Recent Projects

  • Storage Server Virtualization

    NAS to Windows Server File Shares Migration for Maryland Public School District

    Q4 2021
    This Maryland public school district was facing storage challenges due to their outdated and unsupported NAS server. The district needed to upgrade their NAS solution and dissolve the management siloes between their data protection and disaster recovery strategies while working with a limited budget and a small internal IT team. After recommending a server virtualization […]
  • WLAN Upgrade

    New WLAN and Cabling Services for Local University Church

    Q3 2021
    In August, this local university required a wireless network upgrade for an onsite university church. Data Networks developed a WLAN upgrade solution to provide fiber cabling from a nearby student hall to the church, CAT6 cabling to the sanctuary for the new access points, as well as access point installation and provisioning. A new Juniper […]
  • SQL Server Refresh and Storage Expansion

    Microsoft SQL Server Refresh and Host Server Storage Expansion for Local Biopharmaceutical Company

    Q3 2021
    This local biopharmaceutical company needed a SQL server refresh and to increase their local capacity, as well as a properly documented SQL server built as a VM in Hyper-V. Data Networks developed a solution to deploy additional storage to a new Dell PowerEdge R440 host server and configured the storage as a resource accessible by […]
  • 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 Data Networks recommended replacing the outdated and unconfigured network equipment with 8 modern, managed Juniper switches, leveraging Mist’s […]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 […]
  • 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 […]