01 · Starting point
Situation
A migration of SharePoint Services had to be planned; the publicly available description of the work does not name the specific target version. In parallel, group policies had to be worked on in an environment with several domains.
Constraints
- Changes within an already established IT environment
- Short, clearly scoped engagement
- Internal system and operating details remain confidential
02 · Responsibility
My scope of responsibility
I planned the migration, wrote guides and developed group policies for the domains involved.
03 · Technical work
Documented scope of work
Key decisions
Plan the platform migration and cross-domain policies together. The target platform remains hard to operate if security and configuration settings diverge between domains.
- I analysed and planned the migration of SharePoint Services.
- I wrote guides for the technical transition.
- I developed and configured group policy objects for the multi-domain system.
04 · Technical context
Technology in use
SharePoint Services
SharePoint Services was part of the documented toolset in this Messaging & Collaboration engagement.
Group Policy
Group Policy was part of the documented toolset in this Messaging & Collaboration engagement.
Multi-Domain
Multi-Domain was part of the documented toolset in this Messaging & Collaboration engagement.
Migration
Migration was part of the documented toolset in this Messaging & Collaboration engagement.
05 · Factual basis
Evidence and limits
The migration and cross-domain policies gained a shared technical planning basis.
- Role
- Migration Consultant
- Period
- September 2011 — November 2011
Lesson from the engagement
Collaboration migrations need a consistent policy model across all identity boundaries involved.
Confidentiality note: Internal architecture and operating data of this engagement are not published.