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Connected Learning Community 2008

Connected Learning Community 2008. Inspiring Change. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO). Inspiring Change. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO). School Board Details Details15,000 Students 40 Elementary Schools 10 Secondary Schools

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Connected Learning Community 2008

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  1. Connected Learning Community 2008 Inspiring Change

  2. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Inspiring Change

  3. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • School Board Details • Details15,000 Students • 40 Elementary Schools • 10 Secondary Schools • 1,250 Teaching and Support Staff • 12,165 Square Kilometres • 3,300 PC/Laptops • 100 Servers

  4. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO)

  5. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Experience • 8 Years Manager of IT SD&G Catholic • 1989 – 1997 • 5 Years Manager of IT in Automotive Tier 2 Supplier • 1997 – 2002 • 6 Years Manager of ICT CDSBEO • 2002 – 2008

  6. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Status 2002 • Schools Responsible for IT Purchases • Multiple Server/Laptop/PC Platforms • Multiple Operating Systems • Incompliant Software • No Standard Images • Multiple Versions of Applications • Distributed Environment • No Remote Access • No Equity • Inadequate ICT Support (14 ICT Staff) • Insufficient Funding

  7. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Info Tech Committee • Superintendent of Education • Associate Director of Education • Manager of ICT • Curriculum ICT Consultant • Special Education ICT Consultant • MISA Lead • Communication and Technology Teacher • 3 Elementary Principals • 3 Secondary Principals

  8. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Info Tech Committee • Vision Standardization and Equity 2002 – 2007 • Gain Control Software Licenses • Standardize Hardware and Software • Create Equity at all Schools • Centralized Purchasing • Centralize Software and Data • Administration • Academic

  9. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Solution • Virtualization • Significant cost savings • Significant time savings • Control Software

  10. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Solution • Virtualization

  11. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Virtualization • Server Virtualization • Presentation Virtualization • Application Virtualization • PC Virtualization • Combining Presentation, Application and Server Virtualization

  12. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Server Virtualization • Launch a file (Bubble) • All attributes of a physical server inside a file • Isolate Server Functions • Maximize Hardware Resources • Manipulate Hardware Demand • Improve Disaster Recovery Processes • System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2007 • Successfully Capture Physical environment • Microsoft Server 2008 Hyper-V • Move Bubbles Live • Low Cost

  13. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • CDSBEO • 6 Virtual Hosts • 10 Bubbles on 1 Server • 30 Total Bubbles

  14. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Presentation Virtualization • Multiple Users can run application installed on server • Easier to Manage Software • Centralize Software and Data • Microsoft Terminal Services • Citrix Presentation Manager 4.5 • Securely present application on Internet (SSL) • CDSBEO • All Administration Software (30 Application) • Nothing loaded locally except for Microsoft Office • Include Web Based Software and Web Links

  15. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Presentation Virtualization • Turn non web based applications into web based applications • Control Software Licenses • Remote Access • Identical Access Remotely • Most recent version of software • Improve ICT Support • Manage 8 Servers instead of 500 PCs • Remote Shadowing Capabilities • Virtually No Travel

  16. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO)

  17. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO)

  18. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Application Virtualization • Image Method was Time Consuming • Package application (Bubble) • Sequencing • Install a SoftGrid Client on the workstation • Sequenced Applications are pulled to workstation onto a virtual hard drive by the SoftGrid Client • Once Client is installed any sequenced software is available on workstation

  19. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Application Virtualization

  20. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Application Virtualization • Microsoft SoftGrid 4.1.1 • Low Cost • CDSBEO • All Secondary Schools 1,200 PCs • 80 Sequenced Applications (Mostly OSAPAC) • Deployment Complete by December 2008 • 3,400 PCs • Only SoftGrid and DeepFreeze Loaded Locally on all Workstations

  21. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Application Virtualization • Instant Installs and Updates • Not the same as traditional software deployment products • User Based Software Deployment (Active Directory) • Concurrency Software Control • Virtualized Applications • Multiple Version Capabilities • Disconnection Capabilities

  22. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Virtualization Recap • Server Virtualization • Encapsulate Entire Physical Server in one File • Presentation Virtualization • Present Applications on the Internet • Turn non web based applications into web based applications • Application Virtualization • Encapsulate Entire Application in a Sequenced “Bubble” and Launch using SoftGrid client • PC Virtualization • Combining Presentation, Application and Server Virtualization

  23. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Combining Presentation, Application and Server Virtualization • Microsoft Virtual Server 2007 • Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix Presentation Manager • Microsoft SoftGrid Client • Demo https://serv2.cdsbeo.on.ca/Citrix/MetaFrame/auth/login.aspx

  24. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Combining Presentation, Application and Server Virtualization (Recap) • Microsoft Virtual Server 2007 • Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix Presentation Manager • Microsoft SoftGrid Client • Access to all Board Software in 5 minutes Securely • 30 Administrative • 80 Academic

  25. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • CDSBEO Status Present (December 2008) • Centralized IT Purchasing • Standard Server/Laptop/PC Platforms • 2 Operating Systems (3399 MS and 1 Unix) • Completely Compliant • 1 Image • Most recent version of all applications • Completely Centralized • Completely Remote • Completely Equitable • ICT Support has Improved with Increase in Demand • Insufficient Funding

  26. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Vision Going Forward • Vision Standardization and Equity 2002 – 2007 • Vision Standardization, Equity, Accessibility and Connectivity 2008 – 2010 • No Software loaded Locally • Leverage Student and Teacher owned computers • Same access at the Board and at Home

  27. Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO) • Questions

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