North America ISU FY07

Audience Ever meet with a School Board? Ever watch a School Board or Council Meeting? Which is why I am happy to be speaking to you today.

Landscape for School Systems Political Splintered Funding – Not Sustained Leadership Changes Information Technology

Political What’s behind the question? Federal/State/Local Legislation Lobbyist Competitors Favors Prejudices

Splintered Collective Bargaining Units School Operations Instructional Technology Information Technology School Board

Funding Project based Politically Driven Not sustained Grants E-Rate QZAB IT is generally under funded

Leadership Changes Superintendent 2-3 years Long-Term Employment Long term relationships Lasting longer than leadership Powerbase?????

Information Technology Survey the infrastructure Central vs. Decentralized Standards Age Software/Hardware Inventory Support Number 1 problem excluding resources and budget Information Technology Plans

Rules Based On Landscape Plan and budget for long term and TCO Provide short term deliverables Always involve schools, Instructional Technology, and bargaining units Maintain your relationships Find out what’s behind the question Leverage existing technology

Miami–Dade County Public Schools Our story Over 4 years All new products must be web-accessible No thick clients Centralized Build new products from the warehouse with web applications, friendly reporting services Changes controlled centrally and automated Belief that 1:1 computing and internet access would be available for all students within 5 years

Foundation Projects - Software District Email Districtwide Curriculum Software Active Directory Migration Exchange Migration Patch Management and Virus Protection Districtwide Gradebook Data Warehouse OLAP Password Synchronization Auto Update Active Directory Accounts Centralized Database and Network Self Service for Technology Support Leveraged Existing Microsoft Licensing

Foundation Projects - Hardware Dark Fiber – Native Mode Lan Interconnection (NMLI) Caching Servers Local Domain Controllers 1 Gig Backbone Storage Area Network Virtual Server Environment

Foundation Projects - Support District Administration School Board Principals Teachers Need Community Business Partners

Foundation Projects - Training Leveraged existing skill sets using .net, SQL and reporting services Mentoring Model using in-house and product experts

Riverdeep Teaching Resources Plato Forms Data Warehouse Weekly Briefings Documents Gradebook E-mail Destiny

Teachers have one-stop access to E-mail & Calendars Class Rosters Student Information Student Test Data Teacher Planning Tools Riverdeep Learning Village Document Store

Portal “Lite” Proof of Concept with Microsoft Soft Rollout as of September 19th 108,550 student visits 8,548 parent visits 55,235 teacher visits 3,215 principal visits

Thanks to M-DCPS Microsoft Team Bob Dudenhoefer Paul Cotter Sunit Carpenter Bob Pfief Dom …..

What Microsoft Did Right! Accepted No Understood our fiscal responsibilities Worked within our timelines Built relationships Stayed in bounds with Instructional Technology, Information Technology and Procurement Brought in partners When you could not; you still helped Introduced products based on need Premier services ADS migration support Portal Lite Proof of Concept – Development Services

What Microsoft Did Right! Helped us when we were really in trouble Examined and improved third party code Attended a board meeting Worked within our deadlines; not yours Included M-DCPS Sunshine Connection Pilot

What Microsoft Did Right! Generous Over $1 million in services and product Sponsor our events Good pricing over the years Dedication to K-12 Class Server Sunshine Connection Learning Essentials

Room for Improvement - Product Parent/student identification solution Redundancy and 24/7 service Professional Development for users; needs to be weaved into product rollout

Room for Improvement – Services Need more resources for the volume you serve Better communications between technical areas and sales Offer pricing alternatives for home use

Any Time, Where, One (Any TWO) Students, Parents, Teachers, and Principals have access to information Any Time, Where, One (Any TWO)

Demonstration

For a Full Portal Add single sign-on Role-based access Collaboration Tools Hardware/Software Workflow Technology Customization $3.4 Million

What is a Portal? A Portal is a secure gateway to access systems and services. It brings together a collection of services and information. It allows the user to receive a personalized content and experience. It allows the user to customize their own content and interface according to their own needs.