How to Solve the Challenge of Windows Server 2003 End of Life

How to Solve the Challenge of Windows Server 2003 End of Life

Greg O’Connor Pablo Sanchez Patrick Pushor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

May 29, 2014

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Windows Server 2003 MigrationOpportunity for transformationPablo SánchezEnterprise Datacenter Strategy Lead

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Agenda

1. Windows Server 2003 end of support

2. Transforming the Datacenter

3. Migration Scenarios

4. Migration Process

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End of support for Windows Server 2003/R2

04/10/2023

424 Days Remaining

What end of support means

Start planning your migration and transforming your datacenter todayDiscontinued support for many applications

Nowis the time to act

Increased operations costs

Impact on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

Impact on both physical and virtualized servers

Nosafe haven

Nosafe haven

Windows 2003/R2 servers will not pass a compliance audit

Nocompliance

Nocompliance

37 critical updates released in 2013 for Windows Server 2003/R2

Noupdates

Noupdates

Lack of PCI compliance could mean that Visa and MasterCard will no longer do business with your organization

Transforming the Datacenter

75% ITDMs are Aware of Windows Server 2003 End-of-Life1

Sources: 1. Based on MSFT Customer Survey 12/2013 (400 NA & Canada ENT & UMM ITDMs) 2. AppZero Based on a survey of 150 Fortune 1000 IT professionals at a series of industry events including CAWorld, HP Discover, Cloud Expo and Vmworld.

intend to migrate, but only 24% are ready to do so.294%

of customers still have applications running on Windows Server 2003.257%

are not sure of upgrade path and 35% intend to go to the Cloud.240%

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Planning for Innovation

• Adopt the new: Cloud via the path you need (cheaper, faster, better)

• Maintain peace of mind of running a secure & proven infrastructure

• New capabilities of the Cloud OS• Simplify control & management by

consolidating HW• Business alignment elevates strategic

relevance of IT

ConcernsFear & Anxiety

• Incompatibilities of applications

• Hardware & software refresh costs

• Changing a stable environment

• Security breaches not being covered

• Compliance audits

• Disrupting the business


Benefits of upgrade

Concerns to Benefits

Cost savingsReduce capital expense and maximize investmentthrough virtualization/consolidation and cloud infrastructure

SimplicitySimplify IT management across on-premises and cloud and make your infrastructure more agile with WS/SC

Peace of mindRely on enterprise-grade security on-premises and in the cloud

Situation/Pains1. Aging server OS

Approaching EOS for WS 2003 causing security, compliance, cost risks

2. Aging hardwareFacing high capital expense for hardware refresh

3. IT complexityComplexity of IT infrastructure causes added time and cost on management

4. Lack of IT agilityInability to respond quickly to changing business demands

5. Security concernsConcerned with keeping data protected and dealing with unexpected downtime

6. Compliance demandsA need to remain in compliance industry and regulatory policies

Cost savings

Reduce capital expense and maximize investment through consolidation, virtualization and cloud infrastructure

Simplicity

Simplify IT management and make your infrastructure more agile with WS/SC

Peace of mind

Ensure business continuity and rely on enterprise-grade security on-premises and in the cloud


Achieving value in Legacy Server MigrationModernize your IT with an infrastructure that seamlessly spans on-premises and cloud, while reducing costs, simplifying management, and improving data protection.

Migration Scenarios


2. DC Cloud Extension

Host workloads on Azure to reduce capital expense and scale as needed

1. MS Workload Virtualization

Virtualize workloads to ease upgrade, consolidate servers, and gain the benefits of a private cloud

3. Hybrid Cloud Automation

Dramatically simplify IT management across on-premises and cloud

4. Hybrid Dev and Test

Easily spin up dev & test environments – including upgrade testing – in the cloud on an as – needed basis

Using Server Migration as a Competitive Advantage for Cloud OSFour Strategic Windows Server 2003 Migration Scenarios

2. DC Cloud Extension

3. Hybrid Cloud Automation

4. Hybrid Dev & Test

1. Workload Virtualization

CLO

UD

FIT

VIRTUALIZATION FIT

Hig

hLo

w

Low High

Cloud Hybrid

Virtualized

Non-Virtualized

Microsoft

Migration

Migration process

MigrateMake the move

4TargetIdentify your destination(s)

