Windows Server 2016 Upgrades Migrations Enterprise Modernization

This is a large collection of resources and materials related to Windows Server 2016 upgrades and migrations.

• Overview and additional relevant documents
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/migrate-roles-and-features
• What’s New in Windows Server version 1803
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-in-windows-server-1803

• Server role upgrade and migration matrix for Windows Server 2016
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/server-role-upgradeability-table

• Migrating Roles and Features in Windows Server
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/migrate-roles-and-features

• Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel update
• https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/03/29/windows-server-semi-annual-channel-update/

• E-book: The Ultimate Guide to Windows Server 2016
• https://info.microsoft.com/TheUltimateGuideToWindowsServer2016.html

• Updated Services and Roles
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/migrate-roles-and-features

• Cluster operating system rolling upgrade
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-server/failover-clustering/cluster-operating-system-rolling-upgrade

• Upgrading to AD FS in Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/deployment/upgrading-to-ad-fs-in-windows-server-sql

• New management GUI – Windows Admin Center
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/understand/windows-admin-center

• Join the Windows Server Summit
• Join us on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 for a virtual experience to learn tips and tricks for modernizing your infrastructure and applications—regardless of whether you’re running Windows Server on-premises or in the cloud.

• • Save the date
  • Sign up for updates

• From <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-summit>

• TechNet Wiki & Microsoft Virtual Academy
• Survival Guides
• https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/6785.wiki-survival-guides-in-english.aspx

• Portal Page – Windows Server 2016
• https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/36514.windows-server-2016-portal.aspx

• What’s New in Windows Server 2016
• https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/whats-new-in-windows-server-2016-16457

• Preparing for Exam 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016
• https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/preparing-for-exam-70740-installation-storage-and-compute-with-windows-server-2016-17616

• Preparing for Exam 70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016
• https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/preparing-for-exam-70741-networking-with-windows-server-2016-17635

• Preparing for Exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016
• https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/preparing-for-exam-70742-identity-with-windows-server-2016-17636

• AD Core components & additional tools
• What’s new Active Directory Domain Services
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-server/identity/whats-new-active-directory-domain-services

• • Privileged access management
  • Extending cloud capabilities to Windows 10 devices through Azure Active Directory Join
  • Connecting domain-joined devices to Azure AD for Windows 10 experiences
  • Enable Microsoft Passport for Work in your organization
  • Deprecation of File Replication Service (FRS) and Windows Server 2003 functional levels

• • Strategic Domain Upgrade
• How to install/configure Active Directory for upgrades and migrations.
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/deploy/upgrade-domain-controllers

• • Security assessment tools
• AD ACL Scanner
• https://github.com/canix1/ADACLScanner

• • Enterprise Modernization
• Cloud Infrastructure and Management Practice Accelerators – Modernization and Migration
• https://www.microsoftpartnerserverandcloud.com/Pages/CloudInfrastructureandManagementPracticeAccelerators5.aspx
• Modernization and Migration
• Enterprise Modernization is a collection of guides to help accelerate Cloud Adoption, though assessment and migration of servers to Microsoft Azure, as well as moving workloads from Windows Server 2003 to a Modern Windows Platform. In addition, this material can be used to protect workloads using Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
• Business events that trigger opportunities to modernize are:

