August Monthly Activity Report (MARS)
August was an interesting month. We started out with high hopes of getting things done before the students came back. Well some goals were met; other s faulted by the way side. But here is what was accomplished.
SharePoint Admin training.
This was a week of intense SharePoint emulsion. I was not aware how deep and broad this product can and will be. There was at least two days of saying Oh MY….we need more staff….wait we need more equipment…wait….we need more training.! But after the shock wore off, I still think the same.
Email Oneness:
Another month come and gone and still working on this project. This month, the numbers were turned in, on option B, the idea of how to transition option c. Interview staff replacement people for the NCS staff. There is a current feeling that the last two members of the original team are looking heavily. So bringing in a contractor will help stem the blood flow.
System Center Operations Manager: (SCOM)
This project has been on hold for different reasons on different angles. We are still trying to figure out the issues with monitoring the clusters. And Nagios Integration was the other reason. The open ticket with Microsoft is at level 3 support, which got back to us on 8/30.
Proof point load balancing Proof of Concept.
This project has been slow moving, mostly do to configuration issues. DNS availability, NIC configurations, and resource availability. We now have a functional cluster behind the CSM. It has been made available for proof point to look at our configuration via a bastion host.
Octel Replacement
This dormant project started back up at the end of the month. We are in the starting phase of looking placing an RFI or RFP. This is the project to replace the voicemail system, we are looking at being able to integrate the system into a Unified Communication system in the future. Minimum email and voice mail integration.
SharePoint Admin training.
This was a week of intense SharePoint emulsion. I was not aware how deep and broad this product can and will be. There was at least two days of saying Oh MY….we need more staff….wait we need more equipment…wait….we need more training.! But after the shock wore off, I still think the same.
Email Oneness:
Another month come and gone and still working on this project. This month, the numbers were turned in, on option B, the idea of how to transition option c. Interview staff replacement people for the NCS staff. There is a current feeling that the last two members of the original team are looking heavily. So bringing in a contractor will help stem the blood flow.
System Center Operations Manager: (SCOM)
This project has been on hold for different reasons on different angles. We are still trying to figure out the issues with monitoring the clusters. And Nagios Integration was the other reason. The open ticket with Microsoft is at level 3 support, which got back to us on 8/30.
Proof point load balancing Proof of Concept.
This project has been slow moving, mostly do to configuration issues. DNS availability, NIC configurations, and resource availability. We now have a functional cluster behind the CSM. It has been made available for proof point to look at our configuration via a bastion host.
Octel Replacement
This dormant project started back up at the end of the month. We are in the starting phase of looking placing an RFI or RFP. This is the project to replace the voicemail system, we are looking at being able to integrate the system into a Unified Communication system in the future. Minimum email and voice mail integration.
Looking back this was mostly a project orientated month. So even though nothing came to closer, a lot was pushed forward in the right direction. We will see how the month of September goes.