Test environment

[Richard Tracy]

Hello, does anyone know if it is documented anywhere that a test environment

should be physically and logically seperated from the production environment?

Thank you,

Richard Tracy

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Richard Tracy wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> Hello, does anyone know if it is documented anywhere that a test

> environment should be physically and logically seperated from the

> production environment?</span>

No.

In the end you do what you can - but have a test environment.

Logic says that it should not have direct interaction with your production

environment <- otherwise what is the point of having a test environment - as

it could corrupt your actual production environment if given the

right(wrong) access.

My test environments - to be honest - are usually encapsulated in a virtual

environment.

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Shenan Stanley

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[Daniel Petri]

I'd assume that is the purpose of a "test" environment. You don't want your

tests to affect your production environment. You don't want to hear some of

the horror stories I've seen with companies installing all their test stuff

on production servers, messing up Active Directory, permissions, Exchange

and what not.

Daniel Petri

www.petri.co.il

"Richard Tracy" <RichardTracy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C42C5D5A-7914-4715-81E6-B64E09F7B548@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

> Hello, does anyone know if it is documented anywhere that a test

> environment

> should be physically and logically seperated from the production

> environment?

>

> Thank you,

>

> Richard Tracy </span>