In our scenario, we are looking for a traditional corporate IT infrastructure with the following components:
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft SharePoint Server (general standard)
- Microsoft Skype for Business Server
- Document management system based on SMB shares
- Public website based on TYPO3 CMS
- Backup services
- File servers
The customer has three main offices—one in EMEA, one in the US, and one in Japan. Additionally, he has twenty more offices around the globe and two more offices in China. All these offices are currently supported by three data centers—one data center in EMEA, one in the US, and one in Hong Kong. The customer has around 4,000 users, where 25% are in the Americas, 50% are in EMEA and 25% are in APAC.
The company is also using Salesforce to maintain their customer relationships and opportunities.