Archive for Workstation Migration Assistant


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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.02

Just a few minor updates here, mainly based off some requests and bug reports:

NEW: Added Target OS Option under Advanced Settings
NEW: Added MigrationExclusionsOlderThanDays option to config. This is ignored if set to 0 (default), but will exclude all accounts not logged in within the specified period, ie. 90 days. This uses USMT’s /UEL: parameter
CHANGE: If [...]

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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.01

Doh, missed a bug, caused by a bloody typo.This has now been fixed.
WMA 1.01 (Build 63):

FIX: Pre / Post Migration scripts did not run during Restore

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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 Final

Well, after literally years of working on it, I’m finally finished the Workstation Migration Assistant! Thanks to everyone who’s been testing the release candidates, suggesting features and helping catch bugs. Since RC3, there’s been the following changes and fixes:
WMA 1.0 Final (Build 60):

NEW: Replaced “SettingsHealthCheckDisabled” with “SettingsHealthCheckDefaultEnabled”. Admins can specify whether it should be enabled [...]

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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 RC3

Hopefully the last bugfix release before I can bring out 1.0 Final.

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Small update

So, apart from a few remaining bugs which I’m working with my company’s test team to resolve, WMA 1.0 shouldn’t differ than much from RC2. That said, I haven’t heard much in the way of feedback since RC2 so if you’ve found any bugs please let me know. Also, I’d like to get an idea [...]

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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 RC2

After some very positive feedback regarding 1.0 RC1, I’ve been working hard on the next build. There’s been some massive internal changes around threading that should make the application much more responsive, and free up more CPU cycles for ScanState / LoadState itself so performance will hopefully be improved across the board.
This has introduced a [...]

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Workstation Migration Assistant 1.0 RC1

Well, it’s been in development for quite some time, but I’m finally happy enough with the feedback from both my own company and external testers to make a more public release.
Please note that this IS a release candidate and as such, may be prone to a few bugs that have yet to be discovered. Rest [...]

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WMA Progress: Bug-squashing

Hi all,
So the private beta seems to be going quite well. There’s been a number of issues that have cropped up and have been resolved. Given the work I still have left to finish off, I’m hopeful that I can have a public beta within the next two weeks
Dan

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WMA Progress: Limited Beta

Heh, so it’s all taken a little bit longer than I would have liked, but I think I’m finally in a position to let people start playing with the Workstation Migration Assistant. There’s probably a whole heap of bugs that I haven’t found yet, and this is where I’d appreciate some assistance. I don’t have [...]

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WMA Progress: The UI

It’s very hard to come up with a good User Interface for an application. There’s a lot of factors to be considered: feature set, screen real-estate, ‘flashiness’, and most importantly, target audience.Complexity in the UI causes complexity in the code - a checkbox here means disabling a button there. Options set in the app configuration [...]