3AssessCategorize applications andworkloads

2DiscoverCatalog your software and workloads

1

Discover what you have

System integratorsMicrosoft Services JumpStart for Windows Server 2003

Other Microsoft partners

Self-service toolsMicrosoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit

Dell ChangeBASE

Lakeside Software SysTrack

Catalog your software and workloads

4. Migrate

3. Target2. Assess1. Discover

Microsoft server roles

By type

By criticality

Microsoft applications

Third-party applicationsCustom applications

Can be retiredMarginalImportantMission critical

By complexity and risk

Low Medium High

Assess your inventory4. Migrate


Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Azure

Cloud OS Network

Evaluate options for each application and

workload

Target your destination4. Migrate



Path to the cloud

Reduce your maintenance overhead by virtualizing and consolidating servers

Done properly, consolidating server hardware through virtualization can create many more business benefits than simply reducing hardware costs.

Be aware of the cost of choosing not to migrate

Over time the cost of not migrating actually exceeds the cost of the migrating to new software – and without getting any of the added benefits.

Turn an Update to a Strategic Opportunity

Instead of just updating your OS, take advantage of the opportunity to expand your company’s IT capabilities.

Microsoft will support customers in whatever path they choose

By migrating to Microsoft’s Cloud OS, you will be able to realize the full potential of a modernized infrastructure, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid scenarios.

Windows Server

1

Simplify your IT with flexiblemanagement capabilities

Centrally manage and monitor your IT assets via a single view for both on-premises and the cloud.System Center

2

Azure

3

ExecutePlanConsider service offerings

Microsoft Services JumpStart for Windows Server 2003

Other Microsoft partners

Do it yourself

Migrate your workloads

Dell ChangeBASE

Citrix AppDNA

AppZero

4. Migrate


Enterprise Application Migration

AppZero does for Apps what VMs do for machines

VAA

AppZero extracts existing enterprise applications and packages them into VAAs that can be provisioned and run natively on any OS, machine or cloud,

fast.

Source Machine Destination Machine

Extract

Copy & Run

Dissolve& install

Discover

The Market for App Migration

Market Drivers• Cloud adoption

– Public– Private– Managed Providers

• End of support WS2003– WS2012 adoption

IT Initiatives• Cloud on-boarding

• Building a private cloud

• Data Center modernization– WS 2003 EOS

• Data Center consolidation

AppZero Migration Tools

• Migration Workbench– Guides users through an end to end migration– Ideal for a small number of migrations at a time

• Migration Automation– Automated Discovery and Migration Tools– Scriptable CLI to AppZero PACE engine

• PACE (Predictive Application Component Extraction)

– AppZero IP for SCO• Integration Pack for System Center Orchestrator

• Service Provider Edition– Cloud Migration Dashboard integrated with each CSP– Automated destination provisioning & migration

3 ways to discover and start application(s)

1. Services:

2. IIS:

3. Apps that are not services or IIS based:

AppZero Migration Workbench

1. Enter VAA name2. Enter IP or source DNS name3. Admin Password4. Find Applications5. Select Application(s)6. Begin Tether7. Launch Application(s)

Key Downtime Reduction Features in 6.0

Source

Pre-Populate

Destination

• Partial migration of app complete with a majority of static files moved to destination

• Staging is done while source applications are running

• All artifacts are migrated to the destination with the exception of those that are locked

DBFs

Pre-Populate VAA

EXEs Config EXEs Config

• A generalized application source and destination re-synchronization set of features

• UPDATE – Synchronize only newer objects from source without removing any objects that are newer or have been created on destination

• MIRROR – Synchronize all modified objects with with source, removing or updating any objects created or modified on destination

Source Destination

DBFs

Tether Sync (UPDATE)

EXEs ConfigEXEs Config

Re-sync

6.0 Timeline: Beta – Now; GA – June/July

Source Destination

DBFs

Tether Sync (MIRROR)

EXEs ConfigEXEs Config

Existing Application

ApacheMY SQL

AppZero Migration – Disrupt the Status Quo

Application extracted on demand from source machine (datacenter or cloud) to target machine (cloud)

