Windows MultiPoint Server Lower Your Public Access PC Lab Costs

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Windows MultiPoint Server Lower Your Public Access PC Lab Costs

Presenters Jim Lynch TechSoup Global Director of GreenTech Assisting with chat: Kyla Hunt Facilitator: Stephanie Gerding Charles Brennick InterConnection.org Director Joy Neal La Conner Regional Library Director Lane Fernando TechSoup Global La Conner Regional Library

Overview of Windows MultiPoint Server Advantages Configuration Case Studies Resources Agenda

What Windows MultiPoint Server Does Windows MultiPoint Server enables multiple users to simultaneously share one computer. Windows 7 Desktop Windows 7 Desktop Windows 7 Desktop Windows 7 Desktop Windows MultiPoint Server

Schools or education environments Libraries Telecentres or Internet Cafes NGOs or charities that do training or simply want to supply Internet to people Who It Is Useful For

Some advantages Organizations can Set up and maintain a computer lab or classroom without server administration experience or dedicated IT staff Save energy, simplify maintenance, and lower expenses Repurpose old computers Desktop Orchestration

More advantages Takes one to two hours to set up (both hardware and software) Works with Office 2007, 2010, and 2013 Several ways to set it up Saves an estimated 60% in hardware, software, and energy costs 80% less environmental impact

Hyper-V 5 individual computers and monitors 5 Seat MultiPoint Setup Electricity (kWh) 17,785 3, Primary material savings (kg) Greenhouse gas emission savings (kg of CE) Air emission savings (kg) 73, Water emission savings (kg) Toxic Material Savings (kg) 0.05 TOTAL EVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 92, , % LESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Environmental Impact Comparison between fabricating individual computers and one MultiPoint computer (Source U.S. EPA)

Different Ways to Configure it Connect both local stations and conventional RDP thin clients Windows MultiPoint Server USB Connect Direct Video Connect Repurposed PC/Laptop RDP Thin Client

Client Station Hardware Options USB Zero Clients LAN Clients Wyse DevonIT NComputing MultiPort Graphics Card NVIDIA Wyse Pluggable HP Repurposed Laptops

MultiPoint 2012 BYOD (Bring your own device) =

TURN ONE COMPUTER INTO FOUR OR MORE = Minimum spec is Core 2 Duo w/2 GB RAM

Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Standard Edition (10 station capacity) Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Premium Edition (20 station capacity) Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish TechSoup Product Donation Offering

Windows MultiPoint Required Licensing Requires a Server License and client licenses called CALs Windows MultiPoint Server Standard - $20 Windows MultiPoint Server Premium - $49 CALs offered through TechSoup CAL pack - $8 eachCAL pack Device CAL only - $7 (if you already have Windows Server Device Cal Licensing)Device CAL only

SPECIAL REFURBISHER PRICING (2011 version) Open StandardPremium CAL $115 $769 $383 Academic $139 $29 $30 5 FREE

2012 New Features New features include: Separate administration and user monitoring roles Disk protection to protect the host computer Better device compatibility

Case Studies TechSoup San Francisco did test installations in five locations in the Fall of 2012 in cooperation with Interconnection Three charities, and two libraries All locations found it surprisingly easy to set- up and maintain We’re considering offering it as a ‘packaged solution’ lab in a box (hardware and software, all preconfigured)

La Conner Regional Library La Conner, Washington

La Conner Regional Library 2,200 square foot building 5 public computers Town of 800 people, service area 5,000 people Four clerical staff all part time 2 servers using Windows 2008 Outsource tech services to Network Solutions out of Bellingham

The Problem in 2008 The computers took up lots of space Each one operated differently They were all over 5 years old Crashing was frequent Updating took time and money as each computer was loaded individually Looking at big money to replace them all

Thin Clients Saved Money Our 1 st thin client installation was under $5,000 to replace the desktops with thin clients Loading software and patches are done only on the server – less Tech time Client access licenses are cheaper than stand alone licenses Thin clients last longer than desktops The staff can troubleshoot them Multipoint Server is latest version installed

La Connor Regional Library Hardware Donated: Core 2 Duo desktop, 5 LCD Monitors and 4 Ncomputing U170 USB Hubs Replaced: 6 HP Thinclients connected to Windows Server Set up: Took 25 minutes Comments: Liked the small size of the hubs. Need roll back software, like Rollback RX

RESOURCES Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server Overview microsoft-windows-multipoint-server-overview.aspx Microsoft Website = Server Team TechBlog = YouTube = Facebook = TechSoup MultiPoint Server Landing Page MSDesktopApps/MSOfficeMulti Technet support community US/windowsmultipointserver/threads

My Contact Information Jim Lynch GreenTech Director TechSoup Global in San Francisco

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