When addressing application compatibility issues in preparation for a deployment of Windows® 7, among the most flexible and powerful tools available are application compatibility fixes, or shims. However, most organizations do not leverage shims to the extent that they could, either because they don't understand the underlying technology or because they do not have a process in place to manage shims over the lifetime of the applications they manage.
Microsoft Technet
To analyze Application Compatibility
- Test each application before doing a windows migration
- Do the windows migration and then let users notify IT of problems with applications
- Use Arellia Application Control Solution to identify applications with compatibility issues.
Application Compatibility Features
- Testing Applications to determine Application Compatibility requirements
- Utilising Application Compatibility to filter applications
- Applying Application Compatibility Shims to Applications
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