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
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