Maintain Fewer Servers
Next Steps: Best Practices
Microsoft, through its work with partners, customers, and industry experts, has developed frameworks and prescriptive guides that help with planning, deploying, and implementing server consolidation projects. In addition, Microsoft can help with the planning and deployment of key Microsoft technologies. Key resources include:
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)
The Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) provides technical guidance that enables organizations to achieve mission-critical system reliability, availability, supportability, and manageability of Microsoft products and technologies.
Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA)
Microsoft Systems Architecture is enterprise-class architectural blueprints and implementation guidance that are tested and proven in the lab with hardware and software partners.
Solution Accelerator for Domain Server Consolidation and Migration: Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
Consolidating domains and migrating to Windows Server™2003 Active Directory® results in less complexity, reduced risk, and better standardization. Through a simplified, one-to-many management model and enhanced scalability of Active Directory, you can now easily reduce the number of domains, cut costs, and increase operational security.
Microsoft Solution for UNIX Migration
Investigate UNIX to Windows Migration solutions in these technical how-to guides on migrating UNIX applications, infrastructure, and databases to the Windows platform.
