Application Compatibility: Step 1

Collect and analyze the application inventory in your organization to build your application portfolio.

Before you move from your current version of the Windows operating system to Windows Vista, you must test your existing applications to ensure that they are compatible with the new operating system. Your organization may have up to several thousand applications installed organization-wide. Compatibility issues with one or many of these applications can prevent information workers from performing their role and affect your core business functions.

Although most applications developed for earlier versions of Windows will probably perform well on the new versions, new technologies within the new versions may cause some applications to behave differently.

During this step you need to:

1. Collect your application inventory.
2. Analyze your application inventory results.
3. Create your application portfolio.

The Solution Accelerator for BDD suggests processes and technologies that you can use to collect and analyze your application inventory to create your application portfolio. Your application portfolio documents all the applications in your organization and their current state of compatibility with Windows Vista. The Solution Accelerator for BDD not only describes the technologies so that you can choose the best tool for your environment but also gives prescriptive guidance for using the tool.

Additional Information in BDD

"Planning" in Application Compatibility Feature Team Guide

Step 1 >> Step 2 >> Step 3 >> Step 4

Additional Resources

• Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0
  A life-cycle management tool for your applications, ACT 5.0 RC assists in identifying and managing your overall application portfolio, reducing the cost and time involved in resolving application compatibility issues, and helps you quickly deploy Windows Vista and Windows XP/SP2 operating systems.

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