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Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices. Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices. Welcome Trevor Zintel College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan. Building the Digital University. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Building the Digital University
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
Welcome
Trevor Zintel
College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Our goals student devices / discipline apps / graphics
Vendor selectionsolution / key technologies / prime vendors
Findings to datehyper-v capable / hardware requirements / challenges
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Our Goals
Student devices• Student benefits:
• In class access to technologies• Dramatic improvements in collaboration &
off hour access• University benefits:
• Reduce the space pressure• Reduce the financial pressure associated
with computer labs.
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Our Goals
Discipline AppsSeparation of specialized and production applications. • Leverage browsers, document editors etc. on target devices. • Focus on course required, non-commodity applications.
Also interested in breaking down the “Fat Build”
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Our Goals
GraphicsHave a need to support graphic based applications. • 3D Cad / Math / Simulations • Focus from College of Engineering
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Vendor selection
SolutionPublish individual apps directly to student devices.• Deploy pools of vdi apps• Publish as seamless windowed apps
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Vendor selection
Key TechnologiesVDI• Provide remote serving• Break through the fat build • Web link publishing
Windowed RDP Applications• Provides a simple single desktop access to local & cloud
apps
Video enhanced RDP• Run Engineering apps over the wire as if on the local
machine
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Vendor selection
Prime Vendors
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
Vendors VDI Windowed App Video enhancedVMware √Microsoft √ √ √Citrix √ √ √
– http://www.vmware.com/products/view/overview.html
– http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/...-vdi-suites.aspx
– www.citrix.com/xendesktop
www.engr.usask.ca
Findings to date
Hyper-V capableOne server • Single classes of 20-40 students• Sub 3 min logins• Surveyed well
Microsoft supportive• White paper interest• Issue escalation
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Findings to date
Hardware requirementsWe piloted on an IBM x3850-x5 server. • Number of running VMs primarily limited by available
RAM• Number of simultaneous logins primarily limited by disk
IOPS
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Findings to date
ChallengesVM pools • Implement windows updates
Large scale test• Build out cluster sol’n• Increase to large test audience
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
www.engr.usask.ca
Using Microsoft's VDI to Provide Access to Applications on Student Devices
Thank you.