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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Help Desk Migration

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    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Help Desk Migration is a tool used to transfer data from one platform to another securely, accurately, and with no downtime.N/A

    Quest Migration Manager & Migrator

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AQuest offers Migration Manager, replacing Dell's former ChangeBASE migration software, a suite of application tools supporting Microsoft application and legacy system migration. Migration Manager editions currently support Office 365, Active Directory & Exchange migration.N/A
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    Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
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    User Testimonials
    Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
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    Help Desk Migration
    Thanks to the quick response from the support team, I was able to maintain an ongoing dialogue and get questions answered promptly throughout the project. Their responsiveness made it easy to request and implement specific changes, such as disabling comments on all migrated articles, without delaying our migration timeline.
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    Quest Software
    Dell ChangeBASE is well suited in migrating an OS to a new version, or 32/64-bit. It's also helpful when virtualizating workstations into Thin Clients for use with Citrix or other thin provisioning services.
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    Pros
    Help Desk Migration
    • Listening and gathering information
    • Transitioning work among their staff - we talked to 4 different people during the project, and ever single person was up to speed on the work and status
    • Reasonably priced
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    Quest Software
    • OS Patch Testing - We further used this to test Microsoft's Patch Tuesday releases before we put them in production.
    • Web Dashboard - The latest version added a fully customization dashboard with widgets to give you an at-a-glance view.
    • Application comparability - We used this to test our Windows XP to Windows 7 migration.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Help Desk Migration
    • I think the field map could be a little more entuitive with better explanations of what each field is for.
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    Quest Software
    • Initial setup can be tricky - We needed to contact support for some help.
    • Prior to the latest version, there wasn't an easy way to view all of our results. The new dashboard has rectified this.
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    Usability
    Help Desk Migration
    Both their demo and full migrations are pretty easy to use
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    Quest Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    Help Desk Migration
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    Quest Software
    Dell ChangeBASE is more costly when compared to Admin Studio, I believe the price was almost double. However, Admin Studio did not provide a comfortable level of support and we felt we were in better hands with Dell's patching schedule. Admin Studio wasn't able to answer our question on when they released software updates and how complex an upgrade would be.
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    Return on Investment
    Help Desk Migration
    • In terms of time spent, Help Desk Migration cut our time down to just a fraction of what it would have been had we migrated the articles ourselves. This saved us a tremendous amount of time, manpower, and overtime.
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    Quest Software
    • ROI was seen after 10 months of use.
    • Greatly sped up the application testing process by several weeks, and allowed our existing development team to continue working on other projects.
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    ScreenShots

    Help Desk Migration Screenshots

    Screenshot of selecting the source and target platforms.Screenshot of mapping data for an accurate migration process.Screenshot of running the Demo Migration, which includes transferring 20 tickets and 20 articles.Screenshot of reviewing the demo migration results.Screenshot of adjusting the mapping and refining the data migration path.Screenshot of the migration progress — duration depends on the number of records being migrated.