Posts made by StefUk

@scottalanmiller
let's not start this .. this is not a character assassination on what could have been done better and why company use certain technologies nor other.. you can create an other post on best practices .. ( i m sure we have a few)

@scottalanmiller
remote app you mean cloud based ?

yea each office has a VPN to connect the branch offices.
company A has 4 branch office connected via VPN
company B has 3 branch office connected via VPN

they access the main apps and services via RDP

@Jason

if we could i would have suggested to do it slower but they made all the pre arrangement and I need to try and make it happen in two months . They are actually legal firms merging so no need to call the lawyers
they want to merge the data from company B to company A and work as company C , that's not a big deal as I can get this sorted. It's the integration of all the other infrastructure - services that is making me twitch ..
i m thinking on "mirroring" the two as best as I can then do the big switch over a long week end ..

@scottalanmiller

o365 not an option as DMS ( document management systems core application ) dont integrate with this too well so not an option at present.
o365 will only address the email side and still need to address the issue about moving premise and domain - AD - remote desktop - local computers, apps migration to company B etc ...
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Company A and company B have merged and the want to become company C in few months.
Company A 80 users – virtualised esxi and with scope to accommodate a lot more infrasrtructure has a domain – exchange in house – accounts package – 4 branch offices and other key apps
Company B 60 users virtualised hiperv ( no much scope for expansion ) has the same as company A but only 3 branch offices and they are in a separate location.
Now a decision has been made that company B will move in to the same premise of company A and company B will adopt some application that company A uses for key function like accounts etc.
Now the two companies have separate AD – exchange - domains – DHCP remote desktops etc and I am thinking on the best way of getting them working causing last disruption as possible.
In normal circumstances I would have created a trust between the two domains, create a new domain and migrate the AD to the new domain, gradually move the remote desktop , connect the branch offices and get them migrated in stages.
This is not feasible, as they want to move and work as the new company in two months. I need to start get things sorted so that they are ready for when they move company B in to company A ?
Any pointers on where to start?
Ie what can I do with the AD ? will it be wise to move both company to a new domain so then when we move the workstation they can login to the new domain.
Is there a way to get the two exchange server and mailboxes ready so that we can redirects emails to a single exchange and point the mx records to that server ?
Company A points to remote desktop for some offices, Company b point to remote desktop for some other offices, i woud need to create a new remote desktop server ( but that implies that all the apps and services have been moved. )
Is there a way of running two domains from the same office ( ie keeping the company A - and company B separate ) but in the same building ?

Thanks
Stef

I m on too ...

Hey I am looking at getting some initial options together for a telephony solution for about 60 users split 40 - 20 across two offices at the moment but looking to increase users by 40% by the end of year.

At the moment they have an Avaya IP office 500 with isdn2 lines.

I am looking at Sip telephony, hosted most likely .

looking for a scalable solution that is cost worthy but at the same time reliable.

The back end infrastructure has just been re done with 1Gbps switches and Vlans and Qos already sorted. Ideally wanting to use the same port for the phone and computer.

Any pointers, recommendation gladly welcome ..

thanks

stef

I think it's still worth going to spiceworld London.

As far as content goes, for an IT tech conference, you get a lot of interesting talsk and not always from vendors. The drill is stil the same, ie vendors flussing things up, but I find it interesting depending on the projects that you are involved in you can always make some good conversation. Most of vendors are pretty nice @Lenovo - unitrends - cyberoam - webroot etc .. you ll always get some annoying one ..

In terms of value for money .. you get decent food, decent swag and a good free booze party ... I don t think is all that bad..

I can't compare it the Austin one but as a UK venue it's not all that bad ... will need to find the time to come over the pond and sample the Austin one ..I hope soon ...

Stef

Oxford here ..
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@JaredBusch @JaredBusch @scottalanmiller

that's good in terms of replication.
but what about working on the same files - project ? what you are saying is that there is no way to get them to work on the same project without file version issues ?

Stef

Hi everyone,
thanks for chiming in ... and thanks @scottalanmiller for posting this on my behalf.

RDS is currently out of the question at the moment due to intense graphical resources that they need. We are looking at some long term solutions - Nvidia Grid of some sort but at the moment RDS will not cut it.

stef

@scottalanmiller IMAP and a CSV ..

how come ... they make a profit and they are going to increase the prices ... here in the uk there isn't much content .. apart from some strange US series !! ;o)

hi I m doing a migration for a client that is moving from google apps to office 365. So far so good but I ve just checked their mailboxes size and some ( about 8-10 out of 45 ) are about 35-40 Gb in size. They want to move to the mid size business not the E plan ...
as far as size is concerned they are aware they will need to reduce the size of the mailbox soon ( as 50Gb ) limitation.

Is there anything to watch out for when migrating such a massive mailbox ? I m not sure how much time it will take or if it would be easier to do it staged ? any pointers much appreciated !! ;o)

@ajstringham nice finding

@ambarishrh cheap storage don't mean good .. there's no SLA's on the site for example ... sounds a bit sketchy to me ..

@Aaron-Studer i ve been using it for a while ... nice to have some more cloud space ... you can t never have enough ..

@Hubtech is that why you want to use split domains ? depending on how many clients you have you can remove sharing calendar permission on the individual user, if you have many there might be a script

hey ... looks like i m late to the game but I m sure I the first Italian on here !! ;o)
Ciao