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Enterprise Deployment of Microsoft Office 2007/8 How we migrated 9000 systems in a weekend. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Mark Dietrich and Neal Mackanic. So Office 2007 came out…. Good reviews. Migrations started. No Office 2008 for Macs. Document exchange problems.
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Enterprise Deployment ofMicrosoft Office 2007/8How we migrated 9000 systems in a weekend Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryMark Dietrich and Neal Mackanic
So Office 2007 came out…. Good reviews Migrations started No Office 2008 for Macs Document exchange problems Vista released too Spring 2007
Project started Initially: Vista and Office Formed a large project team Team 1: Vista Team 2: Office Team 3: Windows 2000 EOL Team 4: Training Spring 2007
Spring 2007 Team evaluations Project Definition Pre-configuration evaluation Configuration and training Testing configuration Distribution methods Additional capabilities
Wait for Office 2008 for the Mac Wait for SP1 and reevaluate
One year later… Office 2008 Vista SP1 So we regroup
Proceed Wait to resolve Entrust
Proposal Current/Future State Business Case Benchmarking Cost-benefit Analysis User Impacts Technology Impacts Compatibilities Deployment
Forming the Team DirectorateMgrs/Techs CIO/Management CentralizedServices PMO/Project Manager
Formal ProjectManagement • . WBS PM w/PMP Reporting Project Plan SharePoint Deliverables Milestones
Deployment Strategy Phased Forklift Optional Attrition
Distribution PC’s: Targeted Multicasting Macs: Unicasting
TargetSystems PC/Mac Minimums Current OS Desktop
Preparing users Communications Training Demos Flash help Website
EarlyAdopters Gradual Techs YES NO Admins Governance
Communications NewsOnline Presentations Flyers Emails Walkabouts
Go/no-go Pilot Comms Packages Existing versions War rooms
Migration Weekend Dashboards Monitoring Reporting Staffing On-call
Closure Cleanup Documentation Transition Lessons Learned Closure
Enterprise Deployment ofMicrosoft Office 2007/8How we migrated 9000 systems in a weekend Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryMark Dietrich and Neal Mackanic