Introduction

This document considers operational requirements for a data services deployment. The document identifies guidance within Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) and Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and applies it to the data services deployment.

This operations guide describes the operational tasks for a data service within a controlled and managed data center. It provides guidance about the roles involved in data center management as well as best practices for planning, building, deploying, and operating the data service component of a Windows Server System Reference Architecture (WSSRA) compliant architecture.

You should read this operations document in conjunction with the other documents that make up the WSSRA Data Services content:

You can find these guides at the following URL:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=55192

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	Who Should Read This Guide
	Knowledge Prerequisites

Who Should Read This Guide

This document highlights and explains the operational strategy that you can apply to deploy and manage a centralized data service.

The document will be useful to IT managers and decision makers because it details sustained engineering aspects of a data service. It also describes how the service maps to business requirements, and how these business requirements affect design and operational decisions.

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Knowledge Prerequisites

The intention of this document is to provide guidance and highlight the considerations that you must take into account when you establish an operational baseline for a centralized data service. The guidance in this document assumes the reader has a level of understanding of enterprise infrastructure issues, and terminology, from both a business and technological perspective.

To gain the most from this document from a business perspective, readers should understand how design affects operations and how businesses rely on information technology to streamline processes and procedures.

To gain the most from this document from a technical perspective, readers should have a knowledge level equivalent to an IT professional with at least two years experience as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. The document also assumes knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and database technologies.

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