Taking Inventory of Applications on Existing Servers
Now that you have a list of the server systems on your network, the next step is to take inventory of the applications running on the systems. Take care to identify all applications running on a system, including tape software, antivirus software, and network monitoring and management utilities.
The primary applications that need to be upgraded will be obvious, as will the standard services such as data backup and antivirus software. However, in most organizations, additional applications hiding on the network need to be identified. If System Center Configuration Manager 2007/2012 (ConfigMgr) is in use, or another network management tool with inventory capabilities, it should also be able to ...
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