System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Unleashed

The Pilot Deployment

When you complete the POC, you can begin the pilot phase. The pilot is a limited deployment of your actual production infrastructure and services. You typically install a single primary site and a few clients during the pilot phase. If your hierarchy includes a CAS site, you must install it at this time. The pilot is the beginning of your production build-out and should follow the methodologies described in Chapter 6, “Installing System Center 2012 Configuration Manager,” and Chapter 7. From an architecture design planning perspective, the importance of the pilot is that this is when your deployment initially interacts with production systems and actual users. Your test plan for the pilot phase should include

• Testing integration ...