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Windows and Office Deployment

It’s not only about Windows

Many organisations are considering upgrading users’ desktop operating systems and productivity suites. However, an IT deployment of this scale is a huge undertaking in terms of both cost and time. Many IT departments are also considering new challenges, including demands from users for greater mobility, improved security and the latest applications.

Typically during a Windows migration project an Operating System image needs to be created. The quality of this image is of course very important but it’s not only about the image. The success of a Windows roll out project depends on Application compatibility\Remediation and the way an image gets deployed.

As THE Workspace company, managing the Windows client is our core business and Getronics helps our customers strive towards the Optimized Desktop - a strategic approach to deploying (and managing) users’ desktops and giving them the most productive technology in a secure and cost effective way. Once delivery options have been considered, users are segmented into groups based on their needs, with further segmenting them against hardware, operating system, applications and user data creating an optimum set-up for delivering separate components to each group.

Microsoft Windows 7, Office 2010 and the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP) are the technologies that underpin the Optimised Desktop.

Enterprise Features

A new Operating System can offer a lot of opportunities by rolling out Enterprise features. With Windows 7 Enterprise, you can take advantage of features including:

DirectAccess: Give mobile users seamless access to corporate networks without a need to VPN.
BranchCache: Decrease the time branch office users spend waiting to download files across the network.
Federated Search: Find information in remote repositories, including SharePoint sites, with a simple user interface.
BitLocker and BitLocker To Go: Help protect data on PCs and removable drives, with manageability to enforce encryption and backup of recovery keys.
AppLocker: Specify what software is allowed to run on a user's PCs through centrally managed but flexible Group Policies.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) optimizations: Improved user experience for VDI with multimon and microphone support, which have the ability to reuse virtual hard drive (VHD) images to boot a physical PC.
Multilingual user interface: Create a single OS image for deployment to users worldwide.

Such features help organisations move closer to the Optimised Desktop, and with Windows 8 these features are even more improved and less complex to implement. Getronics has implemented these features for customers and is also using these features internally

Application Compatibility

“It’s all about the App” - Applications are the key reasons for why we need an Operating System, so it’s clear that all your applications need to work seamlessly with the new version of Windows. Besides compatibility exercises, the provisioning of Applications is your key to success. In this increasingly mobile world of work, it is vital that users can access their Applications and Data no matter where they are located and at any time.

Deployment and Maintenance

Deploying and managing images and applications can be time consuming and costly if not carefully monitored and managed. As a central management tool, Getronics uses Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager as THE tool to keep your systems aligned and to deploy and maintain your systems cost effectively.

Getronics enjoys higher productivity and increased mobility with Windows 8

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WHY GETRONICS for Your Windows and Office Deployment? +

As THE Workspace company, Getronics is a key partner for Microsoft regarding workspace management and has numerous references regarding Workspace migration projects. By participating in Microsoft’s Windows 7, Windows 8 and Configuration Manager Technology Adaption Programs (TAP), Getronics has been involved in the early stages of the lifecycle of these technologies.

GETRONICS OFFERING

BUSINESS CASE ASSESSMENT

If you are in the process of preparing a Business Case for migrating to Windows or for implementing one of its Enterprise features, our experienced consultants can help you by defining a realistic case built on your specific company requirements.

SOLUTION ALIGNMENT WORKSHOP

Getronics consultants can help you by building out-of-the-box or custom solutions by mapping your business needs against technology requirements. For instance our Rapid Deployment Experience tool (RDX) is an interface that is developed on top of Microsoft products to streamline OS deployments. For customer specific requests we have also developed more custom tools to help them with their specific deployment needs.

TRIAL AND/OR PROOF OF CONCEPT

A Proof of Concept (POC) is the ultimate way to evaluate the capabilities of Windows and it Enterprise features. During POCs our Getronics consultants can build and demonstrate the solutions you are interested in and if needed, we can challenge them against Microsoft competitors.

DESIGN & IMPLEMENT

Our consultants are trained to develop and implement the best Workspace approach for your company. It’s clear with an Operating System migration project that a tried and tested approach is important to make sure that any potential impact on users is minimised.

MANAGE

As Getronics also has a Managed Services team, we can manage your client devices day-to-day. Currently in Belgium Getronics is managing more than 300,000 devices and Worldwide we manage around 4,000,000 devices.