Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following

competencies:

• Leverage components and features of common operating systems

to meet organizational needs

• Recommend the selection, implementation, and maintenance of

common operating systems based on organizational needs and

industry best practices

Scenario

You are a systems architect at a medium-sized publishing company with

130 employees. The company primarily publishes books, both in print and

online. It also produces other kinds of content, such as audiobooks,

interactive reading material, and magazines. Your leadership has decided

that it is time to either upgrade or adopt a new OS (e.g., Windows, Linux,

macOS).

As the systems architect, you have the responsibility to determine which

OS the company should implement. There are many aspects to consider

when making this decision, including what existing applications are used

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Review the Company's Organizational Needs

To make a well-informed decision, you should understand the company's

organizational needs. Before completing your site survey and writing

your proposal, review the Organizational Needs document linked in the

Supporting Materials area below.

Complete a Site Survey

A site survey compares the three different operating systems that the

company is planning to implement. To complete this task, use the Site

Survey template linked in the Supporting Materials area. Your site survey

must have the following sections completed:

. Operating Systems: Acknowledge what OSes are already used on

site in your site survey. The type of OS already used and how

many employees are using that OS can influence your decision

making.

• Server: Determine whether the desktops are on a hardware or

cloud-based server.

. Although not required in this portion of the project, you

may want to think about whether or not the server should

be changed. This change could be recommended in your

proposal./n• Standard Hardware for Operating System Types: Determine the

minimum required hardware. This could include desktop and

server.

• Network Connection: Determine whether the network is wired or

wireless.

. Although not required in this portion of the project, you

may want to think about whether or not the network

connection should be changed. This change could be

recommended in your proposal.

Applications: Identify what software applications need to be

supported by the OS. Your survey of what applications desktop

users use most frequently will influence your decision making, as

some applications are not supported by certain OSes.

●/nWrite a Proposal

Your proposal will be used to inform leadership as to which OSes the

company should implement based on the findings of your site survey.

Your proposal needs to include the following:

• Overview of Desktop Footprint: Identify desktop systems that

need to be upgraded and other OSes that need to be considered in

the environment. This includes the locations of the desktop

computers and any risks or vulnerabilities that need to be

addressed.

• Recommendation: Recommend which OS should be selected and

implemented, as well as whether it should be on-premise or cloud-

based.

• Justification: Justify your decision based on your site survey

findings and course concepts. You can also consider the number of

end users, cost, and hardware requirements as part of your

findings.

• Implementation Diagram: Create a diagram of what the final roll-

out of the OSes would be. Your diagram should show the number

of desktops and users, locations, and departments. It should be an