OIT's Unity Labs Active Directory Windows Environment.
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Current Novell Status
• NoApps and MinApps images are available
• Apps image will be available on August 10th, we’ll announce on the Wolfprep list
• Imaging service• Zen Imaging for pre GX760 Dell Optiplex• WDS for GX760• OIT will create an image to support the upcoming GX780
• List of applications is at http://oit.ncsu.edu/unity-lab-environment/fall-2009-applications
AD Deployment Timeline
• OU layout set – July 2• Imaging service• Default image – July 2
o Drivers for supported hardware – July 2 GX620 GX745 GX755 GX760
o All supported platforms tested July 10o Load testing -- July 10
• Basic group policies determined -- July 10 • Complete testing of basic group policies -- July 17 • All group policies determined -- July 24 • Complete testing of all group policies – July 31 • Begin testing of printing – July 20
Timeline (cont'd)
• End testing of printing – August 3rd • Begin testing application delivery July 17• Complete testing application delivery July 31• All testing completed – August 3rd• Migrate those Unity Labs that make up the pilot evaluation – August 10
o Sullivan (29)o Honors Village (13)o FYC (21)
• Evaluate pilot rollout complete – September 24• Deploy to remaining Unity Labs – October 8 • Migrate ClassTech classrooms – December 18
Imaging Solution
• Using campus Centralized WDS service• [email protected]• OIT will be providing a base Windows XP SP3 image on the
WDS server with Internet Explorer 8• Office 2007 pre-installed due to GPO deployment issues• Workstation Objects will need to be prestaged in the
appropriate OU using hostname and MAC address • Drivers for the following hardware/VMs:
Dell Optiplex GX620, Optiplex 745, Optiplex 755, Optiplex 760, and Sun VirtualBox
• Use the PXE-all, WDS-Main, or WDS-Centennial DHCP templates
Default Desktop Settings
• No roaming profile• Redirected folders to AFS Home (K:)
o My Documentso IE Favoriteso Firefox Settings
• Local profile not saved after logout• Cannot save to Desktop• All Users Desktop icons for IE, My Documents, My
Computer, Firefox and NCSU Webmail
Application Delivery
• All apps will install post-imaging using Group Policy, except for Office 2007
• Using the WolfTech AD software deployment architecture, you decide which apps get installed for your labs
http://www.wolftech.ncsu.edu/support/support/Active_Directory/Software_Distribution
OS patching
• Microsoft patches provided through campus centralized WSUS servers
• Target groups set through Group Policy
http://www.wolftech.ncsu.edu/support/support/Active_Directory/Service_Groups/WSUS/Target_Groups
WolfCopy Accounted Printing
• Uses the WolfPrint Samba based printing• Requires WINS settings, same as Novell environment,
included in PXE-all, WDS-main, and WDS-centennial DHCP templates
• Additional Group Policy security settings needed to override domain defaults
Support
• [email protected]• [email protected]• [email protected]
Jabber Chat Room• [email protected]• http://www.itecs.ncsu.edu/systems/site/pages/using-jabb
er
Governance and service groups
• Active Directory Policy Committee
• Active Directory Technical Committee
• WDS Service Group
• WSUS Service Group
http://www.wolftech.ncsu.edu/support/support/Active_Directory/Service_Groups
Future plans
• OS upgrade• tentative plan is to upgrade from Windows XP
to Windows 7 for Fall 2010.• User file system change from AFS to CIFS,
currently no timeline is available.• OIT’s plan is for a unified desktop environment
that serves both administrative and academic users.
• Desktop management solution