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Re: DRAFT- Close of Windows 2000 Servers and Domains Delivery Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Wed Oct 8 17:40:29 2003
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From: Greg Anderson <ganderso@MIT.EDU>
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Hi Bob,
My thanks to you, Kerem and others who have contributed to this DRAFT.
Just a few edits/suggestions below, noted in black.
Thanks,
Greg
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On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Robert Ferrara wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is the draft of the closing announcement for the Windows 2000
> Servers and Domains Delivery Project. Please comment. I hope to send
> the final out early next week to infosys and itpartners.
>
> Cheers, Bob
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Hello,
>
> The Windows 2000 Servers and Domains Delivery project will be
> concluding this week. The aim of this project was to implement the key
> goals outlined in last year's Discovery report
> (http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/win2k-server/
> discoveryreport_main.htm). Most of the Delivery work focused on
> providing information and resources for DLCs migrating from Windows
> NT4 domains, which Microsoft will no longer support after 7/1/2004.
> Here are some of the highlights of the team's project work.
[N.B. I would change the order of the bullets since the intro talks
about migrations, it would seem that we should talk about migration
experiences first.]
> * Several pilot migrations and deployments were conducted. These
> experiences demonstrated that, for many situations, there is no
> simple, obvious choice of whether to implement an independent Windows
> domain, join the central win.mit.edu domain, or some intermediate
> variation like adding a member server. For DLCs who have not already
> done so, this decision process may be initiated with a conversation
> with a member of either the DITR team or - for academic units - of the
> Academic Computing Support Team. [Do we want to mention here the role
> of the Practice Directors?] This approach fulfills the role that
> originally envisioned a more formal Design Review and Assistance Team
> described in the Discovery report.
> * The pilot migrations also served to qualify migration assistance
> resources. For migrations to independent domains, Microsoft Consulting
> now has direct experience and understands the MIT environment. The
> DITR team and ACST have also learned how to perform migrations to the
> win.mit.edu domain.
>
> .* Much helpful documentation was developed and can be found
> http://web.mit.edu/windows/server/ Based upon the experience of the
> pilots and other work of the team, this material provides information
> on making the migration decision and finding resources to implement
> the selected decision. Some sections are not yet complete, and for the
> next month at least, this site will still be a work under > construction.
>
> * Several technical training sessions were conducted during the
> project. IS and MIT remain committed to offering Microsoft training
> for system administrators and, in the win.mit.edu domain, for
> container administrators.
>
> * For win.mit.edu end users, the Help Desk is now capable of providing
> first-tier support, and second and third tier support is also in
> place. Independent domains will be supplying their own support
> resources.
>
> I should also mention two other developments in connection with this
> topic. First, in order to better coordinate ongoing IS efforts for
> Windows, a cross-functional team has been formed. Patterned after the
> Athena "Owls" group, this group takes its name from a less familiar
> bird species - kakapo@mit.edu. Second, the project sponsors, Theresa
> Regan and Phil Long, arranged for an external review of Windows
> readiness efforts. The review was conducted recently by colleagues
> from industry and peer institutions and their report is due shortly.
> One early result is that we at MIT have fallen behind our peers in
> migrating from our now vulnerable NT4 domains. With this awareness and
> the resources described here, we have an opportunity to close this > gap.
>
> The project sponsors and I extend our thanks to this project team and
> all the other individuals who contributed, especially those technical
> leaders from the DLCs who contributed their valuable time, for all
> their efforts in this complex and changing area.
>
> Cheers,
> Bob Ferrara
> Director, I/T Delivery
>
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Hi Bob,
My thanks to you, Kerem and others who have contributed to this DRAFT.
Just a few edits/suggestions below, noted in black.
Thanks,
Greg
---------
On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 05:39 PM, Robert Ferrara wrote:
<excerpt>Hi all,
Here is the draft of the closing announcement for the Windows 2000
Servers and Domains Delivery Project. Please comment. I hope to send
the final out early next week to infosys and itpartners.
Cheers, Bob
-----------------------------------------
Hello,
The Windows 2000 Servers and Domains Delivery project will be
concluding this week. The aim of this project was to implement the key
goals outlined in last year's Discovery report
(<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/win2k-server/discoveryreport_main.htm</color>).
Most of <color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>the Delivery </color>work
focused on providing information and resources for DLCs migrating from
Windows NT4 domains, which Microsoft will no longer support after
7/1/2004. Here are some of the highlights of the team's project work.
</excerpt>
[N.B. I would change the order of the bullets since the intro talks
about migrations, it would seem that we should talk about migration
experiences first.]
<excerpt><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>* Several pilot
migrations and deployments were conducted. These experiences
demonstrated that, for many situations, there is no simple, obvious
choice of whether to implement an independent Windows domain, join the
central win.mit.edu domain, or some intermediate variation like adding
a member server. For DLCs who have not already done so, this decision
process may be initiated with a conversation with a member of either
the DITR team or - for academic units - of the Academic Computing
Support Team. [Do we want to mention here the role of the Practice
Directors?] This approach fulfills the role that originally envisioned
a more formal Design Review and Assistance Team described in the
Discovery report. </color>
</excerpt>
<excerpt><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>* The pilot migrations
also served to qualify migration assistance resources. For migrations
to independent domains, Microsoft Consulting now has direct experience
and understands the MIT environment. The DITR team and ACST have also
learned how to perform migrations to the win.mit.edu domain.</color>
.* Much helpful documentation was developed and can be found
http://web.mit.edu/windows/server/
<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Based upon the experience of the
pilots and other work of the team, </color>this material provides
information on making the migration decision and
find<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>ing</color> resources to
implement the selected decision. Some sections are not yet complete,
and for the next month at least, this site will still be a work under
construction.
* Several technical training sessions were conducted during the
project. IS and MIT remain committed to offering Microsoft training
for system administrators and, in the win.mit.edu domain, for
container administrators.
* For win.mit.edu end users, the Help Desk is now capable of providing
first-tier support, and second and third tier support is also in
place. Independent domains will be supplying their own support
resources.
I should also mention two other developments in connection with this
topic. First, in order to better coordinate
<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>ongoing </color>IS efforts
<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>for</color> Windows, a
cross-functional team has been formed.
<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>P</color>atterned after the Athena
"Owls" group, <color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>this group
</color>takes its name from a less familiar bird species -
kakapo@mit.edu. Second, the project sponsors, Theresa Regan and Phil
Long, arranged for an external review of Windows readiness efforts.
The review was conducted recently by colleagues from industry and peer
institutions and their report is due shortly. One early result is that
we at MIT have fallen behind our peers in migrating from our now
vulnerable NT4 domains. With this awareness and the resources
described here, we have an opportunity to close this gap.
The project sponsors and I extend our thanks to this project team and
all the other individuals who contributed, especially those technical
leaders from the DLCs who contributed their valuable time, for all
their efforts in this complex<color><param>0000,0000,0000</param> and
changing</color> area.
Cheers,
Bob Ferrara
Director, I/T Delivery
</excerpt>
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