How Companies Plan to Make the Move to Windows 10

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Windows 10 migration

A new survey finds that more than four in 10 respondents plan to migrate to Windows 10 within a year of its release on July 29.

A full 84% are running Windows 7 while 57% report they are running Windows 8. Only 11% said they are still running Windows XP.

43% said it will take them a year or more, but 24% said it will take them less than six months. Another 28% plan to migrate in six months to a year.

Over half (57%) cited application compatibility, followed by time (41%) and retraining staff (35%).

In-place migrations are favored by 40% while 36% said they plan to have to lightly touch their machines to save images. About a third (35%) will buy new machines while another 24% will rely on automated upgrade tools.

A full 62% will rely on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager software while 37% cited a preference for Microsoft Deployment Toolkits. Only 16% will use third-party software.

In all, 40% said they plan to upgrade to the next service pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager in the next six months. About a third (30%) are not planning to use it at all.

More than half (56%) plan to upgrade within a year of the next release of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Another 18% said it would take them a year or more.

Almost four in 10 (39%) said the cloud would actually make it harder while 54% said it would have no impact. Only 7% said the cloud would make it easier.