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Virtualization Opportunities

• Consolidation
– Server roles
– Performance
– Utilization
• Capacity planning

Planning a Server Rollback

• Develop migration plans
– Type of migration
– Speed of rollback
• Check for success
– Key indicators
• Fix and repair
• Roll back and continue to work on
a fix to progress
• Roll back the server

Migrating Data and Services

• Application compatibility
– Microsoft applications
– Third party applications
• Service mapping and support
– Active Directory
• Data migration
– In-place upgrade
– Swing migration
• Security migration
• Maintaining access
– Testing
Planning Software Licenses
• Server virtualization
– Lower licensing cost
• Tracking license usage
– SCCM 2007
– Asset tracking systems
• Software auditing
• Software agent reuse
– Reducing costs
Decommissioning Tasks for Windows Server 2008 Servers
When considering decommissioning tasks for Windows
Server 2008, ask the following questions:
How can you reduce costs through server consolidation?
Which accounts and application settings should be removed from Active Directory?
Which DNS entries need to be removed?
What additional tasks such as backup and scheduled tasks need to be modified?

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