Microsoft’s Desktop App Assure initiative is now available globally

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Published onJanuary 16, 2019

published onJanuary 16, 2019

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With 2019 being thelast full year of support for the Windows 7operating system, many companies are running out of time to upgrade to Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 operating system. However, one of the main reasons many people and businesses continue to use the older versions is because of the fear of an application no longer being able to run on the upgraded computer.

Microsoft is confident that the vast, vast majority of software should run fine, however they do acknowledge the fact that sometimes API changes can break things. While the company works hard to best insure these issues don’t arise, sometimes that isn’t quite enough for businesses to bite. To help combat this, the company is rolling out their newDesktop App Assureservice, which will help in the unlikely event the application does fail to run after the upgrade.

According toZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, users will be able to file a support ticket with Microsoft’s FastTrack program, after which an engineer will work with them until all compatibility issues are resolved. The service is free for anyone deploying Windows 10 and Office ProPlus with an eligible Microsoft 365 Enterprise or Education subscription. The company is able to offer the service without charge because, according to their statistics, engineers evaluated 7,000 out of 41,000 applications, with only 49 of which required work to fix. The company is providing thefollowing assistanceto make sure the following Windows 7 apps will work for Windows 10:

However, the company will now offer assistance to test compatibility for those apps to insure they work. Other services not offered by the program include:

As it stands, Microsoft is readying its discontinuration of Windows 10 which, which will occur on January 14, 2020. With Windows 10 being pegged as the last version of Windows, developers only need to upgrade once and will never have to worry about upgrading again in the future.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

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