Top 10 Application compatibility issues that still affect Windows XP to Windows 8 Migration

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Top 10 Application compatibility issues that still affect Windows XP to Windows 8 Migration -

April 8, 2014 marks the end of Windows XP support. According to Microsoft.

"That means you have to take action after April 8, 2014, there will be no new security updates, non-security hotfixes free or paid assisted support options or updated technical content online. "

One of the first things you will do to fix your Windows XP to Windows 8 migration is test your existing applications for compatibility of the planned new Windows client platform. I have compiled a list of Top 10 questions that will be, and yet affect Windows 8 deployment in your organization. I used Citrix AppDNA Software 6.3 application compatibility to gather information on the basis of 35 randomly selected applications that work on Windows XP. Note that I have deliberately omitted the remediation actions to most of these questions, and only included those commonly known and obvious.

These questions concern not only the migration to a new Windows client platform. Companies currently using Windows XP and deploy Citrix XenApp or Citrix XenDesktop meet sooner or later, these questions and more. For XenApp 6.5, we must ensure that the application runs on Windows Server 08 R2 (which is 64 bits by adding another layer compatibility problems are not addressed in this article), and the ability to operate in a desktop remote / TS capacity. For XenDesktop, we must consider that the application should be able to run on the Windows platform target that will be used and whether this platform will be 64-bit.

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