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Microsoft VISTA Release Notebook: Vista Enterprise |
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OverviewMicrosoft has released Windows Vista to retail on January 30th 2007. IS&T in collaboration with other members of the MIT community have been testing various betas of Windows Vista within the MIT computing environment for months. The main foci of this effort has been to identify areas of potential impact on MIT computing community with this release, conduct tests on the suite of supported applications, to document compatibilities issues, and to find possible work-arounds. MIT VISTA RELEASE PROJECT IS COMPLETE We have completed all four phases of the release project. PHASED RELEASE PROCESS FOR WINDOWS VISTA Phase 1 - Beta - completed Phase 2 - RTM testing - completed Phase 3 - Early adopter testing - completed Fall 2007 Phase 4 - Full support and recommendations - completed December 2007
Recommendations and Migration Guidlines Interesting Windows Vista Facts at MIT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are now moving our focus to preparing the MIT community for incoming release of VISTA SERVICE PACK 1 . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIT is licensed for Microsoft Vista Enterpries Edition through the Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA). Visit Microsoft for information on the various Microsoft Vista Versions. A quick Microsoft Vista Versions camparison chart(MIT Certificate is required) is also available. More information about the soon to be released operating system is available from Microsoft on the Microsoft Vista Homepage .
TimelineMicrosoft released Vista to retail on January 30, 2007. MIT VISTA RELEASE PROJECT IS COMPLETE NewsMicrosoft has released Windows Vista to retail. Here is a link for upgrade planning options for Windows Vista http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeinfo.mspx AnnouncementsVista Release Project Announcement - 10/10/2006 Vista Release Announcemen - Welcome Vista Testers -10/23/2006 Presentation at Winpartners: Vista at MIT-12/11/2006 (PowerPoint presentation) Preparing MIT for Microsoft's Windows Vista - 12/13/2006 Vista and Office 2007 presenteation for IAP - 01/23/2007 Availability and Recommendation to WAIT for Windows Vista - 1/31/2007 Activate Windows Vista -03/07/2007 Software Spotlight: The Road to Windows Vista is Paved with Planning - August 2007 Update on the Status of Vista at MIT - September 2007 Migration Guidlines and Recommendations - December 2007 Key DecisionsWindows Vista: Availability and Recommendation to WAIT PHASED RELEASE PROCESS FOR WINDOWS VISTA Phase 1 - Beta - completed Phase 2 - RTM testing - completed Phase 3 - Early adopter testing - completed Phase 4 - Full support and recommendations - completed
PHASE 1: April 2006 - November 2006 The Vista Release Team tested beta versions of the new operating system within the MIT environment and with different software. The team found that certain critical software did not work with the beta versions of Vista.
PHASE 2: November 2006 - January 2007 The Vista Release Team and community testers will retest the Released to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Vista and continue to report on issues and resolutions. Training will be offered to IT support providers throughout the community and the IS&T Computing Help Desk will prepare to provide basic support for Phase 3. Until core safe computing components, such as Anti-Virus and Backup, are available IS&T recommends against running Vista in a production environment.
PHASE 3: February 2007 - June 2007 New machines that run Windows Vista will start arriving on campus and Vista will be available via the Microsoft Campus Agreement (MSCA). The IS&T Computing Help Desk will provide support on configuring Vista for the MIT network, obtaining MIT personal certificates, and other basic functionality. Towards the end of this phase, IS&T will begin to offer training, such as Windows Vista Quick Starts, to community members. The Vista Release Team will continue to test new versions of software that are anticipated to work with Vista..
