Assignment 1 Preparing for a Company-Wide Migration to Windows 8 Crescent Manufacturing Inc. (CMI) is a luxury leader in crafted and customized home furnishings.

Crescent Manufacturing Inc. (CMI) is a luxury leader in crafted and customized home furnishings. The corporate headquarters and a production facility are located in Texas, with additional manufacturing facilities located in Nebraska and Maryland.

There are 250 employees in the Texas location, 175 in Maryland, and 25 in Nebraska. All locations use Windows 7 as the primary client operating system. The systems at the Maryland location are over five (5) years old. CMI's Information Technology (IT) department upgraded the computer systems with new hardware within the past year at all other company locations. These upgraded computer...