Migration Strategies: Practical Advice for Moving to SBS 2008
Pre-Day Seminar for the SMB Summit
Zero Downtime Migrations and Swing Migrations
Karl Palachuk, Manuel Palachuk, and Jeff Middleton
Seminar Information
Thursday
May 14th, 2009
1:00 - 5:00 PM
Las Colinas, TX
Registration Closed
Summary Info:
Featured Content:
This event is being held on the site of the SMB Summit, but you do not have to be a conference attendee.
More than just theory: This seminar will provide lots of click-by-click guidance on
Agenda Topics Include:
- Introduction to Zero Downtime Migrations
- When to use a Swing Migration
- Manual Migration vs. Automated Migration
- Strategies for ZDTM - Actual run through of major points in our case studies
- User Checklists and how to adapt them to your scenario
- Deep dive on profile migrations -- and all the pesky little things you need to make them go smoothly Handouts and more!
Author / Book Info:
Karl W. Palachuk
is the President of KPEnterprises Business Consulting, Inc. and Great Little Book Publishing Co., Inc. He is also the author of four books for SMB Consultants. Karl is also an active member of the SMB community, with blogs and web sites providing resources and advice to SMB Consultants.
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Book:
The Network Migration Workbook
About the Book:
The Network Migration Workbook gives you everything you need to migrate a Windows network. It won't fit in your back pocket, it's on full letter size paper and it's almost 600 pages. But it definitely has everything you need. Karl and Manuel Palachuk start with a discussion of the entire process so you see the big picture. The authors talk about the scope of work and how critical it is to your internal processes and your relationship with the client. Next, they introduce the pre-discovery process. That means making a list of all the things you need to discover so you really understand the project. After the pre-discovery is complete, you can quote the project. They lay out a process based on 10+ years of SBS Migration experience. The book divides the migration into seven distinction stages.
Manuel L. Palachuk
is President of KPEnterprises, a technology consulting firm focused on the SMB market in Sacramento, CA. He has more than 20 years experience in IT consulting. In addition to being a co-author of the Network Migration Workbook, Manuel is the primary architect of KPEnterprises' Zero Downtime Migration techniques.
Book:
The Network Migration Workbook
About the Book:
The Network Migration Workbook gives you everything you need to migrate a Windows network. It won't fit in your back pocket, it's on full letter size paper and it's almost 600 pages. But it definitely has everything you need. Karl and Manuel Palachuk start with a discussion of the entire process so you see the big picture. The authors talk about the scope of work and how critical it is to your internal processes and your relationship with the client. Next, they introduce the pre-discovery process. That means making a list of all the things you need to discover so you really understand the project. After the pre-discovery is complete, you can quote the project. They lay out a process based on 10+ years of SBS Migration experience. The book divides the migration into seven distinction stages.
Jeff Middleton
Jeff Middleton is recognized worldwide as an expert on Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS), known as a speaker, author, advisor, and technical community leader. As founder of SBSmigration.com, Jeff and his company are synonymous with "Swing Migration", the IT Pro consultant's method of choice for SBS Server replacements. He also the force behind the unique IT Pro Conference 2007 held in New Orleans and set to return May 8-11, 2008. Over 35 SMB leaders came together in 2007 for a weekend of panel discussion and those signature evening events you seek out when Jeff's at a conference.
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