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Presented by: Jeremy Hamman

Managing More with Less How to Manage Your Environment with Fewer Resources. Presented by: Jeremy Hamman. Just the Facts…. 18,000 Students / 860 Faculty 1000 Seats / 75 Macs 200 are 24 hour / 7 days 150 Electronic Classrooms (Mini Macs/PC’s) Novell for 10+ years

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Presented by: Jeremy Hamman

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  1. Managing More with Less How to Manage Your Environment with Fewer Resources Presented by: Jeremy Hamman

  2. Just the Facts… • 18,000 Students / 860 Faculty • 1000 Seats / 75 Macs • 200 are 24 hour / 7 days • 150 Electronic Classrooms (Mini Macs/PC’s) • Novell for 10+ years • XP Environment w/ Vista beta

  3. What our goals were… • Move to Active Directory • Upgrade to Windows 7 • Transition with minimal impact • Replace administrative tools • Remove legacy apps “…Oh, and do it for as little as possible with a reduced budget and 6 months to complete”

  4. Windows 7 Migration • 4gb Minimum • Which Version • User Interface • Communication to Users • Legacy Apps • Testing Plan

  5. Windows Experience

  6. Active Directory Transition • Staff vs. Student Experience • Network File Shares • Printing • Account Maintenance

  7. Management Functions • Workstation Control • Image Deployment • Process Automation • Software Deployment • Asset Management • Printing

  8. Printing

  9. Leverage Group Policy • 1 Policy – 60 pages (40 printers) • Loopback policy • File and Folder Copies • Common/Item Level Targeting • Update vs New and Delete

  10. Other Tools • Wsname – Workstation Rename by DNS • Simple shortcuts and batch files • Resolution Changer • Answer file • Driver Scripting • DosBox • App Automation • Unix CD

  11. Other Things We Found • User profile • Number policies • Printer / Driver install • Bit version in policy • Resolution standard

  12. How’d it go? • Went very well • Programs much cleaner • Less overhead • Faster interface • End user very happy • Cost reduced considerably

  13. Road Map • SCCM 2012 • Driver Store • Software Deployment • PXE imaging • Connect more with Cloud • Touch interface • Virtualization

  14. Get Into Better Shape • Provide testing earlier • Triple check your work • Clean profile a little better • Better imaging process • Better way of injecting drivers

  15. Mac Mini Classroom Project • What are you even talking about? • 2010 project & setback • 2011 deployment • Interface and experience change • Hardware additions

  16. Mac Mini Classroom

  17. Where Are We Going Next? • Mini’s w/o DVD’s • Mac OS X 7 • Mini Elmo's • Smart board integration • Blue ray players • Epson for HDMI

  18. Questions

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