windows vista and desktop optimisation pack for schools
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Windows Vista and Desktop Optimisation Pack for Schools
Sydney, March 28th 2007
Colin Howes – Government Strategy Advisor
Danny Beck, Senior Enterprise Product Marketing Manager
Windows Vista Product Guide
For the most comprehensive
and in-depth feature-by-feature
guide to Windows Vista
www.microsoft.com/windowsvista
A New Education Environment
Find, use, share –Create and inspire
Proliferationof form factorsand networks
Knowledgeassets
Reduce costs
Need to keep systems
up and running
Team collaboration
Protection againstthreats
Windows Vista User Experience: Get More Done
Easily
Smart Information Management Visualizing information, virtual folders
Fast enterprise-class distributed search
View Web content on the desktop
Streamlined User Experience Designed to scale with hardware
Enhanced user productivity
Modern, clean, professional look
Cascading windows organise visually
Student and Classroom Utilities
Managing Your Media and Digital Photos Rich tools to import, edit, manage, photos, pictures,
videos, movies, including HDV Built in editing capabilities of your video and photos Easy acquisition of photos and video New Photo Gallery feature to view, find and share your
digital memories
Calendars Student Diary Yearly Planner School Events
Improved Inking for UMPC, Tablets Training Wizard Education Pack for TabletPC
Enabling All Learners: Accessibility in Windows Vista™
Ease of Access Center provides a centralised location for quick access to adjust accessibility
settings and manage assistive technology programs.
Making it Easier to Write and Understand
Speech Recognition enables interaction with a computer using only voice while maintaining, or
even increasing productivity.
Microsoft Narrator is a text-to-speech program that reads aloud on-screen text and describes
user alerts like error messages.
On-Screen Keyboard with all the standard keys that students can use in place of a physical
keyboard. Spelling and grammar control and tools.
Visualise Tasks
Microsoft Magnifier makes it easy to enlarge on screen items.
Visual Notifications allow users to replace systems sounds with visual cues, such as a flash on
the screen.
Ribbon
Magnifier Preview Narrator Spelling & GrammerSpeech Recognition
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Student/Teacher Collaboration
PC-To-PC Sync
Windows Meeting Space
Project any file or application
Share files easily and securely
Edit a file jointly
Work together when a network is not available
Collaborate with partners, customers in meetings
Desktop Optimisation Pack
for Schools
Danny Beck
Take Control of Your IT DesktopDanny Beck
Senior Enterprise Product Marketing Manager - Windows
Brisbane, March 22nd
Desktop Management Framework & Challenges
Scenario Experience
Application Compatibility Accelerate Deployment
Make compatibility testing fast and painless
Improve PC Manageability (drive down total
cost of ownership in the desktop/OS)
Simplify corporate image management
Enables anytime, anywhere secured access
to applications
Helps lock down desktops
Diagnostics and Help Desk Simplify problem resolution and tracking
Helps prevent future issues
Improve recovery time and functionality
Protect data lost/stolen Protect sensitive data and intellectual property
Make PC‟s safe to use anywhere/anytime Ensure virus free environment
Lock down desktops
Software Asset Management Monitor usage and ensure deployment policy
compliance
Enable real time tracking of software use
The IT Departments “Pain”
1. Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualsation
2. Microsoft Asset Inventory Services
3. Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset
4. Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management
The New Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack
A complete set of virtualisation products – from the data centre to the desktop
Presentation Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Desktop Virtualization
Application Virtualization
Microsoft‟s Virtualisation Offerings
Reduce Total Cost of OwnershipChallenge: underutilization, power &
space
Solution: server consolidation via server & application virtualization
Challenge: application incompatibility and testing
Solution: eliminate incompatibilities and testing via desktop and app virtualization
Why Virtualise?
Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualisation
Applications are virtualised per instance
Files (including system files)
Registry
Fonts
.ini
COM objects
Application do not get installed or alter the
operating system
Tasks do process locally on the host computer
Inter-application communication can still take
place
demonstration
Why Microsoft SoftGrid for Education?
Ensuring that faculty, staff and students
have the applications they need is critical to
offering quality education.
It is also extremely challenging to do in a
secure, cost-effective and efficient manner.
IT departments in educational institutions
face difficult challenges:
Why Microsoft SoftGrid for Education?
Meet back to school deadlines through easy
deployment
Remote user support across dispersed
locations
Supporting multiple application versions
Cleaning up Student PC‟s
Anywhere, anytime access – mobile users
Reduce IT department management costs
Software Asset Inventory Management
What the heck is abc.exe?
Do I care?
Do I have to pay for it?
Wait a minute – I see abc.exe on my
system, but is it an OEM copy, FPP, VL
Upgrade, Academic?
Okay – I think I know what abc.exe is – but
how many licenses do I own and how many
does my vendor think I have paid for?
