Desktop Deployment Planning Services
Sometimes the best ideas come from planning.
The single largest cost your company faces in managing hundreds of desktops is the human resources it requires to deploy, support, manage, and maintain an efficient infrastructure with a modern desktop environment. Computer configurations require that your IT professionals have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to remain agile when working with mobile devices, desktop computers, or laptops. Manual administration takes time, money, and staff, so minimizing the challenge is always a top priority. A successful deployment can lead to higher usage and productivity. It can also result in a lower cost infrastructure and improved return on your software investment. Desktop Deployment Planning Services offers 1 to 15 days of deployment planning services. This service introduces the most advanced techniques, processes, and tools to your company. The services you receive are based on your unique needs to help you achieve the most cost-effective desktop environment.
They provide the fundamental analysis, business case, process, and technical procedures you need to execute a comprehensive desktop deployment project. Delivered by a participating Microsoft services partner, Diamond Technologies, these services help you extend the business value of your Microsoft Office or Microsoft Windows software upgrade.
Each interactive session of Desktop Deployment Planning Services is collaborative, comprehensive, and based on best practices directly from Microsoft. Your dedicated consultant will create a blueprint.
The Zero Touch solution is based on the Microsoft Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment and Zero Touch best practices from Microsoft. With the Zero Touch solution, network and desktop administrators can automate the deployment process, reducing cost and errors.
Desktop Deployment Planning Services are also Microsoft Software Assurance benefit please see the SA Benefits page for more information.
SA BenefitsScope of Work for the engagement:
- Strategy Briefing
- Examine current network and desktop environment
- Review business objectives
- Review approaches for deployment
- Review planning considerations for automation
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Architecture Design Session
- Application Compatibility Remediation
- Imaging and deployment considerations
- Software and hardware inventory
- Software distribution
- Asset management
- Security update management
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Demonstrate the possibilities enabled by automation through a Proof of Concept Lab
- Zero Touch Installation
- Zero Touch Provisioning
- A secure and well managed desktop
- A user self–service environment for common and repetitive administration tasks
- Deployment Plan document encapsulating the outputs from the engagement
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