Expert delivery of
Active Directory migrations
Directory services form the backbone of the IT infrastructure for nearly every organisation.
Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is the most widely adopted directory platform, and there are many strategic and operational reasons why organisations may choose to undertake an AD migration:
There are a variety of reasons why businesses undergo the process of AD migrations, they include:
Starting over
Sometimes called clean slate or greenfield migrations, these are a practical choice when Active Directory has undergone so many upgrades and changes that it’s no longer fit for purpose.
Divestitures
When part of an organisation is sold off or divested, this element of the business needs to be migrated out of the current Active Directory.
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions often lead to a period of coexistence before the new organisations settle on a centralised IT policy. The new policy may involve a fresh start (called a greenfield AD) or the combination of multiple users and computers into the most appropriate AD.
Whatever the driving force behind your own AD migration, the process can be complex, time-consuming, and fraught with challenges – not least if your users are working remotely from multiple locations.
Discover the Nero Blanco way…
With more than 50 years combined experience, our team are experts in managing IT migrations during mergers & acquisitions. We have the skills, tools and know-how to make your Active Directory migration run as smooth as possible. Here’s how we help:
We will:
- Work with you to establish the features and functionality that are important to your business.
- Conduct a detailed audit and provide you with a strategy document that aligns with your IT strategy and business goals.
- Help you to define your security and compliance requirements to ensure your IT remains secure, compliant and hardened.
- Work together to agree appropriate availability and disaster recovery requirements, and ensure our solution meets your expectation.
- Help you define your role-based access controls and make sure they are implemented securely.
- Configure your tenant following appropriate best-practises and demonstrate how to safely roll out and evolve them over time.
…and we’ll do all of this with minimal disruption and downtime for your end-users.
How it works
Here’s a brief outline of the process of working with us:
- We start with arranging a scoping call with your key stakeholders to establish the size of the project and the likely amount of work involved.
- We follow up our scoping call with a cost estimate for the project.
- Once you’ve approved our estimate, we book a discovery workshop to find out more about your challenge, and what you’re hoping to achieve.
- We provide you with a detailed statement of work, based on your aims and goals.
- We then focus on planning, scheduling, set-up and configuration, keeping open communication with your in-house IT professionals throughout the process.
- Finally, we manage the migration process from start to finish, leveraging expert tools like PowerSyncPro Directory Synchronisation & Migration Agent.
Discover how straightforward the process can be with the right team – and the right tools – behind you.
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