微軟向商業(yè)用戶發(fā)布的現(xiàn)今Windows部署計(jì)劃中措辭有了少許的變化，不再是之前的單純的“Don’t wait for Windows 7”，更多的取決于用戶的部署周期，但是該消息的底線是，不管你是決定使用Vista還是等待Windows 7，都沒有停止使用Windows XP重要。

上周筆者發(fā)布“XP, Vista, Win 7: The brewing of a perfect storm”的文章之后，一些讀者認(rèn)為我將事情復(fù)雜化，因?yàn)閷?duì)于商業(yè)用戶來說對(duì)這三款系統(tǒng)的選擇是顯而易見的。

本周微軟官方承認(rèn)用戶目前處于矛盾之中，需要關(guān)于短期部署該采用哪款Windows產(chǎn)品的問題方面的指導(dǎo)，為了使事情更加清楚，該公司更新了他們?yōu)樯虡I(yè)用戶提供的Windows指導(dǎo)。

微軟Windows產(chǎn)品部經(jīng)理Gavriella Schuster，在Windows團(tuán)隊(duì)博客上發(fā)布了“Guidance on Windows Deployments for Business Customers”，為商業(yè)用戶提供詳細(xì)的指導(dǎo)：

*  If you are running Windows 2000 in your environment: Migrate your Windows 2000 PCs to Windows Vista as soon as possible. Extended support for Windows 2000 ends Q2 2010, and as an enterprise customer, you may soon find your business’s critical applications are unsupported.
    * If you are in the process of planning or deploying Windows Vista: Continue your Windows Vista SP1 deployment. If you’re really in the early stages or just starting on Windows Vista, plan to test and deploy Windows Vista SP2 (on target to RTM Q2 2009). Moving onto Windows Vista now will allow for an easier transition to Windows 7 in the future due to the high degree of compatibility.
    * If you are on Windows XP now and are undecided about which OS to move to: Make sure you taken into consideration the risk of skipping Windows Vista, which I am discussing below. And know that deploying Windows Vista now will make the future transition to Windows 7 easier.
    * If you are on Windows XP now and are waiting for Windows 7: Make sure you take into consideration the risks of skipping Windows Vista, and plan on starting an early evaluation of Windows 7 for your company using the beta that’s available now. Testing and remediating applications on Windows Vista will ease your Windows 7 deployment due to the high degree of compatibility.

據(jù)估計(jì)71%的商業(yè)PC仍然使用著XP，微軟建議從XP升級(jí)也就不奇怪，Windows 7和Vista的最大對(duì)手不是Linux或者M(jìn)ac OS X，而是XP。

Schuster稱，“我并不是擁護(hù)Vista或者Windows 7，我只是說他們應(yīng)該停止使用XP。”

微軟將從今年4月份開始停止對(duì)XP SP2的支持，2014年之前停止對(duì)SP3的支持，他還稱，許多軟件開發(fā)商已經(jīng)開始逐步停止對(duì)他們的XP程序提供支持。

“一般來說，企業(yè)在他們的系統(tǒng)環(huán)境部署500-5000款不同的軟件，他們得清楚這些軟件在XP上能提供多久的支持，而獨(dú)立軟件開發(fā)商將為這些程序提供Windows 7新版本。”

與此同時(shí)，她還補(bǔ)充道，商業(yè)用戶應(yīng)該購(gòu)買MDOP（微軟桌面優(yōu)化包），他可以將之前的授權(quán)程序遷移到新系統(tǒng)中去。（MDOP僅向擁有微軟軟件認(rèn)證的用戶發(fā)布）。

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