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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>All Things AppCompat</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/all_things_appcompat/default.aspx</link><description>Information for IT Professionals on Application Compatibility in Windows Vista</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Time to Start</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/all_things_appcompat/archive/2006/04/26/426511.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:426511</guid><dc:creator>John Melton</dc:creator><slash:comments>15</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/all_things_appcompat/comments/426511.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/all_things_appcompat/commentrss.aspx?PostID=426511</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;With Windows Vista Beta 2 just around the corner, it's time to put some serious thought behind Application Compatibility.&amp;nbsp; So how many applications do you have?&amp;nbsp; Running on how many computers?&amp;nbsp; Which ones are mission critical?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Which apps do you need to retire?&amp;nbsp; Will they continue to&amp;nbsp;be supported?&amp;nbsp; Does anyone else have information?&amp;nbsp; Where do you start???&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;That's exactly why we've kicked off this blog.&amp;nbsp; To help make the Application Compatibility process manageable and successful for you, and help us learn about your experiences around &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;All Things AppCompat&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;So let's start with some key ingredients and see what we can cook up...&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://connect.microsoft.com"&gt;Signup &lt;/A&gt;for the Application Compatibility Toolkit V5.0 Beta program&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/appcompat/default.mspx"&gt;Review &lt;/A&gt;the AppCompat IT Pro materials on Technet&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/AppComp.asp"&gt;Review &lt;/A&gt;the AppCompat Windows Vista Developer Story on MSDN&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;The Application Experience Team&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=426511" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>