When it comes to migration, every organization has different needs. Yours might have 50 seats, or it might have 50,000. Either way, there are tools available that can help you make the move to Windows 7 faster and easier than you could ever manage manually.

CIO Update has compiled a decidedly helpful table of Windows 7 migration tools, for everything from individual PCs to thousands at a time. Take a look:

Of course, there's more than just a table: author David Strom offers some information on how each tool works around the problem of in-place upgrades (which aren't immediately possible when moving from XP to 7). Here's a sampling:

The four automated deployment tools all work with broad similarities. Basically, you aren't really keeping XP around, just the hardware it is running on. The trick is preserving enough of its user footprint to make it feel like home. The entire machine is reimaged with Windows 7. The tools start out with a fresh copy of Windows 7 as a master image.

It's a quick read overall, and helpful for any IT person who's still trying to figure out the best way to migrate his/her organization to Windows 7.