The Asset & License Management Challenge
Asset Inventory Service Value
AssetMetrix Research Labs
Extensive Knowledge Base
430,000 software titles
98% of all commercial S/W apps categorized
300+ reports
No agent/server infrastructure required
Software as a Service
No touch scanning
Microsoft Asset Inventory ServicesTranslating software inventory into business intelligence
Translates inventory data into useful information
Efficient scanning without impacting machines
430,000 S/W titles
Understand license types (eg: OEM, FPP, VL, Academic, Upgrades etc…)
Simplify compliance
Enables compliance against key industry standards
Simplify machine restoration by understanding software on each machine
Easily administered service
Inventory data is securely hosted by Microsoft
Secure browser based reports are encrypted via SMTP or HTTP
No client & server software installation
demonstration
Microsoft Diagnostics & Recovery Toolset
Accelerate desktop management and responsiveness
Recover instead of reloading Windows
Make PC‟s safe to use
Remove malware from infected systems
Boots unstable or unbootable systems so you can
Diagnose and repair
Safely recover deleted files
Edit the Windows registry
Access unbootable machines via the network
Microsoft Diagnostics & Recovery Toolset
Repair Systems, Recover Data, and Diagnose Issues
Service and Driver Manager File Sharing/Map Network Drive
Regedit System Restore
Disk Management Hot fix Uninstall
Event Log File Restore
Computer Management Crash Analyzer Wizard
System Info Locksmith
Command Prompt Disk Commander
Search Disk Wipe
The Tools
to improve change and configuration management
Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management
MMC extensions to GPMC
Full change management for Group Policy
Role based delegation
Offline editing
Check in/Check out
Historical track of changes
Deployment process
Roll back and Roll forward
Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management
1. Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualsation
2. Microsoft Asset Inventory Services
3. Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset
4. Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management
The New Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack
Windows Vista Enterprise helps reduce TCO and improve security.
MDOP accelerates
deployment and increases
manageability
Microsoft System Center is a family of leading IT management solutions that help proactively manage IT environments
The Optimised Microsoft Desktop Solution
What Next?
Contact Your Microsoft Partner for pricing
Check out www.softricity.com
Check out www.assetmetrix.com
Check out www.winternals.com
Check out www.desktopstandard.com
Check out www.microsoft.com/vista
Appendix
Find out more about Windows Vista
About Windows Vista:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista
About Office System 2007:
http://www.microsoft.com/office
Try Office System 2007:
http://australia.trymicrosoftoffice.com/
About Windows desktop deployment:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment
https://www.microsoftelearning.com/desktopdeployment
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47792
Learn more online with our Webcasts:
http://www.microsoft.com/webcasts
Hardware Requirements: Modern CPUs
LevelWindows Vista Premium Ready
PC
Windows Vista Minimum System
Requirements
Processor1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
processor
800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
processor
System
Memory1 GB 512 MB
GPU Windows Aero Capable SVGA (800x600)
Graphics
Memory128 MB --
HDD 40 GB 20 GB
HDD free
space15 GB 15 GB
Optical drive DVD-ROM drive CD-ROM drive
OtherAudio output capability.
Internet access capability.--
“Modern CPUs” as published in the Vista Enterprise Planning
Desktop Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 600 sequence or 500 supporting Hyper-Threading Technology Intel® Pentium® D processor (Dual Core) Intel® Celeron® D processor AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor AMD Athlon™ 64 processor AMD Sempron™ processor
Mobile Intel® Pentium ® M processor (Single Core) Next Generation Intel® Mobile Processor („Yonah‟ Dual Core and Single Core) Intel® Celeron® M processor AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology Mobile AMD Sempron™ Processor Mobile AMD Athlon 64™ Processor
Workstations Intel® Xeon™ processor with 2MB L2 cache 3.00 GHz or higher Next Generation Intel® Xeon™ processor („Dempsey‟) AMD Opteron™ processor Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor
Contact IHVs for additional information
Source: Intel, AMD
Differentiated Feature Home Basic Home Premium Business Enterprise Ultimate
Security and Perf. Enhancements
Search and Organise
P2P Meeting Space Join Only
Scheduled and Networked Backup
Aero glass, animations and visuals
Media Center (including extender)
HD MovieMaker and DVD authoring
Network Projection
PC to PC Sync
Mobility (Tablet, Aux Display)
Encrypted File System Read
Remote Desktop
Web Server
Fax and scanning utility
Domain Join
Offline folders
Group Policy
SUA (Unix Subsystem)
Full Volume Encryption
Virtual PC Express * *
MUI -All Languages * *
Windows Ultimate Extras *
*Available separately for free for these SKUs only
Windows Vista™ Feature Differentiation At A Glance
Windows Vista Enterprise for Education
Appendix