• Key Highlights: Guidance for modernization, migration and protection of workloads.
• Audience: Partner Consultants and Technical Decision Makers.
• When to use: During consulting practice to modernize, migrate and protect workloads.
• Outcome: Migration and protection acceleration with prescriptive guidance.
• The following IP guides are available:
• Download and get familiar with the engagement guidance, tools, and collateral:
• Enterprise Modernization – BDM Customer Deck
• Use this deck to drive meaningful discussion, with a BDM audience, around Enterprise Modernization, and create demand for the Enterprise Modernization solution with the customer ultimately attending the Cloud Adoption Framework workshop.
• Enterprise Modernization – TDM Customer Deck
• Use this deck to drive meaningful discussion, with a TDM audience, around Enterprise Modernization, and create demand for the Enterprise Modernization solution with the customer ultimately attending the Cloud Adoption Framework workshop.
• Cloud Adoption Framework
• The Cloud Adoption Framework Workshop is designed to be ideal for pre-sales engagements where customer cloud opportunities need to be uncovered and adoption accelerated. Through a co-creation style workshop, we jointly develop the customer’s cloud adoption goals, desired outcomes and create an adoption plan. This ideation exercise, accomplished in a co-creation fashion, provides the customer with ownership of the output and clearly positions Microsoft as a strategic partner.
• Download and get familiar with the Technical Product Delivery collaterals:
• ASM to ARM Scenario Guides
• Guides for migration from ASM to ARM scenario.
• Migration and BCDR Scenario Guides
• Guide for migrating and protecting Active Directory.
• Modernization Delivery Process Workflows
• Process workflows that help decision making.
• Microsoft Application and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
• Can be used to inventory IT environments for various platform migrations—including Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows 10, Office 2013, Office 2010, Office 365, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016.

• Enterprise Modernization Active Directory Upgrade (File Downloads)
• https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/campusipkits/enterprisemodernizationactivedirectoryupgrade

• • Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
• https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1640.microsoft-assessment-and-planning-toolkit.aspx

• • License Structure and Cost
• Certification training courses for licenses & subscriptions.
• https://getlicensingready.com/

• • Additional training material and documentation from Microsoft Partner Network
• Windows Server 2016 Customer Pitch
• https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/en-ca/sddc-solution-pitch-deck-hci-tr.pptx

• Windows Server 2016 Security Customer Pitch
• https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/en-ca/win-server-2016-security.pptx

• Windows Server 2016 10 Reasons to Love It
• https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/en-ca/10-reasons-to-love-windows-server-2016.pptx

• Windows Server 2012 and 2016 R2 Feature Comparison
• https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/en-ca/windows-server-2016-technical-feature-comparison-guide.pdf

• Remote Desktop Services with Windows Server 2016
• https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/mpn/en-ca/rds-in-windows-server-2016-tp5-infamod-sm.pdf

• How to Enroll Organization in MPN
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3090752/how-to-enroll-organization-in-mpn

• Microsoft Partner Center
• https://partnercenter.microsoft.com/en-us/partner/home

• Partner Learning Portal
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/training/learning-portal/

• • Technical Journeys
• Start your technical journey
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• Application innovation
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• Cloud infrastructure and management
• Develop the hybrid cloud capabilities you need to innovate faster and with optimal control and security.
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• Cloud voice
• Explore intelligent communications with Skype’s back-end infrastructure supporting enterprise-grade voice, video, and meetings.
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• Collaboration
• Learn how adding a collaboration practice can boost your customers’ productivity––and your bottom line.
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• Business applications
• Transform your customers’ businesses––and accelerate your own––with help from Microsoft.
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• Data and AI
• Help companies reimagine business processes, make decisions faster, and personalize customer experiences.
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• Modern desktop
• Microsoft 365 is empowering partners to modernize their customers’ environments.
• Learn more

• Security and compliance
• Build a security practice and keep your customers safe with help from Microsoft.
• Discover more

• Application innovation
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/azure-presales-deployment

• Cloud infrastructure and management
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/azure-presales-deployment#tab-content-2

• Cloud voice
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/office-365-presales-deployment#tab-content-2

• Collaboration
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/office-365-presales-deployment#tab-content-2

• Business applications
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/office-365-presales-deployment#tab-content-3

• Data and AI
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/azure-presales-deployment#tab-content-3

• Modern desktop
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/reach-customers/modern-workplace

• Security and compliance
• https://partner.microsoft.com/en-gb/support/azure-presales-deployment#tab-content-4

 

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