Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Prioritizing the Applications on the List

After you complete and review the list, you have specific information showing the consensus of which applications are critical and which are not.

There is no need to treat all applications and utilities with equal importance because a simple utility that does not work and is not identified as a critical application can be easily upgraded or replaced later and should not hold up the migration. However, problems with a mission-critical business application should be reviewed in detail because they might affect the whole upgrade process.

Remember that certain utility applications should be considered critical to any network environment. These include tape backup (with the appropriate agents) and virus-protection ...