Windows 7 Lessons From San Diego Unified School District Upgrading desktop infrastructure with Windows 7 Enterprise to help prepare students for the future workforce

Agenda  Organization Background  Objectives, Current Challenges  Technology initiatives: Windows 7  Lessons Learned & Best Practices 2

Today’s webcast Joe Maglitta (Moderator)  Editorial Director and Market Expert, Ziff Davis Enterprise Darryl LaGace  Chief Information and Technology Officer—SDUSD Erik Pitti  Software Systems Analyst—SDUSD Michael Greene  Microsoft Datacenter Technology Solutions Professional 3

Organization Background Serves nearly 132,000 students, pre-school through grade 12 IT Serves more than 15,000 FTE, including over 6,600 teachers in 200 schools Second largest school district in California Eighth largest urban district in the United States 4

Business Objectives Support 21 st Century Classroom Initiative, while responding to budget pressures Help prepare students for the workforce, improve employee productivity and select the most suitable operating system for new hardware Improve system performance & reliability More simplified, cost effective IT management Enhance security Improve user experience 5

Challenges Bring PC technology to every student over five- year period Use existing IT personnel resources Accommodate large reductions in operating budget 6

Current IT Infrastructure  Windows 7 Enterprise deployed on over 31,000 netbooks and laptops – 1:1 computing model with a uniform vision  Terminal Services (nearly 12K terminals deployed in K- 5 classrooms, grade 3 received 27 netbooks)  Group Policy Management (extensively)  Windows Server 2008  Office 2007  MDOP (PoC started in May 2010)  Exchange 2003 will update to 2010 this year 7

Technology Cost-effectively support the 1:1 initiative  Netbook PCs for every student  Tablet PCs for every instructor Key technologies deployed for this initiative:  Windows 7 Enterprise & Internet Explorer 8  Microsoft Office Standard 2007 for students, Microsoft Office Professional 2007 for teachers  Remote Desktop Services (RDS) in Windows Server 2008 R2 to publish applications 8

Improved System Performance & Reliability Faster log-on: from >6 minutes to less than 21 seconds Better use experience for students & teachers 9

Simplified, Cost Effective IT  Deployed 34,800 PCs in year one; ultimately will deploy over 100,000 PCs with current resources  Number of PCs supported will increase 300% by end of project—managed with same number of IT staff 10

Enhanced Security All students run as “Standard Users” Virtualized registry, IE Protected Mode and Group Policy control ensure a stable, protected environment 11

Benefits Enhanced teaching and learning Reduced costs, affordability Improved professional development and training Increased employee productivity Seamless environment with improved network access Consistent, integrated technology and streamlined management 12

Lessons Learned, Best Practices  Professional Development of instructors and administrators perhaps the most important aspect of the project—it’s not just about technology!  Conducted pilot in one elementary, middle and high school before taking to scale  Identify the acceptable log-in and network connection timing; will vary depending on grade level  Management infrastructure a key consideration 13

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