Microsoft System Center Deployment At The Shepherd Color Company A Presentation By: Ian Iliff
Outline: Project Need Project Deliverables Total Project Savings Live Demonstration Conclusion
Project Need Network Expansion: Inconsistency Aging Hardware: Risk of Failure Absence of Centralized Management: Time Expensive licensing of Software: Money
Project Deliverables Microsoft System Center: Provides Centralized Management (SCCM) o WSUS Replacement: Software Updates o Software Deployment o Administrative Remote Management Tools Virtual Machine Migration & Management (SCVM) o VMWare and HyperV Integration o P2V Functionality Enterprise Anti-Virus Solution (MS Forefront) o Advanced Client Protection o Forefront for Exchange
Total Project Savings Implementation Savings Additional Savings Cancelation of Symantec products = ~$10,000 Annually Cost savings: reduced energy cost due to virtualization Cost Savings: Windows Server Licensing
Live Demonstration Demonstration
Conclusion Project has changed the way Shepherd Color administers it’s network Symantec products have been removed network wide* Virtual Machine Manager now in use as VM management point Four physical Servers have been shut down (and counting). Symantec licenses slated to be terminated
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