In the article, administrators are advised to start user-migration planning so that they will have better idea about questions of estimated manpower, migration dollars, and etc.
The article also introduces tools that can be used to help to automate user-migration process. The tools include Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS), OS Deployment Feature Pack and User State Migration Tool (USMT). And users can look to third-party tools such as Altiris and LANDesk for Vista compatibility issues with third-party software.