Windows Server 2025 upgrade
Moving to Windows Server 2025 is a chance to clear out old servers. We decide per server whether to upgrade in place or migrate, and we keep a way back.
Scope of the work
- Inventory servers, roles and application compatibility
- Decide in-place upgrade or side-by-side migration per server
- Upgrade domain controllers and raise functional levels safely
- Upgrade Hyper-V and failover clusters with rolling methods
- Test, cut over and keep rollback until sign-off
- An upgrade plan per server
- Upgraded servers with owners' sign-off
- Updated documentation
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
Applications decide
The operating system upgrade is easy. The vendor's support statement for the application is what sets the plan.
Domain controllers last, carefully
We upgrade the directory by adding new controllers and retiring the old ones, not by upgrading in place.
Snapshots are not a rollback for everything
Domain controllers and clustered roles need a proper rollback plan, not a checkpoint.
Four steps, written down.
A call with Keith
You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Is in-place upgrade safe?
For many member servers, yes, with a backup and a test. For domain controllers and some roles we migrate instead.
Should guests on Azure Local be upgraded too?
Guest operating systems are independent of the cluster. We plan them together because licensing and support often change at the same time.
What does the consulting cost?
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.
Often scoped together.
One rate. Two people.
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service