Microsoft has released a set of tutorials and videos to show you the ropes of using the Application Compatibility Toolkit. When moving from a legacy OS like XP to Windows 7 then application compatibility is your big worry. You’ve a few alternatives:
- Get the vendor to upgrade the app: *ROTFLMAO* Yeah, like they’ll do that!
- Side by side legacy machine: Yuk!
- Legacy OS terminal servers: Double yuk!
- XP Mode: Fine for small organisations.
- XP Mode with MED-V management: The choice for larger organisations that can afford Software Assurance and the MDOP licensing
- Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
ACT allows you to create “shims” to simulate your legacy OS. This fools the application into working. There’s a huge library of these for applications out there that you can reuse. You can also create your own for apps not already in the library.