Inside the New Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

Overview

Windows Vista is coming and it's time to start preparing to evaluate, deploy, and support a new operating system - including new tools, new features, and new training. Of course, the main task will be to determine how this major Windows release will function in the existing environment. There are some major changes in Windows Vista that could affect application compatibility. Ensuring application compatibility was an important focus during the development of Windows Vista. By testing thousands of applications with each build and providing immediate feedback to the engineering teams on how their changes affected applications, compatibility issues were reduced during the development cycle.