[German]A brief message for administrators in corporate environments using Windows Analytics. The product will be discontinued on January 31, 2020, so Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will only survive 2 weeks.
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What's Windows Analytics?
Windows Analytics is a cloud based analysis service and part of the Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS). With a number of solutions for Azure Portal, extensive data is collected on the state of devices during deployment. There are currently three solutions that you can use individually or in any combination:
- Device Health: The Device status allows you to identify devices that frequently crash and need to be reinstalled, identify device drivers that cause crashes, and create notifications about Windows Information Protection misconfigurations.
- Update monitoring: The Update compatibility shows you the state of your devices with respect to Windows updates, so you can make sure you get the latest updates when you need them.
- Upgrade Readiness: The feature Upgrade Readiness provides a set of tools to plan and manage the upgrade process.
For more information, see the Microsoft Windows Analytics document.
Retirement has been announced
The following tweet tells me that Windows Analytices will be retired soon, on January 31, 2020.
Heads up! "We plan to retire Windows Analytics in favor of Desktop Analytics on January 31st, 2020." https://t.co/if52xqSpdi #desktopanalytics #configmgr
— Garrett Chandler (@gwchandler) September 7, 2019
The Techcommunity article Migrate user input data from "Windows Analytics: Upgrade Readiness" to Desktop Analytics encourages users to switch to Desktop Analytics. This cloud service was announced as a preview in early July 2019. Desktop Analytics is used by hundreds of customers to keep nearly two million Windows devices up to date.
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And because Microsoft received so much been enthusiastically feedback, Microsoft plans to discontinue Windows Analytics by January 31, 2020. If you are not yet a Windows Analytics customer, Microsoft recommend that you test Desktop Analytics immediately. New customers will no longer be able to use the "Upgrade Readiness" and "Device Health" solutions as soon as Desktop Analytics is generally available in the coming weeks. Those who already use "Update Compliance" in the Azure portal can do so even after January 2020. More details can be found in the linked article.
