a way is provided for architecting a server - less office that delivers anywhere anytime computing support to an organization . the server - less office comprises a plurality of information technology it components selected based on business objectives and constraints associated with the business function of the organization to work together to deliver computing support functions to a plurality of end users who no longer have local computing support and may only have thin clients on their desks . a pre - determined server - less architecture is imposed by the present invention by including at least four architectural groupings of it components that the organization must map the objectives and constraints of its business functions onto for it component selection purposes . a local group is included in this minimum set of groups so that unique processing needs can be satisfied that are not met by the imposed pre - determined server - less office architectural groupings .