Welcome

School of Business Information Technology Services

Chris Buckridge, Chris Zissis, Chris Hewitt

• 10 Fulltime Staff Members• 10 Student Techs

Go at Your Pace!• Get the instructions• https://goo.gl/oADYS6

– Go ahead– Or slow down

The Plan• Download or transfer Windows 8.1 • Download Office 2013 Pro Plus • Download VMware Fusion• Install & configure the above

Requirements• Administrative rights on the Mac

– The ability to install software

• Internet connectivity• 60GB available local storage (free space on

hard drive)• Power adapter• Time

– Process takes about 2

Best Connection Method• Ethernet

– 1000Mbps vs. 24Mbps– More stable

• No disconnects

– No authentication needed

Download or Transfer OS• USB drives (MUST be returned)

– Copy Windows 8.1 to your Mac– Pass the Flash drive to the next person

• Or download from uconn.onthehub.com• Or download from

https://busnmsdn.engr.uconn.edu/

Obtaining a valid license• Windows license required• uconn.onthehub.com

– Has Windows & Office

• Dream Spark Premium– Has Windows, Project, Visio, Visual Studio

& more, but not Office

• Click Personally Owned Computer• Click on Windows 8.1

Windows 10

• Yes it is available• Yes, you may choose to install it• No, we don’t have instructions at this time

– Yes, it is a nearly an identical OS installation process

Obtaining a valid license

• Click Add to Cart• Repeat for Office 2013

Professional Plus 32-bit

Windows & Office Licenses• Check Out• Read/Accept EULA• Proceed With Order

Valid License & Download• Email the order

receipt or copy / paste the product keys

• Get keys for both Windows & Office

• Click Start Download

Select VMware Products• FREE! (School of Business students)• Request an account• Click here to register (https://goo.gl/dZrpJw)• You must register with a valid UConn

email address, all others will be ignored

VMware – Different OnTheHub

• https://goo.gl/dZrpJw• You should have received an email with

your account info if you preregistered

Request A VMware Account• Go to https://goo.gl/dZrpJw

• Enter first name and last name

• Enter a valid UConn email address

• Provide OPIM Class number and NetID

• Email with account info will be emailed

Fusion - License & Download• Go to https://goo.gl/ziknBF• Click VMware• Click Software• Click Vmware Fusion 8

Fusion - License & Download

• Click Add to Cart• Click Check Out• Read/Accept EULA• Click Proceed With Order

Fusion - License & Download• Opt in or out of Grad

Offer• Email order receipt or

copy / paste the serial number

• Click Start Download

Fusion Download

• Click Download• Save the disk image file

Install Fusion• Go to the downloads folder

(option+command+L) • Double click on the

VMware-Fusion disk image file.

Install Fusion• Double click to install• Click Open• Enter the admin

credentials• Click OK

Install Fusion• Review / Agree to T&Cs• Enter License Key• Click Continue• Enter the admin credentials again • Follow the prompts and complete

the install

Getting SupportSupport:• Huskytech@uconn.edu

– Students supporting students

Email:helpcenter@uconn.eduHours:Mon – Thurs: 8am – 8pmFriday: 8am – 5pmSat – Sun: 11am – 8pm

If you have a questionQuestions:

– cbuckridge@business.uconn.edu– czissis@business.uconn.edu– chewitt@business.uconn.edu

Installing A Guest OS• Drag the

Windows OS ISO file into the Install from disc or image area

Installing A Guest OS

• Click Continue

Installing A Guest OS• Keep option to “Use Easy Install”• Current Mac users account name is put

in Account Name field.• Define a new password in the

Password: field.• Retype the password in the Confirm

Password: field.• Enter the Windows Product Key: which

you recorded from uconn.onthehub.com• Click Continue.

Installing Guest OS

• Select More Seamless• Click Continue

Installing Guest OS

• Follow the prompts to complete the Windows 8.1 install

Mounting the Office ISO

• Click the CD/DVD icon on the VMware Fusion tool bar

• Select Choose Disc or Disk Image…

Mounting the Office ISO• In the Finder

window that opened Go to Downloads

• Select the Office ISO

• Click Open

Mounting the Office ISO• Click the CD/DVD icon on the

VMware Fusion tool bar• Select Connect CD/DVD• Second later the drive is

mounted and provided a drive letter in the guest OS

Installing Office 2013• Click the folder icon on

the guest OS task bar• Browse to the DVD

drive that mounted• Scroll to, and double

click on Setup.exe

Installing Office 2013

• Follow the prompts• Complete the installation

Where to save your work• When working in the Guest

OS (Windows)• Access your Mac OS files

by double clicking on the VMware Shared Folder

• Save files in the OSX Documents folder

Shutdown Properly• Shutdown

properly• Run

Updates• Save work

to OSX or Dropbox

Use Ninite• https://ninite.com/

– Install any remaining applications• Browsers• Java, Flash, PDF Reader• Dropbox• Win8.1 has built in Antivirus

Learning Curve• Windows 8.1

– http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/getting-around-tutorial

• Fusion 8– http://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-8/index.jsp

HelpSpot Support Portal• http://help.business.uconn.edu

– Knowledge Books– Submit a Request– Check on a Request

This is NOT Boot Camp• Boot Camp

– Longer deployment process– Slightly more complicated– Repartitions hard drive– Very difficult to reverse

• Is considered a permanent solution

VMware Fusion

Paravirtualization Drivers & Tools

Guest - Virtual Machine (Win 8.1)

Host – Physical Hardware (your Mac)Host – Operating System (OSX)

Type II Hypervisor (VMware Fusion)

Available Products• VMware Workstation 11• VMware Player 7 • VMware Fusion 8 (Mac)• VMware vCenter Server 5, 6• VMware Cloud Suite• VMware vSphere 5, 6• Discounts on study materials and Certification Exams