Optimising Desktop Deployment Windows Vista 2007 Office System

Optimising Desktop Deployment Windows Vista & 2007 Office System Jeff Alexander | Technology Advisor | Microsoft Australia

What Customers Tell Us… How can we automate user requests to refresh their computers? How can we help increase the productivity of our desktop staff? How can we help ensure that our computers stay compliant with our desktop standards? How can we ensure desktop consistency throughout our organization? How can we deploy our applications with the operating system? How can we save existing user profile information when we upgrade?

Minimize the cost of patching and security response Protection of corporate data and policy enforcement Cost and Complexity Operational Agility Reduce the cost of engineering, deploying and managing corporate PCs company-wide Proactively enable business requests and IT management requirements for Collaboration Mobility Other team productivity requests Eliminate information overload and improve: Speed of decision making and execution Efficiency of communication and collaboration Quality of customer/partner relationships

Key Desktop Goals What customers say… Increase Operational Agility Reduce Costs and Complexity Improve Security Growth Customer service Regulatory compliance Device management Varying skill sets Mobility PC maintenance Server sprawl Legacy platforms Deployment and maintenance Identity management Software updates Malicious attacks, viruses, spam, etc. Evolving threats Patch management, VPN Secure access

Automation Helps Save Cost Manual Light Touch Zero Touch Windows Vista can cost less to deploy than the Microsoft Windows® XP operating system via light-touch and zero-touch deployment approaches

How Do You Get There? Infrastructure Optimization Model Fully automated management, dynamic resource usage, businesslinked service level agreements Uncoordinated, manual infrastructure Managed IT infrastructure with limited automation Managed and consolidated IT infrastructure with maximum automation Cost Center More Efficient Cost Center Business Enabler Strategic Asset Basic Standardized Rationalized Dynamic

Windows Vista Deployment Goals l Better application compatibility l Faster and more reliable deployment l Significantly reduced number of images l Better servicing of images l Integrated suite of tools l Comprehensive best practices

Getting Current on the Desktop Deployment Blockers Costs of Engineering, Deployment, and Operate • Planning complexity for new deployment projects • Proliferation of OS Images impacts operating efficiency • Application compatibility testing and packaging is time consuming and costly • Weak inventory of HW/SW/MSI scripts • Deployment complexity • End User Education Perceived User ROI • “Does the upgrade offer enough employee productivity improvement to justify the costs? ”

Windows Vista Deployment Design Innovations l l l l Modularization Worldwide Deployment with MUI File-based image formats Nondestructive imaging XML-based unattend files Windows PE technology Application compatibility and migration Script-based installations

Implementation Deployment tools l l l Windows Automated Installation Kit Image Based Installs using Image. X Unattended installs using Windows Deployment Services SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack with update BDD Lite Touch and Zero Touch Installations

BDD Windows Vista Focus Areas Simplification l Separation of guidance and methodology from tools and reference material l Scripts and tools for Lite Touch and Zero Touch Installations l Complete Lite Touch Installation rewrite Windows Vista deployment tools l Windows System Image Manager, Image. X, Win. PE 2. 0, Windows Deployment Services (WDS), USMT 3. 0, SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack update, ACT 5. 0 Guidance for new Windows Vista capabilities l User Account Control, Microsoft Bit. Locker™ Drive Encryption, Multilingual User Interface (MUI), and many more

Windows Deployment Services Delivers “in-box” OS provisioning solution l Leverages new deployment technology l Coexistence with RIS Delivers customizable platform components l Remote boot capability for Win. PE l Plug-in model for Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) l Client–server communication protocol Unifies on single image format l Continues to deploy RIS images from WDS servers

SMS 2003 OSD Update Support for Windows Vista deployments l Starting with Windows Vista Beta 2 l Deploy Windows Vista RTM l Requires SMS 2003 SP 2 for Windows Vista client support Support for x 64 client operating systems l Deploy Windows XP Professional x 64 Edition l Upgrade from 32 -bit to x 64 l Uses USMT 2. 6. 1

