Eventually I will be responsible for both. My biggest fear at this point is that we find some kind of incompatibility with 2012 down the road. As you mentioned the 2012 will be a new build that needs to be certified in our environment. Where as 2008 R2 has been in our environment and stable for 3 years now. I'm leaning towards 2012, just think there will be more testing and evaluation work needed for that since it will be a new OS for our environment. I think we are at least 6 months out from this project, so I have time. Just starting to think about it now.
Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 02/07/2013 10:53 PM Subject: RE: Domain upgrade: 2008 R2 or 2012 ? Are you doing a technical evaluation or a business case? >From a technical PoV, I think the posts already have this covered: there are some incremental enhancements and no real downsides (platform is stable, covered in your EA etc.) >From a broader perspective, is your project going to have to pick up shared costs like a new Win2k12 build, updating CMDB, deployment and support capability blah, blah? That might impact your business case. Cheers Ken From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, 8 February 2013 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Domain upgrade: 2008 R2 or 2012 ? Has anyone done this evaluation recently? We are a 2003 R2 shop. We were in the process of planning a migration to a 2008 R2 domain last year (hardware was bought and deployed), when the funds got cut. From what I hear, we will have funding and approval this year for the project. So the question is now, 2008 R2 or 2012. I've had very little time with 2012 so far. Hopefully that will change in the near future. The benefits of going from 2003 to 2008 R2 i've already captured. From what I've seen so far, 2012 seems stable and an incremental upgrade for our environment. Some of the things that might push me towards 2012 don't apply in our environment. for Example RDS and Hyper-V. We are a big Citrix and VMWare shop. So I don't really see us making use of those specific features, or the enhancements in them from previous versions. From my understanding 2012 is included in our EA agreement. So I don't think it will really be a licensing issue. Love to hear thoughts and comments from others who are going through this right now, or have done this evaluation recently. Thanks, Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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