1. Discover Determine which applications and workloads are running on Windows Server 2003 today.

2. Assess Categorize applications and workloads by type, importance, and degree of complexity.

3. Target Choose a migration destination for each application and workload, either in the datacenter or in the cloud.

4. Migrate Build your migration plan – do it yourself, collaborate with a partner like Heritage Technology Soutions

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He does a great job for us and is a key member of the HTS team.

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Over the past few years VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) has become a growing trend for most businesses due to its advantages regarding costs, speed, and flexibility. Companies have adopted VoIP when conducting interviews or holding online conferences. Regardless of its efficiency, however, VoIP is still susceptible to security breaches and data theft. An attacker can record business conversations and have them decrypted to obtain crucial business or personal information. Read on to find out more about precautions you can take to protect your VoIP system from unwanted audiences.

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The business intelligence market is changing. While most of you are probably familiar with business intelligence software such as Excel, the new wave of BI products is making it easier for you to track down data and organize it into easily viewable graphs and reports. So if you're looking for data on how well a new product sold this past year, you can save time by not having to gather that information and organize it yourself. Now Microsoft is joining the scene and trying to make noise with its free Power BI product offer.

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Small to medium size businesses and startups have always had to squeeze the most they can out of a small team. But with every business trying to gain a foothold in the market and costs on the rise, productivity is more important than ever. Doing more with less is not an option anymore, it's a necessity. It's no wonder businesses are looking towards the latest technology to help carry the load. Below are four ways technology can help you make better use of your most valuable resource of all: your employees.

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As far as viruses, worms and other security infections go, there are probably none quite as frustrating as Poweliks. While most threats can wreak havoc on your computer system and cause untold damage to your business as day-to-day processes are interrupted by unstable IT, information leaks and data losses, the majority at least leave a trace of their work that enables them to be detected and ultimately removed. Not so with Poweliks – this nightmare of a malware completely hides away in your system and is pretty much invisible. Here's what you need to be aware of and how you can protect yourself against Poweliks.

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The scale of the recent security breaches at Sony, which led to the cancellation of The Interview's theatrical release, can make the company's problems seem beyond the realm of the average small business. But the security mishaps that created the circumstances for the hack are as applicable to modest local and regional companies as they are to multimillion dollar corporations. These three tips will take you back to security basics and help avert your own big-screen drama.

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