1. Chromebooks and Cloud Computing

2. Why G Suite? Interest in moving to a low-cost device (Chrome devices)
Increase access to technology for all users
Kiosk PCs are difficult to manage and configure, at a high cost
Looking for a platform to pair with CloudPC

3. G Suite Google Apps Chromebooks Google Docs (Word)
Google Sheets (Excel)
Google Drive (Unlimited storage, 5TB max file size)
Google Photos (Unlimited storage)
Gmail not included
Chromebooks
Single Sign On access with your bridgew.edu credentials
Access BSU on-site services and applications through CloudPC

4. Directory Integration
Single sign on achieved through Google Cloud Directory Sync
Google Suite Password Sync must run on every writable domain controller in the domain
LDAP Sync occurs every hour using a scheduled task
Password replication occurs instantly when passwords are changed
Single sign on works across Google Suite services, including Chromebooks
User and device policies, such as bookmarks, are managed through the Google Suite administrator management console
Enrolled devices are encrypted by default
Limited access to on-site resources, such as file shares and mapped drives

5. Why CloudPC (VMware Horizon)?
VPNs are difficult to support
Students and faculty lacked offsite access to BSU-licensed applications
Staff lacked offsite access to applications and data
Virtualized infrastructure necessary for offsite access and access from non- Windows platforms (Mac, Linux, iOS, etc.)
Overall desire to move to a hosted infrastructure

6. CloudPC
PCs in the cloud are joined to the BSU domain and are connected via an appliance based VPN
Mapped Network Drives
VPN Replacement
Remote Desktop
Access to BSU-owned software packages
Virtual machine access with the VMware Blast protocol via web browser or VMware Horizon client

7. VMware Horizon Client USB host passthrough Printer passthrough
Local and mapped network drive passthrough
Dual monitor support
Access via iOS and Android apps

8. CloudPC Two Windows 7 Configurations
Faculty/Students
Staff
Users see assigned desktop pools based on Active Directory user groups
Each pool PC is spawned from a “gold pattern”

9. Faculty/Student Applications
Microsoft Office 2016
IBM SPSS 23
Maple 2016
GIS Software
Computer Science Applications

10. Staff Applications Banner Microsoft Office 2013 EMS The Financial Edge
The Raiser’s Edge

11. IT Tips and Tricks Connect via RDC to your work PC
Use of a clean image for testing purposes
Troubleshoot Office applications
Isolate profile issues without reimaging the local PC
Test individual application functionality (SPSS, Maple, etc.)
Users can be mapped to persistent images

12. Future expansion
Fiber uplink to Markley Data Center and a potential direct uplink to VMware
Dell Wyse PCoIP connectivity
Azure AD G Suite authentication
Hosted application virtualization

13. Wrap-up Moves the University towards being device agnostic
Infrastructure is hosted
Students/faculty/staff gain secure offsite access to on-campus resources
Integrated Active Directory authentication
Accessible from any platform

14. Questions and Open Discussion