App migration

Source Destination

http://www.appzero.com/content/migrate-32-bit-applications-windows-azure-appzero

Migration Automation: CLI

AppZero’s PACE provides a CLI (call level interface) to automate migrate multiple sources

Migration Wave

Source Machines

creds.txtSource App

Inventory

SourceCredentials

MAPP

Destination Machines

Indicate AppsTo Migrate

Gather App Components

Migrated Apps

Assessment and Discovery• Inventories applications and app components

across multiple machines• Generates output as CSV • Integrates with discovery tools like TADDM,

ADDM and SI and enterprise-specific migration management portals

Migration• Parallelizes migrations across source servers• Minimizes downtime by pre-extracting app

components• Migrates only those application that are selected • Prebuilds VAA in advance of app downtime

window

Integration Pack for System Center Orchestrator

SystemCenter 2012Orchestrator

Windows 2003 Servers

Extract VAA

PACE Discovery

Temporary Staging Servers

Copy VAA and

Dissolve

Destination Servers

AutomateDiscovery + Extraction

AutomateServer + Application

Provisioning

• Automate large scale and long-running workflows in System Center

• Integration pack provides pre-built AppZero tasks– Orchestrator Runbook

Activities– PowerShell Cmdlets

• Timeline– Beta availability now– GA summer

Limitations, Best Practices and Support

• Apps must be stopped before final migration/re-sync

• Not supported

– AD/LDAP (network services), SharePoint & Exchange

– 16 bit applications

• Pain to do

– Security agents (Kernel driver *.sys)

– Usually pre-provisioned on the destination

• Moving shared DBs will moves all the DBs

– Pruning can be done manually by a DBA

• Good to go – ISV, homegrown or bespoke application and

middleware

– All Hypervisors, physical, virtual and any cloud

• AppZero Support Policy link

– http://www.appzero.com/content/support-policies

• Support Policy for AppZero Products

– Source Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) or higher

– Source Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) or higher

• Support Policy for migration of Third-Party Applications

– No specific support list from AppZero

• AppZero migration and 3rd party vendor support policies

– Check ISV’s support version OS combination

– Check ISV support policies

http://www.appzero.com/content/support-policies

Customer Case Study

The Pabst Brewing CompanySan Antonio, Texas

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer (PBR) and Twinkies

VAA

Data Center Managed Cloud

Extract

Dissolve& install

Discover

Example: PBR production app profiles

Salient - Margin Minder- Dual Purpose Drive Structure

- (System and Data Drive)

- Six unique application services- A total of 28 GB migrated

- 4,152 Files on System Drive (612 MB)- 6,644 Files on Data Drive (26.3 GB)- Misc. Registery and Services Entries

Microsoft – Dynamics 10.0- Dual Purpose Drive Structure

- (System and Data Drive)

- Nine unique application services- A total of 4 GB migrated

- 215 Files on the System Drive (100 MB)- 7,778 Files on the Data Drive (3.1 GB)- Misc Registery and Services Entries

Product Manual migration time estimate

Zapp extract & provision

Margin Minder 40+ hours <1 hour

Dynamics 10.0 40+ hours <1 hour

Total >80 hours < 2 hours

Migration w/ AppZero summary points

Huge time savings – estimated 1-2 weeks/application moved

AppZero identifies, extracts, and moves app in minutes- Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 30 minutes; Margin Minder 40 minutes

No need to redo permissions, log-ins, security on SQL apps

AppZero dissolve function removes VAA; option to retain portability

Source machine left untouched and unchanged

Applications on Rackspace look like a brand new, clean installation- AppZero brings over only the application and essentials- None of the ‘baggage’ accumulated over 6-7 years of production

AppZero worked as advertised

Big Pharma Case Study

Effort and TimeEffort and Time Project DurationProject Duration

Head to Head ComparisonHead to Head Comparison Cost MetricsCost Metrics

Summary

The only cloud-independent application extraction, transformation, and delivery offering in the market

– The best way to move from any machine to any cloud

– Modernize (up-level) your OS & supporting infrastructure

– WS2003 EOS remediation – the clock is ticking

– 10 - 100 times faster moving only the app (not the vm)

– Near zero downtime migration

– MSP and PaaS friendly – Leave the mess behind

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