2016 NALIT Professional Development SeminarOn-Prem/Hybrid/Cloud: Why & How

Mike AllenEnterprise System Section ManagerOffice Of Legislative Information Technology (OLIT)Montana Legislative Branch

Cloud Services Granicus Audio/Video/Agenda SharePoint Online – DirSync to AD Adobe Online – DirSync to AD Applications for License Verification

Montana has a Hybrid Environment

Executive Branch Services Network infrastructure Data Canters – Helena & Miles City Oracle Database Hosting & Support MS Exchange & Network Services

LEG Infrastructure Services AD Forest & Domain Services Blade & Virtual Server Config & Support Hardware & Software Deployment & Support Firewall separating from Executive Branch

What did we start with?

Production Data Center 100 % Microsoft environment Active Directory 8 Virtual Host Blade Servers 45 Virtual Windows Servers VMWare/Site Replication Manager NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN) CommVault Backup

Disaster Recovery Data Center VMWare/Site Replication Manager 6 Physical Servers 20 Virtual Windows Servers NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN) CommVault Backup

The Why:

1. Amazon Cloud (AWS) Estimated bid is $148K per year plus

support Required VPN tunnel from Montana

infrastructure to AWS Required application support from OLIT Requires extensive open source

application training

Montana must replace the obsolete main frame processes for updating Montana laws (MCA).

The Open Source Environment called LAWSII was chosen, where do we host it?

2. Montana Executive Branch Estimated bid $73K per year Only basic server installation support Required OLIT to configure & support Requires extensive open source

application training

We had three Choices for hosting LAWSII – Used SWOT Analysis

3. Montana Legislative Branch Estimated bid $144K first year Following years $47K per year Includes full support & control Bid is incremental to the current OLIT

environment Requires extensive open source

application training

The Why:1. Amazon Cloud (AWS)

Prototype environment posed several challenges

VPN tunnel to AWS Uncontrolled security points from

several locations Challenging process control Required OLIT to support

Montana Chose #3 for several reasons2. Montana Executive Branch

Only basic server installation support No control over infrastructure processes Required OLIT to configure & support

3. Montana Legislative Branch Enables full process control Limits security points Includes full support Bid is incremental to current

infrastructure More flexibility for additions In-depth knowledge of current

infrastructure

How

Before

Production Data Center 100 % Microsoft environment Microsoft Active Directory 8 Virtual Host Blade Servers 45 Virtual Windows Servers VMWare/Site Replication Manager NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN) CommVault Backup

Disaster Recovery Data Center VMWare/Site Replication Manager 6 Physical Servers 20 Virtual Windows Servers NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN) CommVault Backup

Montana Chooses LAWSII Open Source EnvironmentAfter

Production Data Center 50 % Microsoft – 50% Open Source Microsoft Active Directory & LDAP 12 Virtual Host Blade Servers 45 Virtual Windows Servers 42 Red Hat Linux Virtual Servers VMWare/Site Replication Manager NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN) CommVault Backup

Disaster Recovery Data Center VMWare/Site Replication Manager 8 Physical Servers 20 Virtual Windows Servers 20 Red Hat Virtual Servers NetApp Storage Area Network (SAN) CommVault Backup

Lessons Learned Get Infrastructure personnel involved early in the process Understand the complexity before including cloud services Process control should be a key consideration Security has to be heavily considered in todays environment We are “Their Cloud”