1. Windows 7 Early Adopters’ Forum Microsoft Reading 7th October 2009

2. Twynham Team Dave Coleman (Network Manager) Neil Hodgkinson (Assistant Network Manager) Chris McKinley (Web Developer/SQL Admin) Mike Herrity (Lord of all he surveys)

3. Strategy Deployment Success Failure Top Tips “What would I do better next time” Presentation Contents

4. Twynham Strategy Mature network Profile based user accounts Needed to change to policy based Used the RC of windows 7 to setup Group Policies Only student workstations and laptops Staff laptops all reinstalled by January 2010 (currently running Vista) Because of release date very little time - 2 week window of opportunity

5. Deployment Could have use WDS, SCCM but time a limiting factor Used Ghost as we have a proven track record Got the job done

6. Success Profiles gone. Totally policy driven Better printer deployment now works previously issues when using XP Students love it. Zero adoption problems (Probably because they use Vista at home??) Group policy preferences now no problem and offer us much in the future NO driver issues

7. Challenges After initial teething problems all good Start menu My docs sync issues Offline files 2008 R2 and Windows 7 better together Only just scratched the surface Bit locker more secure for staff laptops (Ticks some BECTA boxes) App locker Search Direct Access with Server 2008 R2

8. Failures 3rd party software solution which should have been done through group policy Applying group policy forced Pushed min spec to the limit

9. Top Tips DON’T BE FIRST or learn from networking Test login speeds and load test Deploy RC but this could be a risky strategy

10. “What would I do better next time” Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. (Franklin P. Jones) That is why we are here so we can all answer this together and hopefully fill in this slide at the end so others can learn from our mistakes

11. Twynham Contacts Dave Coleman E-mail dave.coleman@twynhamschool.com Twitter @davecoleman146 Neil Hodgekinson E-mail neil@twynhamschool.com Chris McKinley cmc@twynhamschool.com Twitter @crmckinley Mike Herrity E-Mail mike.herrity@twynhamschool.com Twitter @mikeherrity