Software king of the world Microsoft has started another campaign to ween addicts off Windows 7.
Microsoft has told its channel partners that those customers still on Windows 7 need to be targeted for upgrading to its latest OS and has advised resellers to start banging the drum around the forthcoming end of support deadline. Vole said that partners needed to renew the call for a move to Windows 10.
Louisa Gauthier, product and marketing leader at Microsoft. said: “The end of support is coming in 2020 and it’s time to make the shift to 10.”
Microsoft has put together a video encouraging users to move to a combination of Windows 10, more up-to-date hardware and Office 365. That campaigning to customers starts now and will run for the rest of the year promoting the benefits of a move. The message will change from January 2019 to contain more urgency about the looming support deadline in January 2020.
“Why is end of support so important for us? Because it is a huge opportunity to get your customers to modern. It is an opportunity estimated to be worth $100 billion when you put together all the partner services, Office and solution opportunity over three years”, she said.
The chances to pitch Windows 10 also existed across all customer sizes and segments. “If you were just to start with your customers that were on four year old plus devices the opportunities would be significant”, said Gauthier.
“If your PC and software are more than four years old then it’s time to move to a new Windows 10 device. Modern Windows devices are cheaper to manage and faster to run”, she said.