PHASE 4: Summer/Fall 2007 - December 2007 IS&T will fully support and recommend Vista once the core set of software, including anti-virus, backup, email, and web browsers, have been fully tested and work. Based on previous operating system releases, we anticipate that some other packages will continue to be incompatible with Vista for some time. We will continue to track these issues and recommend that customers who need such functions wait until the issues are resolved before moving to Vista. Once Vista has been established at MIT, we will work with the DLCs to determine when support for Windows XP should begin to decline. Notable FeaturesSystem RequirementsMicrosoft has officially released minimum requirements for Vista: Microsoft Vista hardware requirements You can check if your Windows XP-based PC can run Windows Vista by installing and running the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor RC. You can download it from Microsoft Vista site. Windows Vista Capable and Premium Ready PCs Choose a Windows Vista Capable or Premium Ready PC for the Windows Vista edition that's right for you. Are you looking to buy a Windows XP-based computer today but want to make sure that it can run Windows Vista? There's no need to wait. When you buy a new PC that carries the Windows Vista Capable or Premium Ready PC designation, you'll be able to upgrade to one of the editions of Windows Vista while taking advantage of all the opportunities offered by Windows XP today. What is a Windows Vista Capable PC? A new PC that carries the Windows Vista Capable PC logo can run Windows Vista. All editions of Windows Vista will deliver core experiences such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run these core experiences at a minimum. Some features available in the premium editions of Windows Vista—like the new Windows Aero user experience—may require advanced or additional hardware. A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least (minimum requirement):
Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:
You can read all of the Windows Vista Capable footnotes here . Can the Windows Vista experience vary on different PCs? Yes. Windows Vista is the first Windows operating system with a user experience that adapts to take advantage of the capabilities of the hardware on which it is installed. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will be able to run at least the core experiences of Windows Vista. All Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs can deliver even better Windows Vista experiences, including the new Windows Aero user experience. Does buying a Windows Vista Capable PC mean that I will receive a free upgrade to Windows Vista? No. A PC that is Windows Vista Capable or Premium Ready means that the PC is ready for an upgrade from Windows XP. You would still need to purchase the edition of Windows Vista that you want to install on your Windows Vista Capable or Premium Ready PC. TestingIn our tests we found that turning User Account Control on and off will change some legacy applications behavoir. Here is a link to User Account Control page: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/uacppr.mspx Known IssuesUpdated December 21, 2007: The Vista Release Team has identified following incompatibility issues and workarounds for some within Vista: Current issues: - Home Basic and Home Premium versions of Vista can only be upgraded to Vista Ultimate. They cannot be upgraged to Vista Enterprise which is available to MIT members via Microsoft Campus Lincense Agreement (clean install is required). - FileMaker v8.5 and earlier versions is not recommended for use on Vista, patched or unpatched. Compatibility will wait till the next version comes out. FileMaker released a patch http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6217&p_created=1164647815 which fixes some issues on Vista. - FileMaker 9.0 has been released and is fully compatible with Vista - MIT Techtime on Oracle Calendar works but OFCO does not. - The new iPassConnect client (3.51) will not install on Vista machines nor it is compatible; According to the vendor :"iPass will be Vista ready with iPassConnect v3.55 which is due to be released some time this fall. "
- Most of the supported applications lack installer for 64-bit version of Vista (exceptions are VirusScan 8.5, TSM 5.4, and Matlab2007) Past/Resolved: - MIT certificate generation: The usual process for certificate generation within IE7 fails. IS&T has provided a manual workaround that results in successful certificate generation. A utility to automate the certificate generation process is now available for download: http://web.mit.edu/software/mit-certificate-tool-1.0.1.exe - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i is not compatible. Support for VirusScan 8.5i was recently announced and is available from the software download page - Vista compatible version TSM 5.4 has been released by IS&T. - Matlab2007a compatible with Vista has been released by IS&T - Vista compatible version of SAPgui 7.10 has been released by IS&T - Vista compatible KFW 3.2 has been released by IS&T - Vista compatible Secure CRT 5.1 and Secure FX 3.1 has been released by IS&T - IS&T will no longer require Kerberos authentication (KLPR) be used for print jobs submitted to the public Athena cluster printers. Vista machines are now capable of using Athena cluster printers. - Cisco VPN. The current VPN 4.8.01.0590 XP based version works with Vista. - IE 7, the following transactions are working now: SAPweb: SAPwebSS: ECAT: commuting.mit.edu For additional icompatibility issues with Vista please check Vista Test Matrix. DocumentationMigrations Guidlines and Recommendations Vista Release Team
If you would like to contact the team, please send email to vista-release@mit.edu. Meeting Minutes Archive
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