Windows 7 at Dean Close School

W7 Deployment Project
Nyall Monkton
IT Manager
Dean Close School
ndlmonkton@deanclose.org.uk
01242 258000 ext 111
07530 940243

Stage 1
Installed W7 RC onto IT Managers laptop
Trailed laptop on live system for 2-3 weeks
Impressed by speed of install and software/hardware compatibility
Main problems was finger print recognition driver on Sony Vaio

Stage 2
Installed W7 RC onto IT Support Engineers laptops
Trailed laptops on live system for 2-3 weeks
4 laptops installed within 2 hours
Main problems was finger print recognition driver on Toshiba Tablet
Also had problems getting tablet function to work

Stage 3
Installed W7 onto 15 different spec and aged machines
All 15 machines, installed and within AD within 4 hours
4 copies of W7 on DVD’s used
No major problems.
Machines being used by various employees of the school including Admin, Estates and Theatre
Machines within own AD OU with new GPOs

Stage 4
Installed W7 onto 20 identical spec machines
Install was via WDS
All 20 machines, installed and within AD within a morning
No major problems.
Machines being used by students within an ICT Suite

Stage 5
To be installed Oct 2009
Installation of W7 onto 26 same spec machines using MDT 2010
Findings to be published late October

Stage 6
To be installed Christmas 2009
Installation of W7 onto all boarding house machines using MDT 2010
Findings to be published late October

Stage 7
To be installed 2010
Installation of W7 onto rest of school machines
Findings to be published during 2010

Other Items
WS08 R2 Installed Aug 2009 – no major problems
Direct Access semi successful – full implementation Oct 2009
Bitlocker trialled during Aug / Sept - full implementation Oct 2009

Conclusion
General consensus is both staff and pupils very satisfied with speed and new features
Few minor problems with drivers
No major logging in issues
I believe in a staged approach and would recommend it to all schools considering W7
Make sure IT Support staff are fluent first before any other users within the school

Windows 7 at Dean Close School

by Mike Herrity

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