In this article I wanted to share with you some of the most common migration issues we recently encountered on a large scale data center consolidation project. Keep in mind that the below are all execution related issues, nothing to do with…
Data Center Migration Strategies and Methods
Are you moving to a new data center and you are wondering what are your options? Let’s review together the most common ways to deliver a successful migration. Migration Methods Lift & shift (L&S)*: shut-down your environment and physically relocate all…
How to Plan a Cloud Migration?
Let’s welcome 2020 with a Cloud based discussion, specifically let’s talk about Cloud Migrations. Cloud computing has been around now for more than a decade and it has become very common for organisations to execute cloud migrations in order to…
How to track your migration activities and progress
In this article, I want to share my structured approach in managing, planning, tracking and reporting against migration activities. As previously mentioned in other posts, the foundation behind a successful migration is to have a clear and consolidated inventory, with…
Windows 10 Migration Rollout Approach
In this article I will explain you how to approach the rollout/deployment phase.
Preparing for a Windows 10 Migration
I recently project managed a Windows 7 to Windows 10 migration, involving over 5000 users over 6 sites in two European countries. I would like to share some of the key activities usually required to lay the groundwork in order…
The 7 phases of a Migration Project
Migration projects are in growing demand for the evolution of today’s organisations. They come in different shapes and forms, such as datacentres migrations desktops operating systems, e.g. win server 2003, win xp applications, changing vendors, new versions of your CRM or…
Big Data Platform Migration – Challenges
Similarly to a Data Center migration (P2V, V2V, L&S, etc) there are many challenges, risk and issues that can affect the delivery of a big data platform migration. Below are some of the main challenges I recently faced working on…
Big Data Platform Migration – Project Plan
Let’s look at how we can plan the migration of a Big Data Platform to a new data center.