Assignment 1 : Preparing for a Company – Wide Migration to Windows 8 Assignment 1: Preparing for a company - Wide Migration to Windows 8 Professor: Kevin Jayne Cis 329 Administering Desktop Clients Crescent Manufacturing Inc. (CMI) is considering a company - wide migration to Windows 8 across its three locations (Texas, Maryland, and Nebraska). You have been asked to evaluate the viability of this migration and develop a detailed plan for the transition. Using the SWOT analysis, identify and discuss the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with the migration process. Additionally, based on your analysis, propose a phase - in process for the migration, including the tools you would recommend for deployment and how the IT department can best manage the transition. Consider laptop security, the u se of AppLocker, and organizational operations when crafting your plan. Word Count Requirement: 1000 - 1200 words Assignment 1 : Preparing for a Company – Wide Migration to Windows 8 SWOT viability of upgrading to Windows 8: This SWOT analyses is be conducted for the viability for upgrading to Windows 8 for three locations of Crescent Manufacturing Inc. ( CMI ) The corporate headquarter and production facilities are located in Texas, with other manufacturing facilities located in Maryland and Nebraska. The cost of trying to maintain both Windows 7 and Windows 8 desktop can be steep over the long term do to the cost of support. Crescent Manufacturing Inc. is a luxury leader in crafted and customized home furnishings, this SWO T analysis will layout the rollout for upgrading to Windows 8. Strengths: • All clients in the corporation have been upgrade to run Windows 8 • Recent upgrades to server to run Windows server 2012 • 10 years of experienced IT staff that completed training on Windows 8, Windows servers 2008 and 2012. • Server upgrade to 2012 • IT help desk Weakness The cost of the upgrade is the biggest weakness during the rollout. CMI will have to purchase 450 new licenses for Window8 and may have to upgrade some applications do to compatibility issues. Reconfiguring all the new client will be time consuming and costly in the beginning, install new roles from third party vendors, the Learning Curve - staff will have to