Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Rolling Out the Pilot Phase

The pilot phase is usually rolled out in subphases, with each subphase growing in number of users affected, uses of system technology by the pilot users, and the distribution of users throughout the organization.

Number of Pilot Users

The whole purpose of the pilot phase is to slowly roll out users throughout the organization to validate that prototype and test assumptions were accurate and that they can be successful in the production environment. An initial group of 5 to 10 pilot users (usually members of the IT department overseeing and managing the migration) are first to be migrated. These users test basic functionality.

After successful basic testing, the pilot users group can grow to 1%, then to 3%, on to 5%, ...