VMware & Unidesk Customer Webinar: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
1. Webinar: Make VDI Personal – How State of Wisconsin DCF is Virtualizing its 1,200 Desktops Maytee Aspuro Chief Information Officer Ron Oglesby VMware vExpert Microsoft MVP Chief Solution Architect Chris Fox Senior Software Engineer
3. The Challenge Wave One / Phase One & Two: To transition 250+ staff to an efficient, agile, responsive, secure, accessible/mobile, recoverable, and comprehensive desktop that can be reasonably customized and centrally supported with limited financial and labor resources. dcf.wisconsin.gov
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8. The Timeline dcf.wisconsin.gov Wave 1 – Phase 1 Infrastructure Foundation and Services Layer Implementation June 2010 – September 2010 Wave 1 – Phase 2 BMCW Network and Workstation Migration October 2010 – December 2010 LAN, WAN, Datacenter Network Management Transition from DOA/DET to DCF June 2010 – December 2010 Service Desk/HelpDesk Implementation November 2010 – December 2010 eWISACWIS Modernization October 2010 – July 2011 Wave 2 Transition of Workstation, file/print services from DWD March 2011 – December 2011 Transition of DWD hosted KIDS & CARES web-based applications January 2012 – December 2012 Wave 3 Optimization & Consolidation January 2013 – June 2013
9. DCF Technology Selection dcf.wisconsin.gov Hardware Server Platform HP BladeCenter C7000 w/ BL460c Blades Storage Platform Primary and Secondary: HP EVA 8000 Series Backup and Archival: Symantec NetBackup Network Data-center Networking Cisco Nexus 7000/5000 Series Switches, ASA Firewall & VPN WAN Optimization/Acceleration Riverbed Virtualization Server Virtualization VMware vSphere 4.1 Enterprise Plus Desktop Virtualization VMware View 4.5 / Unidesk Management and Monitoring PC, Server Lifecycle Management Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Infrastructure Monitoring Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM), HP Systems Insight Management, HP Storage Essentials Network Monitoring Orion Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor Service Desk Microsoft Systems Center Service Manager 2010
28. VMware View – Enabling manageability and mobility like never before
29. Modernizing the Desktop – A Managed Service Model Persona Applications Operating System Centralized Management Desktop Delivery Modern Desktop
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31. VMware Partner Unidesk Shares the Same Vision “ Dynamic desktop composition represents an advance in client management technology and can accelerate growth for virtual desktops where the ability to personalize the user experience is needed. Unidesk’s layering technology is an innovative example and we look forward to collaborating to modernize the desktop experience for VMware View and VMware vSphere customers.” - Scott Davis, CTO, Desktop Virtualization, VMware
Describe the 3 core components made up of Virtual appliances: MA Master CA and distributed Cache Points hosting desktops. Broker agnostic Sitting on virtual infrastructure (Vmware today, Citrix in the future)
Enable offloaded and centralized anti-virus and anti-malware (AV) solutions with the ability to integrate with AV solutions such as those from Trend Micro AV services run centrally in a security VM Centralization of AV through vShield Endpoint eliminates agent sprawl across desktop virtual machines Centralization also helps to eliminate AV storm issues typically associated with AV services distributed across virtual machines This solution allows IT to better control the AV service ensuring compliance and protection across the desktop environment IT management and logging of AV is simplified through centralization vShield Endpoint is included as part of the View Primer bundle and can also be purchased stand alone