Identifying Bare Minimum Services

The bare-minimum services are the fewest possible services and applications that must be up and running for business operations to continue. Only the top few services and applications in the technology prioritized list will become part of the bare-minimum services list. For example, a bare-minimum computer service for a retail outlet could be a server that runs the retail software package and manages the register and receipt printer. For a web-based company, it could be the web and e-commerce servers that process online orders.

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