Is your PC ready for Windows Vista?

While all editions of Windows Vista will deliver core experiences such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability, some features available in the premium editions of Windows Vista may require advanced or additional hardware.

With the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment, IT professionals are provided with comprehensive guidance and tools to plan, test, and ultimately deploy Windows Vista.

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor will help you to determine if your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista. You can also use the Upgrade Advisor to help you to choose the edition of Windows Vista that best fits the way you want to use your computer.

A comprehensive list of hardware products that work with Windows Vista—from components to input devices, peripherals to mobile devices and everything in between.

The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution performs hardware inventory, compatibility analysis, and readiness reporting to find computers on a network and determine if they are ready to run the Windows Vista operating system or the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

Is your PC ready for Windows Vista?

While all editions of Windows Vista will deliver core experiences such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability, some features available in the premium editions of Windows Vista may require advanced or additional hardware.

With the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment, IT professionals are provided with comprehensive guidance and tools to plan, test, and ultimately deploy Windows Vista.

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor will help you to determine if your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista. You can also use the Upgrade Advisor to help you to choose the edition of Windows Vista that best fits the way you want to use your computer.

A comprehensive list of hardware products that work with Windows Vista—from components to input devices, peripherals to mobile devices and everything in between.

The Windows Vista Hardware Assessment Solution performs hardware inventory, compatibility analysis, and readiness reporting to find computers on a network and determine if they are ready to run the Windows Vista operating system or the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

Is your software compatible with Windows Vista?

There's a simple way to assess the compatibility of Windows Vista with your organization's existing software.

The Application Readiness Web Site includes the comprehensive list of Windows Vista ready applications. Please check to see if your software is listed here.

If you don't find your software on the Windows Vista Appilications Readiness Web Site, please complete the Windows Vista third-party application compabitility form and the Microsoft U.S. Vista Team will get back to you with the compatibility information for your software.

Visit our Application Compatibility section for additional resources 

Use the 30-minute app compatibility test in the cookbook to do an initial test of the most critical business applications.

The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack employs innovative technologies to increase desktop manageability, reduce the total cost of ownership, and improve overall infrastructure satisfaction. Available to Software Assurance customers, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack will help greatly reduce the complications brought on by increasingly complex Enterprise IT infrastructures.

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