|
A complete migration from Windows 2008 is better then it was for Windows 2000
A complete migration from Windows 2000 will not be cost-effective – avoid it unless replacing all hardware on a normal schedule. Justify any hardware upgrades by new application or infrastructure requirements."
Meta Group, meanwhile, recommended that until the end of the second quarter next year, Windows 2000 users "should be selective in implementing Windows 2003, focusing on Terminal Services, very large database servers, server consolidations and externally facing servers where improvements in security will be valuable".
But the situation is different for Windows NT customers because Microsoft plans to terminate support at the end of 2004. This means that application developers and hardware driver producers will likewise start focusing their energies elsewhere.
As a result, Windows NT migrations will account for between 70 and 80 per cent of all Windows Server 2003 implementations until the end of next year, according to Gartner's Bittman, and it would be wise for users to have migrated all of their critical servers over by that date.
|
