Introduce IT documentation in 6 steps | Your roadmap to success

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04	Tips & Tools to get started
04	Do you have any questions or need help?
05	The 6 steps to IT documentation
06	It is a project!
06	Why have central IT documentation?
07	The CMP - Do you have your roadmap?
08	Step 1: Documentation of the physical infrastructure
09	Record additional information
09	And what if details or information are missing?
10	Room plans for a holistic visual overview
10	Rack Management
10	Facility Management
11	Installations subject to inspection
11	Management of the cabling
12	Step 2: Documentation of the networks
12	IP networks
13	Documentation of VLANs
13	Network components
14	Cabling
14	Finalise the documentation of the networks
15	Connection of a monitoring solution
16	Step 3: Documentation of the servers
16	Why is server documentation so important?
17	Don‘t document everything that is possible
18	Roll up the server documentation from worst case to best
19	The detailed server documentation
20	Step 4: The documentation of client systems
21	Asset management and inventory
22	Step 5: Documentation of software and licences
22	Keep the overview of the licence portfolio
23	Invest in a discovery solution
24	What needs to be documented for the last step?
25	Step 6: Modelling IT services
25	IT services are not (only) an IT matter
26	Focus during modelling
27	The red line: Vital systems
28	The myth: There is no need to document the cloud
28	The high importance of internal IT services
29	The dependencies
29	The top tier: IT Service Management
31	Learn more about IT Service Management
32	The documentation is here - What‘s next?
33	Demo system of a complete IT documentation
34	We are i-doit

Find out how to approach the "IT documentation" project in a targeted manner and which data is really important for documentation in your company.

Physical locations
The basis of all IT documentation: locations. Find out how to best document company locations, server rooms and also the fire extinguishers available.

Networks
What considerations are involved in network documentation? We explain what is important when documenting IP networks, VLANs and routers.

Servers
Already mandatory in many industries: Server documentation. Discover what information needs to be recorded here in order to be prepared for failures.

Clients
Find out how to map devices and work equipment used, including responsibilities, in your IT documentation.

Software
"Licenses" is the key word here. Read how you can use i-doit to record the software installed on servers and client systems and their licenses.

Applications and IT services
Never touch a running system? But document it please! Find out which considerations are important for the documentation of your systems and services.

The 6 steps to IT documentation

- The roadmap for implementation in your company

Step by step to documentation success

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Find out how to approach the "IT documentation" project in a targeted manner and which data is really important for documentation in your company.

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