An excuse for change (for example, to clean up existing problems and start 

new with a standardized client implementation strategy).

Good planning is a major part of the migration. If a migration is started from a 

technical perspective it is very easy to start with the technical challenges. That is 

certainly a part of a successful migration. But to complete a successful migration, 

management support on all levels is certainly just as important.

In the remainder of this book we discuss how to plan a migration, both human 

factors and from a technical point of view. We then document an example of 

migration, including technical 

how to

 steps for solving some of the issues 

involved.

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