Demo Windows Vista Deployment

Deployment Tools Roadmap Currently Shipping SMS 2003 SP 1 10/04 SMS 2003 10/03 SMS 2003 SP 2 OSD FP = OS Deployment Product Transfer scenarios VSMT 10/04 SMS v 4 OS Deployment builds on Longhorn tools ADS 1. 1 9/03 9/05 PXE technology RIS in WS 2003 SCCM 2007 OSD FP LH update 11/04 ADS 1. 0 Unified Enterprise OS Deployment Customer updates 2004 2005 WDS for WS 2003 2006 WDS in LH Server 2007

2007 Microsoft Office Client Deployment: An Introduction to New Tools & Techniques John Hodgson | Technology Specialist | Microsoft Australia

The Evolution of Desktop Migration 2006+: To Vista & 2007 Office 2004: To Win. XP & Office 2003 2000: To Win 2 k and Office 2 k Automated & Standardized Semi-Automated Processes Manual Processes x Advanced application and file compatibility testing with online database. File format compatibility solutions reduce risk Compatibility tools introduced Compatibility issues Migration from MS-DOS and 16 -bit Windows File-format changes between Office versions Limited ability to standardize and share best practices Cost: ~ $500/PC BDD gives customer best practices and guidance to manage deployment projects Customers are able to deploy desktops as light touch and zero touch for the first time Improved BDD delivers new level of guidance with fully automated deployment process for both OS and Office Security tradeoffs and migration of Office macros to VBA drive complexity Products engineered with clear understanding of enterprise deployment requirements Cost: < $250/PC Cost: < $100/PC* * Based on Windows XP/ Office 2003 experience

How 2007 Microsoft Office Is Making Deployment Easier The 2007 release of Microsoft Office incorporates the largest investment in deployment & management capabilities in the product’s history New Tools • • • Office Migration Planning Manager File Conversion Tool New Setup Architecture – Local Install Source New Office Customization Tool Greater Group Policy support New Multilingual Architecture Comprehensive Guidance • • Business Desktop Deployment Solution Accelerator Office Resource Kit

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Demo Microsoft Office Customisation Tool Office Migration Planning Manager File Conversion Tool

Deployment Overview Summary Innovations and investments in Windows Vista and Office 2007 System l Imaging, modularization, performance. . l Comprehensive suite of tools that address the complete deployment lifecycle l Best practices and deployment guidance These will enable Windows Vista to l l Reduce the number of images Better service images – offline, etc. Increase speed and reliability of installation Retain application compatibility

Additional Resources Visit Microsoft. com Microsoft Windows Server System™ integrated server software http: //www. microsoft. com/windowsserversystem SMS 2003 http: //www. microsoft. com/SMS Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) http: //www. microsoft. com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome. mspx SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) http: //www. microsoft. com/smserver/downloads/2003/tools/msupdates. mspx BDD http: //www. microsoft. com/technet/desktopdeployment/default. mspx Leverage the Identity and Access Management Series http: //www. microsoft. com/idm Attend a free chat or webcast http: //www. microsoft. com/communities/chats/default. mspx http: //www. microsoft. com/usa/webcasts/default. asp Participate in related newsgroups http: //communities 2. microsoft. com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default. aspx Visit the Directory Services community site http: //www. microsoft. com/windowsserver 2003/community/centers/directoryservices Locate local user groups http: //www. microsoft. com/communities/usergroups/default. mspx

Key Takeaways Simplified deployments for Windows Vista and 2007 Office system • Business Desktop Deployment is THE best practice methodology for desktop deployment • Solve application and document compatibility • Reduce deployment time, costs and complexity

Your next steps l Test Windows Vista and 2007 Office system for your organization l http: //www. microsoft. com/windowsvista/getready/default. mspx Download the free Business Desktop Deployment 2007 solution to get all the deployment tools http: //microsoft. com/desktopdeployment l Learn more about Windows Vista, Exchange 2007 or the 2007 Office system at http: //microsoft. com/businesslaunch 2007

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