Expedia Tips for a Smooth Trip to Windows 7 Upgrading desktop infrastructure with Windows 7 to drive productivity, efficiency & data security.

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Expedia Tips for a Smooth Trip to Windows 7 Upgrading desktop infrastructure with Windows 7 to drive productivity, efficiency & data security

Today’s webcast Joe Maglitta (Moderator)  Editorial Director and Market Expert, Ziff Davis Enterprise Michael Peterson  Manager End User Technology, Expedia William Weigle  Systems Engineer, Expedia 2

Agenda  Company Background  Business Objectives, Current Challenges  Technology initiatives: Windows 7 & App-V  Lessons Learned & Best Practices 3

Company Background Founded 1996, based in Bellevue, WA World’s largest online travel services provider 19 Expedia.com sites, affiliated services including Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Egencia Approximately 7,000 employees worldwide 2009 Annual revenue $3 billion 4

Business Objectives Desktop Infrastructure: Investment Goals “Create a seamless computing experience for our people wherever they happen to be working, ensure a thoroughly secure environment to protect corporate data” Boost organizational flexibility Empower greater employee productivity Strengthen enterprise security 5

Current IT Infrastructure  98% Windows XP with images maintained across 11 field sites – Non-standard deployment processes, image configuration  SCCM R2 SP2 deployed and managing all client workstations for patching and targeted software deployments  Manual software approval workflows and installation  Server 2003 SP2 corporate domain 6

Current Challenges Reduce PC Images: IT supports up to 10 unique images, with multiple HW platforms Standardize Processes: Four management tools currently in use Streamline Provisioning: 98% of business applications installed manually Improve PCI compliance: Needs more robust security & control over sensitive customer data 7

Technology Initiatives In Pilot:  Windows 7  Application Virtualization (App-V)  Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) In Evaluation:  MED-V Desktop Virtualization  DirectAccess 8

PC Image Management & Deployment 9

Application Provisioning 10

Green IT Initiative & Power Management 11

Security & PCI compliance 12

Benefits Rapid provisioning & centralized maintenance Better control over power consumption Enhanced data security and better PCI compliance More Flexible, Manageable and Secure PC environment 13

Lessons Learned, Best Practices Windows 7 & App-V at Expedia  Application testing was key with MS ACT as a first validation  Focus education on what’s new with Windows 7 to see the productivity gains; Snap, Connect to projector  Leverage the Microsoft tools; MDT 2010 and MDOP to make the desktop transition 14

Q & A 15

Top Resources  Windows 7:  Windows Optimized Desktop:  Windows 7 for IT Pros:  Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack:  Windows End of Support for Windows XP SP2 and Vista RTM: support.aspx support.aspx  Interested in more webcasts? Visit 7/webcasts.aspx 7/webcasts.aspx  And for your next travel booking: 16

Thanks  KOMO TV  And especially to you for joining us! 17

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