Report for January 2020
- Report Date
- January 2020
Achievements in Last Period
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40 WS2008 servers upgraded or retired since last report
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[ITI] 6 ENT WS2008 servers upgraded or retired
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[CAHSS] 22 SPS servers decommissioned
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[CAHSS] 1 Business School server upgraded
- [IS Apps] 2 WS2008 Parking servers decommissioned
- [IS Apps] 2 pCounter Application WS2008 servers decommissioned
- [IS Apps] 2 Perspectives Reporting servers decommissioned
- [DLS] 3 WS2008 application servers retired
- [LST] 1 Flexo WS2008 server decommissioned
- Quote for one-year MS security update support received (£53,000 plus VAT)
Risks/Issues
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End of support date for WS2008 was 14/01/2020 with 53 servers still operational
- 10 WS2008 servers have no planned upgrade or retirement date
- Apps Ed rollout delayed to 03/02/2020, planned decommissioning of DST servers at risk
- MS security update costs, based on VMware hosts, rejected
Next steps
- [ITI] DST W7 RDS/VDS/SCCM WS2008 servers (13) decommissioning; planned 17/02/2020
- Close project
Transfer to ENT204/BAU
- [IS Apps] Estates BEMS (2), Metering (5) WS2008 servers upgrades delayed to 02/2020
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[IS Apps] Qlikview WS2008 server to be decommissioned; expected date now 02/2020
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[IS Apps] Kofax WS2008 server (1) to be replaced; planned 02/2020
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[IS Apps] O365 Provisioning WS2008 servers (2) being migrated; decommissioning planned 02/2020
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[CSE] ERI WS2008 servers (1) to be decommissioned; planned 03/2020
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[ITI] DHCP WS2003 servers (3) to be replaced during CIS014; estimated 03/2020
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[IS Apps] Asta WS2008 Servers (4) to be upgraded; planned 05/2020
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[IS Apps] SQL Server 2008 WS2008 servers (4) to be decommissioned; estimated date 05/2020; end of support for SQL Server 2008 was 07/2019
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[IS Apps] Core HR servers (10) to be replaced by Core Systems programme; estimated 09/2020
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[IS Apps] Class.net servers (4) to be upgraded; no date
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[EDINA] WS2008 application servers (2) to be decommissioned; no planned date
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[ITI] CIS VOIP WS2008 servers (2) to be upgraded; no date
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[EUSA] WS2008 application servers (2); no plan/date
| Target Date | Title | Stage | Complete |
| 19-Dec-2017 | Profile servers build complete | Execute | Yes |
| 26-Jan-2018 | Detailed revision of DST, Print and EWS workstream plans | Plan | Yes |
| 13-Mar-2018 | Schools contacts informed of print server migration dates | Plan | Yes |
| 15-May-2018 | All owners of Schools based servers notified of Windows Server risks | Analyse | Yes |
| 15-May-2018 | All owners of Application servers notified of Windows Server risks | Analyse | Yes |
| 22-May-2018 | Test print server migrations completed and tested | Build | Yes |
| 28-May-2018 | Production print server pre-builds completed | Build | Yes |
| 24-Jul-2018 | All production print servers migrated or upgraded (excluding PDS cluster) | Deliver | Yes |
| 17-Sep-2018 | Legacy print test servers decommissioned | Deliver | Yes |
| 09-Oct-2018 | All legacy production print servers decommissioned | Deliver | Yes |
| 06-Feb-2019 | Start detailed planning for DST server workstream migrations and upgrades | Plan | Yes |
| 02-Jul-2019 | Migrate production PDS cluster (print servers) | Deliver | Yes |
| 03-Jul-2019 | DST licence servers upgraded | Deliver | Yes |
| 25-Jul-2019 | Windows 7 profile servers (Windows 10 dependency) upgraded from WS2008 to WS2016 | Deliver | Yes |
| 06-Jan-2019 | All ENT WS2008 servers migrated or upgraded to WS2016/2019 | Deliver | Yes |
| 14-Jan-2020 | Extent of exposure of unsupported WS2008 servers in Administration and Schools systems documented | Deliver | Yes |
| 14-Jan-2020 | End of Microsoft extended support for Windows Server 2008 | Deliver | Yes |
| 24-Feb-2020 | All DST WS2008 servers upgraded or decommissioned (dependency on DTP001 - Apps Ed) | Deliver | No |
| 28-Feb-2020 | Project closure | Close | No |