Requesting a Migration Workstation
After you have been introduced to a firm's IT department, we recommend sending them an email similar to the following to request a migration workstation:
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Hi [Person],
Nice to meet you!
I need you to set up a computer just like this:
Can you make that happen?
The software that we use has very specific hardware and configuration requirements so I need you to make things are set up exactly as the article above says otherwise we might need you to reprovision it.
Thanks so much!
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