Five Common Migration Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
April 11 2012 - 8:00AM
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Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT) - Migrating new versions of
technologies such as Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Office
365 and Windows enables organizations to reap important benefits,
including enhanced reliability, usability, manageability and
security. Yet the migration process to new application platforms
and operating systems can be complex, time-consuming and arduous.
Risk factors for compliance, governance, and productivity abound,
especially when consolidating and moving critical applications and
data across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.
Organizations can minimize risks and business disruptions by
following migration best practices. Too often, however, they may
fall victim to common mistakes that impact the project’s success.
With more than a decade of experience migrating millions of
mailboxes and users and data, Quest Software has identified five
common migration mistakes and offers tips on how to avoid them.
Moreover, Quest experts and experienced IT pros will be at The
Experts Conference (TEC) 2012 (San Diego, April 29-May 2) to share
further insight on preventing migration project pitfalls.
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Five Common Migration Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
- Poor Planning – Companies often
plunge into major migrations without reviewing existing
environments (e.g., users, DLs, groups, public folders, etc.) as
well as what needs to be moved (e.g., data stores, users,
mailboxes) and what doesn’t (e.g., unused accounts, stale data,
empty mailboxes). Assessing application and browser compatibility
and preparing for the move are crucial, especially when dealing
with Office 365, Windows 7 and Active Directory migrations.
- Underestimating User &
Organizational Impact – Another common yet potentially critical
mistake is underestimating the migration’s impact on users and
operations and failing to analyze all access points. For example,
any Active Directory migration should start with an analysis of all
applications, processes and users requiring access to ensure that
appropriate resources/applications will be available when the
migration takes place and afterwards. It’s imperative to make the
move by identifying workflows, mailboxes, programs and/or other
pieces of infrastructure before they are impacted. It’s also
advisable to schedule resource-intensive migration tasks for
off-peak hours to lessen the impact on production systems,
end-users and productivity.
- Lack of Coexistence Strategy –
Failing to provide seamless coexistence between existing and new
systems is a frequent oversight, which can lead to service
disruptions, lost productivity and increased business costs.
Coexistence is essential, particularly with Exchange, Notes and
GroupWise migrations that typically are deployed in phases.
- Migration Insurance Policy –
Performing regular backups is commonsense yet frequently companies
falter when it comes to having an extra measure of protection to
avoid data loss during a migration. Having a full backup and
recovery plan in place is paramount, so data can be restored
quickly and easily if something goes awry during the migration
process.
- Failure to Focus on “post-migration”
Management – Concentrating on execution without paying
attention to optimizing the new environment is a common pitfall.
Executing a world-class migration necessitates robust project
management, but ongoing reporting, auditing, recovery and
monitoring are essential to ensure the new system is compliant,
available, secure and efficient.
Quest Experts Share Advice on Best Practices and More at TEC
2012
- Quest experts and thought leaders will
be facilitating and presenting sessions on a variety of topics at
the 11th annual technology conference sponsored by Quest and
Microsoft, including the changing world of Exchange and Office 365,
SharePoint governance, the future of virtualization and user
workspace management, as well as Windows 7 migrations and
application compatibility.
- Industry commentary will be provided by
a full roster of Quest visionaries, including Gil Kirkpatrick,
expert-in-residence and directory and identity conference
facilitator; David Sengupta, chief architect, EMEA and Exchange
conference facilitator; Chris McNulty, strategic product manager
for SharePoint; Patrick Rouse, enterprise solutions architect and
virtualization and workspace management co-facilitator; and Gregory
Lambert, chief technical architect.
Supporting Quote:
- Steve Dickson, senior vice president
and general manager, windows server management, Quest
Software“Many organizations struggle to complete migration
projects on time, on budget and with minimal business disruption
because they go it alone when they should ask for help or fail to
follow best practices. As trusted advisors for migrations,
restructuring and consolidations of all kinds, Quest leverages
proven methodologies, leading-edge solutions and world-class
experts to ensure zero-impact migrations that deliver maximum
business benefits while minimizing risks.”
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Five Common Migration Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
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About Quest:
Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) simplifies and reduces the cost of
managing IT for more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Our
innovative solutions make solving the toughest IT management
problems easier, enabling customers to save time and money across
physical, virtual and cloud environments. For more information
about Quest solutions for, data protection, database management,
user workspace management, Windows server management, identity and
access management, and performance monitoring, go to
www.quest.com.
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