DCO Connect Upgrade

Audiences

Network Admins

CTO

GENORD

Targetted Comms

AFSPC/AF Standard Desktop Config Team

NMCI

Army NETCOM/Army Gold Master Team

COCOM IT Admins

Pressure from stakeholders

Stakeholders (Power Users, DISA Field Reps, etc)

DCO User Group

Stakeholder distro email

milSuite

Stakeholder MTG (6DEC0

Users

DCO system email

Portal announcement

Comms from user IT/network admins

Channels

Targetted sidebar comms

Govt to govt

MSP

DCO system emails

CYBERCOM CTO or GENORD

Portal announcements

DISA social media

MSP social media

DCO Stakeholder Forum

DCO Stakeholder email

DCO milSuite

Ideal Timeline

1. CTO or WARNORD

2. Targetted Network/IT Admin comms

3. Stakeholder comms

4. User comms

5. UAT

6. Upgrade

Key Messages

Upgrade timeframe

Mandatory system reqt's

Get ready! Pre-install & test Connect Add-in 8.2 for your users!

Very important to pre-install Addin; no backstop ('Lightning Download Process') that was available on NIPR

UAT gameplan (timeline, how to access, etc)