PPD Windows update 2008

Christmas lecture (17/12/2008)By Kevin Dunford

Contents

• Vista 64 bit (Business\Ultimate)• Office 2007 & Applications• Hardware – Desktops & Laptops• Networking• Terminal server

Vista 64 bit (Business\Ultimate)

• SPBU has decided to install Microsoft Vista 64 bit on all new business desktop and laptop systems.

• Windows XP is only 32 bit. Vista 64 bit doubles system capabilities, as 64 bits of data can be moved per CPU clock cycle. So better performance for applications.

• Vista business will be installed on desktops.• Vista Ultimate will be installed on laptops.

– Window Firewall (Inbound and outbound) Window XP only did inbound blocking.

– BitLocker (Full disk Encryption) not Single Sign On, but more user friendly

• Hardware restricted - requires TPM (Trusted Platform Module) cryptographic keys.

• Non compatible business applications – Virtual PC (Empower & Famis) • Currently 30 + devices (Desktops\laptops)

Slide 1

Roaming Profiles• Profiles contain all of your user settings - desktop, Internet Explore,

and application configurations such as Outlook.• PPD uses roaming profiles

– Login - loaded locally \ loaded from server – Logout - saved locally \ saved to server

• Windows XP profiles are not compatible with Vista.

Profile redirections• (H:\) - Pictures, Desktop and H:\ (My Documents). • (D:\) – Downloads, Music, and Videos.

Slide 2

•Windows preview panel •Windows updates•User account control•Windows Flip 3D & Windows Sidebar

Slide 3

Office 2007• Office 2003 (tools, utilities) added onto Office 2000• Office 2007 - completely new layout and menu bars have been

restructured (ribbons). All of the applications have a similar layout. • STFC strategy is to move to Office 2007• Save As - ‘Open XML’ .docx, .xlsx, pptx file size saving around 40% • STFC default save as is set for Office 2003 formats (GP’s).• Currently no date set to move to the new formats.• You have the option to create\save in the new format.• OpenOffice 3.0 was released on 13 Oct 2008.• I recommend you viewing the ‘Mentor’ Office 2007 familiarisation video

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• 7zip - (Replace WinZip)• Citrix Client - (Not installed as of December 1st 2008)• SSH starter - Not compatible • PuTTY• notepad++ - A source code editor• Cute PDF - A PDF creator• Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus• Microsoft Silverlight - A new browser add-on similar to Adobe's Flash/Shockwave players.

Applications• Adobe Reader 9• Adobe Shockwave Player• Adobe Flash Player• Cern HPGL Viewer• Hummingbird Exceed 2008• Firefox• Ghost Script• GSView• Imgburn - A tool for creating/burning ISOs etc.• Java• Media Player Classic • OpenAFS• PFE• Sophos Anti-Virus• Front Page 2003

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Desktops & Laptops - Hardware

PPD purchase 25 new Dell Optiplex desktops every year and they are shipped with Vista 64 bit business.

Dell Latitude laptops are shipped with Vista 64 bit Ultimate.

Hardware specification - Desktop & LaptopsCore 2 Duo Processors, 4GB’s RAM & 160GB’s HDD

Desktop monitorAGP\DVI dual graphics card (Advanced Graphics Port \Digital Video Input)1 * Dell 20” TFT (Thin Film Transistor) monitor

Laptop Latitude rangeE 4300 weight 3.3lb £1000E 6400 weight 4.3lb £850E 6500 weight 5.1lb £900 (quote)

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Network upgradeOld network layout• 3COM hardware • POE (Power Over Ethernet) separate device (Wireless hub in the Norton room)• Access to other networks had to be patched• 1GB link - Router B, R1 Lab11 (ground floor networking), R1 2.42 (Offices), R1 Lab

8 (Server room).

Upgrade benefits• Nortel hardware – stack, VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network), POE• Managed by central networking and on site spears and expertise • 2 *1GB link - Load balancing \ redundancy • 0% core working hours downtime while performing upgrade• 1GB link to your desktops if you have cabling\switch that can transfer data at that

speed.

New network layout• 2 *1GB link - Router B, R1 Lab 8 (Server room) 5530, R1 2.42 (Offices) stack - 3 *

5510 & 1 * 5520 POE.• R1 Lab11 (ground floor networking) 1 * 5510 apart of a stack VLANed to PPD.

Slide 7

Terminal server• HEPWIN2003D – Citrix TS & Citrix client with 15 * CAL’s, Hardware showing its

age

• HEPWIN2003C - Dell PowerEdge 2950 - Quad Core Xeon 3.0Ghz processors, 8GB RAM, RAID1 2*73GB’s Windows 2003 Enterprise edition (8GB), local profiles, & Microsoft applications - FrontPage 2003, Office 2007, Visual Studio 2008, Visio2007, Project 2007 & Microsoft Virtual PC.

• Purchasing terminal server application licenses isn’t cost effective.

• RAID1 2*146GB’s - 5* Virtual PC’s – Windows XP & applications Canvas 11, FileMaker Pro 9, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Framemaker 8, and Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended.

• Remote Desktop (RDP)• Group Policy - limited access on the TS• User Groups - restrict access to applications

Slide 8

Thank you