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NDS to AD Migration
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I used to be a consultant (left only 2 months ago) and did this sort of thing many times. And the standard consulting answer is - it depends. Primarily on the size of your organization. And I assume you are talking both OS and E-mail (so Netware to Windows and GroupWise to Exchange).
How many users?
How many servers?
How many locations?
I recently budgeted about 35K in services for a 60-70 user firm (doesn't include user training). If it is under about 100 users, you can probably do an all-at-once conversion over a weekend. Of course there is a lot of planning, prep and testing before the actual migration. Over 100 or so, you are probably looking at a phased migration over time, so both systems would have to co-exist.
I took a full time position at a firm and we are in the testing phase of that migration, so let me know if you have other questions. I think you can e-mail me through tek-tips and I can get back to you more directly (assuming that is allowed).
Take a look at the products from Quest Software (formarly Wingra). It is excellent for the GroupWise part. They have an NDS to Windows tool as well, but I typically prefer to set up the Windows side manually. Too many things between NDS and Windows that don't translate well.
R.Sobelman
How many users?
How many servers?
How many locations?
I recently budgeted about 35K in services for a 60-70 user firm (doesn't include user training). If it is under about 100 users, you can probably do an all-at-once conversion over a weekend. Of course there is a lot of planning, prep and testing before the actual migration. Over 100 or so, you are probably looking at a phased migration over time, so both systems would have to co-exist.
I took a full time position at a firm and we are in the testing phase of that migration, so let me know if you have other questions. I think you can e-mail me through tek-tips and I can get back to you more directly (assuming that is allowed).
Take a look at the products from Quest Software (formarly Wingra). It is excellent for the GroupWise part. They have an NDS to Windows tool as well, but I typically prefer to set up the Windows side manually. Too many things between NDS and Windows that don't translate well.
R.Sobelman
Wow rjs, you got away with murder!
While working for a Microsoft Certified Partner, our server migrations would be completed in roughly 16 hours for the "average" small business ranging from 5-75 users.
Labor at $125/hr the costs were only $2000.
Add in the cost of a new server and the total costs (running SBS) were usually under $10K depending on what other hardware was needed.
Walyeska, in my opinion one of the key factors is to find a resource that understands scripting so they can automate much of the work. This saves me hours on labor consistenly.
I hope you find this post helpful.
Regards,
Mark
While working for a Microsoft Certified Partner, our server migrations would be completed in roughly 16 hours for the "average" small business ranging from 5-75 users.
Labor at $125/hr the costs were only $2000.
Add in the cost of a new server and the total costs (running SBS) were usually under $10K depending on what other hardware was needed.
Walyeska, in my opinion one of the key factors is to find a resource that understands scripting so they can automate much of the work. This saves me hours on labor consistenly.
I hope you find this post helpful.
Regards,
Mark
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