Recent Projects

  • Microsoft Azure File Services

    Low Access Data Migration to Cloud-Hosted File Services for North Carolina Water Utility Agency

    Q3 2021
    In September, a Data Networks’ water utility customer located in North Carolina discovered a need to reduce the overhead on their block storage, preferably moving their vast amount of archived data to a cheaper and higher capacity storage solution. Data Networks recommended leveraging Azure Hybrid Benefit from their Microsoft and Azure Tenant to move low […]
  • New Switches + Network Management Solution

    Network Upgrade for Maryland Public Health Department

    Q3 2021
    In September, Data Networks designed a network upgrade solution for this Maryland county public health department. The health department’s existing Cisco switches were EOL and were not configured for centralized management, preventing visibility into the network’s performance. Data Networks recommended replacing the outdated and unconfigured network equipment with 8 modern, managed Juniper switches, leveraging Mist’s […]
  • Anti-Spoofing Deployment

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Mail Security for Local Independent School

    Q3 2021
    This local independent prep school was facing phishing attacks and needed to protect its vulnerable users from intrusion and bad attachments, while also fostering a better culture of security for its users. In order to protect against broad volume-based attacks and secure email and collaboration tools from zero-day, malware, phishing, and other security compromises, Data […]
  • Credential Authentication Project

    Radius/NPS Certificate Services for Wi-Fi Networks for Local Public School System

    Q3 2021
    In September, this Maryland public school system requested a Wi-Fi user credential authentication solution that was virtualized and integrated the File Share into the disaster recovery solution, while minimizing costs, increasing availability, and simplifying management. Data Networks deployed an NPS/Radius solution based upon Microsoft Windows Server 2019 and created a secure, geographically diverse, high availability […]
  • Witness and Proxy Server Update

    Deployment of New vSAN Witness Server and Proxy Update for Maryland University

    Q3 2021
    This local Maryland university needed better maintenance and update cycles for their VMware investments and Dell servers while facing a strict security requirement: nothing could directly contact the internet. In order to securely update the university’s data center investments, Data Networks developed a solution to deploy a new physical host server with a proxy update […]
  • Host Server Refresh and Workload Migration

    Host Server Refresh with Shared Storage and Workload Migration for Local Biopharmaceutical Company

    Q3 2021
    Aging infrastructure, with most systems near end-of-warranty, non-redundant fault domains, and limited scalability of existing investments inhibited this local biopharmaceutical company’s business growth. The expansion of their manufacturing and production staff created a need for a scalable solution with greater availability that leveraged existing investments, limited re-licensing costs, and delivered better maintenance options. In July, […]
  • Veeam SureBackup Storage Expansion

    Veeam SureBackup, Virtual Labs, Sandbox On-Demand for Local Prep School

    Q3 2021
    In July, this Maryland local prep school needed to provision student learning labs on-demand and provide access to student resources through familiar interfaces, while increasing student awareness of cybersecurity. The solution needed to be easily scalable and leverage existing investments and capabilities to provide multiple students simultaneous access to the on-demand labs. Data Networks designed […]
  • Windows Server 2019 Upgrade

    Domain Controllers Upgrade to Windows Server 2019 for Local Prep School

    Q3 2021
    In July, a local Maryland prep school’s domain controllers were running older versions of the Windows Server OS (2016), which is no longer supported under Microsoft mainstream support. The school needed to update the existing domain controllers to Windows Server 2019 with the latest update while maintaining services availability. Data Networks performed the Windows Server […]
  • SQL Server Migration

    Physical to Virtual Server Migration for Washington State Public School

    Q2 2021
    A Washington State Public School District discovered their SQL database, running on a physical server, was aging and no longer under support. Data Networks assessed the District’s environment and recommended deploying an optimized Virtual Machine for hosting SQL. Data Networks provided a SQL server migration to migrate the District’s data and preserve their applications from […]
  • Microsoft Active Directory Migration

    eDirectory to Microsoft AD Migration Planning and Consulting Services for Washington State School District

    Q2 2021
    A Washington State Public School District has foundational services integrated into their Identity and Access Management systems, based upon Novell/MicroFocus’ NetIQ eDirectory platform. In addition to all access control policies managed through eDirectory LDAP services, the District also leverages the full complement of bundled services included with the NetIQ Identity and Access Management suite. As […]