SCCM 2007 - Configuration Manager v.Next migration

A lot of things here have been covered already, secondly this is based on the migration to the beta without full functionality yet.

Having said that, here's the deets:

Migration Console is in the Administartion tab of the v.Next console

Goal of migration: flatten hierachy, minimise WAN impact, Maximise reusability of x64 hw, assist migration of clients and objects

Plan - asses current environment, POC, Design.
Requires SCCM 2007 R2 SP2, 64bit hw, SQL server 2008 SP1 cumulative update 6.

Deploy -

1. Setup initial v.Next primary/Cas
2. Configure software update point and sync updates
3. Setup server roles
4. Make sure hierarchy is operating and software deployment works

Migrate - Map v.Next to existing 2007, migrate objects/clients/DP, Uninstall 2007 sites

All sounds so simple doesn't it ;-)

Enable migration in v.Next, specify hierachy - v.Next gathers info from 2007 for baseline, info is retained for reporting and displaying progress. I have some more details for those interested.

Concern for me is that it seems to be a side by side migration, not an in place - does this mean we will potentially need to buy new hardware to do an upgrade not long after we have finished our migration?