Seconded.
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…*** On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]>wrote: > *I would go straight to WS2012.* > > * * > > *From an AD perspective, you can take advantage of new features like > virtualization safeties, group managed service accounts, and dynamic access > control. * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *[email protected]* > > * * > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 7, 2013 3:34 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Domain upgrade: 2008 R2 or 2012 ?**** > > ** ** > > Has anyone done this evaluation recently? We are a 2003 R2 shop. We were > in the process of planning a migration to a 2008 R2 domain last year > (hardware was bought and deployed), when the funds got cut. From what I > hear, we will have funding and approval this year for the project. So the > question is now, 2008 R2 or 2012. I've had very little time with 2012 so > far. Hopefully that will change in the near future. The benefits of going > from 2003 to 2008 R2 i've already captured. From what I've seen so far, > 2012 seems stable and an incremental upgrade for our environment. Some of > the things that might push me towards 2012 don't apply in our environment. > for Example RDS and Hyper-V. We are a big Citrix and VMWare shop. So I > don't really see us making use of those specific features, or the > enhancements in them from previous versions. From my understanding 2012 is > included in our EA agreement. So I don't think it will really be a > licensing issue. > > Love to hear thoughts and comments from others who are going through this > right now, or have done this evaluation recently. > > Thanks, ** ** > > *Christopher Bodnar* > Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise > Architecture and Engineering Services **** > > Tel 610-807-6459 > 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 > [email protected] **** > > > * > The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America* > * > *www.guardianlife.com **** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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