The document discusses several large priority projects underway for Infrastructure Services at the University of Michigan. It provides details on projects focused on delivering tiered storage solutions to meet varying campus needs, expanding virtual desktop infrastructure to allow more users access to specialized software without purchasing, and consolidating the Business and Finance Windows environment into the main campus environment to enable easier collaboration. Feedback from the IT Commons and campus leaders helped identify these strategic projects for Infrastructure Services.

1. 1Shared InfrastructurePriority Projects

2. 2Director of Infrastructure Services

3. 3Infrastructure Services is a large group in ITS(Approximately 200 staff)

4. 4Infrastructure Services is a large group in ITS(Approximately 200 staff)Provide a wide variety of services to ITS and campus

5. 5Infrastructure Services is a large group in ITS(Approximately 200 staff)Provide a wide variety of services to ITS and campusJust to name a few: PeopleSoft

6. Email

7. Servers

8. Storage

9. Campus Sites6If you missed it…Watch Laura’s 9/18 webcast recording for:Organization updates

10. FY10 strategic priorities7We have several large projects underway that are strategic to ITS this year.

11. 8Feedback from IT Commons and others on campus helped prioritize these projects.

12. 9Feedback from IT Commons and others on campus helped prioritize these projects.IT Commons is a campus-wide effort to improve collaborative planning and decision-making for information technology at U-M.

13. 10Feedback from IT Commons and others on campus helped prioritize these projects.IT Commons is a campus-wide effort to improve collaborative planning and decision-making for information technology at U-M. Leadership Team reviewed and evaluated IT Commons requests.

14. 11Tiered Storage SolutionFocus: deliver several tiers of storage solutions to campus.Researchers, staff, and units have varying storage needs.

15. Seeking cost-effective solutions with appropriate performance levels.Benefit: Units can re-focus their efforts on supporting other research and learning needs.