ProfileUnity

Going Beyond the Capabilities of Microsoft® USMT

Microsoft currently offers the market a less than user friendly solution to do a one-time migration from Windows XP to Windows 7. The User State Migration Tool (USMT) command line based utility works best on a one-to-one basis but the most experienced administrators have found ways to script the automation for several users at once.

Microsoft describes USMT as a, "scriptable command-line tool that provides a highly-customizable user-profile migration experience for IT professionals. USMT includes two components, ScanState and LoadState, and a set of modifiable .xml files: MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, and MigDocs.xml. In addition, you can create custom .xml files to support your migration needs. You can also create a Config.xml file to specify files or settings to exclude from the migration."

In more layman's terms, this tool can be used to do a one-time migration of user profiles and certain registry settings (user state) to port a user's profile from XP to Windows 7. It is not without its challenges though. There is a learning curve involved and although Microsoft has gone to great lengths to document the process of using the tool for an enterprise migration, many administrators end up finding the process is still too time-consuming and error-prone to be very effective in large environments.

ProfileUnity - User State Migration Automated for the Enterprise

A clear alternative to using USMT is Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity user virtualization solution. ProfileUnity can be used in physical environments to automate the process of moving user profiles to Windows 7 easily and with much more flexibility for administrators. ProfileUnity breaks down the barriers to upgrading to Windows 7 because it can move enterprise users to the new OS at any time after an initial run that decouples user profiles from the original operating system (whether it’s Windows XP or Windows Vista.) This Anytime Migration™ ability also allows users to seamlessly logon to any Windows desktop or server OS, retaining backward and forward compatibility for the original OS to the target OS.

With ProfileUnity at the helm of your User State Migrations, you can set it and forget it, confident that ProfileUnity can robustly support management of user profiles, the migration of user authored data, and configuration settings, from that point forward.

Comparison of USMT with ProfileUnity

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ProfileUnity is an affordable option that can run as a virtual appliance in your environment today. Installation is simple and straightforward and can be performed in under a day. In fact, most users report that they were able to download and implement ProfileUnity in their proof of concept environments in less than one hour!

ProfileUnity leverages existing Windows architecture, there are no separate databases or backend infrastructure to implement. If your Windows domain is scaled, ProfileUnity is scaled -- even to tens of thousands of users. As a Windows desktop administrator, you will be dealing with familiar Windows native file formats and concepts from day one; you will not have to learn a proprietary system that forces you to apply an unfamiliar approach. If you try ProfileUnity and - for any reason - decide it's not for you, you can go back to your original processes and setups without any issues - profiles and data are still compatible with your original systems. So... you have absolutely nothing to lose and hours and hours of productive time to regain, with ProfileUnity. Download now.

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