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Managing More with Less

How to Manage Your Environment with Fewer ResourcesPresented by:Jeremy Hamman

Just the Facts18,000 Students / 860 Faculty1000 Seats / 75 Macs200 are 24 hour / 7 days150 Electronic Classrooms (Mini Macs/PCs)Novell for 10+ yearsXP Environment w/ Vista beta

What our goals wereMove to Active DirectoryUpgrade to Windows 7Transition with minimal impactReplace administrative toolsRemove legacy apps

Oh, and do it for as little as possible with a reduced budget and 6 months to complete

Windows 7 Migration4gb MinimumWhich VersionUser InterfaceCommunication to UsersLegacy AppsTesting Plan

Windows Experience

Active Directory TransitionStaff vs. Student ExperienceNetwork File SharesPrintingAccount Maintenance

Management FunctionsWorkstation ControlImage DeploymentProcess AutomationSoftware DeploymentAsset ManagementPrinting

Printing

Leverage Group Policy1 Policy 60 pages (40 printers)Loopback policyFile and Folder CopiesCommon/Item Level TargetingUpdate vs New and Delete

Other ToolsWsname Workstation Rename by DNSSimple shortcuts and batch filesResolution ChangerAnswer fileDriver ScriptingDosBoxApp AutomationUnix CD

Other Things We FoundUser profileNumber policiesPrinter / Driver installBit version in policyResolution standard

Howd it go?Went very wellPrograms much cleanerLess overheadFaster interfaceEnd user very happyCost reduced considerably

Road MapSCCM 2012Driver StoreSoftware DeploymentPXE imagingConnect more with CloudTouch interfaceVirtualization

Get Into Better ShapeProvide testing earlierTriple check your workClean profile a little betterBetter imaging processBetter way of injecting drivers

Mac Mini Classroom Project

What are you even talking about?2010 project & setback2011 deploymentInterface and experience changeHardware additions

Mac Mini Classroom

Where Are We Going Next?Minis w/o DVDsMac OS X 7Mini Elmo'sSmart board integrationBlue ray playersEpson for HDMI

Questions