Alastair Dick alastaid@microsoft.com Account Technical Strategist Contingency Carbon-Neutral (“Green”) Consumerization Source: Gartner, Client Computing Scenario: Creating an Environment for Tomorrow’s Business Realities, Fall 2007 Symposium Costs Compliance Core PC Platform Unique Value with SA+MDOP New approach for Windows development and disclosure Spend more time on planning & vision phase analyzing trends and needs before building features. Focus on end-to-end business scenarios – not just new features and technologies. Give our customer and partners a timeframe for the release and stick to our plan – 3 years for Windows 7. Disclose with higher degree of certainty and minimize changes Engaging with partners earlier and more closely to enable seamless experiences and compatibility across hardware, software and services Vision Development & Test Pre-Beta Beta Release Deployment, Testing, and Pilots Today Will Continue to Pay Off Similar Compatibility: Most software that runs on Windows Vista will run on Windows 7. Exceptions will be low level code (AV, Firewall, Imaging, etc). Hardware that runs Windows Vista well will run Windows 7 well. Few Changes: Focus on quality and reliability improvements Deep Changes: New models for security, drivers, deployment, and networking At their desk In a branch On the road Protect data & PCs Built on Windows Vista foundation Easy migration Keep PCs running Virtualization Make Users Productive Anywhere Office Home Difficult for users to access corporate resources from outside the office Challenging for IT to manage, update, patch mobile PCs while disconnected from company network Office Home New network paradigm enables same experience inside & outside the office Seamless access to network resources increases productivity of mobile users Infrastructure investments also make it easy to service mobile PCs and distribute updates and polices Make Users Productive Anywhere Application and data access over WAN is slow in branch offices Slow connections hurt user productivity Improving network performance is expensive and difficult to implement Caches content downloaded from file and Web servers Users in the branch can quickly open files stored in the cache Frees up network bandwidth for other uses Make Users Productive Anywhere Current desktop and Enterprise search solutions are good, but not integrated Users need to take different steps to find data on PC and data on servers Data sources are hard to discover Consistent experience to find data from multiple locations, including SharePoint sites Users and IT can pre-populate Favorites in Windows Explorer to remote search sites that support OpenSearch protocol IT can point users to select search sites w/Enterprise Search Scopes Enhance Security & Control + Users store increasing volumes of data, including sensitive or confidential data on the removable storage devices Removable storage devices are easy to lose and, unlike PC, the loss may go unnoticed for a while Protect data on internal and removable drives Mandate the use of encryption with Group Policies Store recovery information in Active Directory for manageability Simplify BitLocker setup and configuration of primary hard drive Enhance Security and Control Users can install and run unapproved applications Even standard users can install some types of software Unauthorized applications may: Introduce malware Increase helpdesk calls Reduce user productivity Undermine compliance efforts Eliminate unwanted/unknown applications in your network Enforce application standardization within your organization Easily create and manage flexible rules using Group Policy Windows PowerShell 2.0 Integrated Scripting Environment Group Policy Scripting Windows Troubleshooting Platform Enhanced Group Policy Scenarios Remoteable Reliability Data Problem Steps Recorder Group Policy Preferences Streamline PC Management Richer Remote Experience Richer graphics with improved multi-monitor support Use voice for telephony & applications with microphone support Improved printing What is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure? Deploying desktops in virtual machines on server hardware Centralized management & security Users can access their desktop and applications wherever they are * Do More With VHDs Maintain VHD: Offline servicing of VHD images with same tools used for WIM Boot from VHD: Reuse VHD files for deployment to managed desktop PCs Using Windows for VDI scenarios requires additional VECD license Deployment Image Servicing and Management Add/Remove Drivers and Packages WIM and VHD Image Management Microsoft Assessment and Planning Windows Deployment Services User State Migration Tool Multiple Stream Transfer Hardlink Migration Dynamic Driver Provisioning Offline File Gather VHD and WIM Support Improved user file detection Application Compatibility Toolkit Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Windows 7 & MDOP Investment areas MDOP Make Users Productive Anywhere Improve Security and Control Streamline PC Management to Save Costs Direct Access BranchCache Federated Search Navigation BitLocker BitLocker To Go AppLocker Security development lifecycle PowerShell Windows Troubleshooting Platform Deployment Tools VDI Enhancements App-V MED-V AIS DEM DART AGPM Performance | Reliability | Compatibility Make Users Productive Anywhere • DirectAccess • BranchCache™ • Enterprise Search Scopes Enhance Security and Protect Data • BitLocker & BitLocker To Go • AppLocker Streamline PC Management • MUI Language Packs • VDI Enhancements (VDI requires VECD license) • Boot from VHD • Subsystem for UNIX • 4 Virtual Operating Systems • Network Boot License Amplifies the talent and …with the scale, agility and abilities of everyone in the protection required by the organization… enterprise. Familiar, Easy to Use Consistent experience for office, mobile, and remote end users Simple management tools for IT Pros Unified, Seamless Lower TCO Enterprise Ready Breadth of Choice Achieve desktop to datacenter to device oversight of all IT assets Protect existing IT investments by extending hardware life Quickly respond to changing business requirements Broad range of devices, form factors, and price points Manage all clients and applications from a single management console -Stretch IT labor by automating routine tasks and reducing IT complexity Transform software applications into managed services Large ecosystem of trained and certified Microsoft IT professionals and partners © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. 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