WNAG Advisory ReportWNAG Advisory Report

Presented to UCIST Presented to UCIST December 8, 2006December 8, 2006

Presented byPresented by Bernie RutterBernie Rutter

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Discussion and Information SharingDiscussion and Information Sharing

Adman DocumentationAdman Documentation MinUWet usageMinUWet usage KVM SwitchesKVM Switches NTP issues in AHSNTP issues in AHS DHCP issues in ArtsDHCP issues in Arts Offsite Access to scratch URLOffsite Access to scratch URL Debugging VS .NET in Nexus Labs in MathDebugging VS .NET in Nexus Labs in Math 64 bit OS usage in Arts64 bit OS usage in Arts

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Discussion and Information SharingDiscussion and Information Sharing

Internet Explorer version 7Internet Explorer version 7• Deferred automatic deployment via Deferred automatic deployment via

WSUSWSUS• Awaiting reports from Application Awaiting reports from Application

owners on conflicts with IE7owners on conflicts with IE7 DVD burning Software usageDVD burning Software usage Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services

operationsoperations

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Tools Development and DeploymentTools Development and Deployment

GPOTool manages applications deployed GPOTool manages applications deployed by Group Policyby Group Policy

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Tools Development and DeploymentTools Development and Deployment

FlexLM license monitor FlexLM license monitor

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Nexus ChangesNexus Changes

New Nexus DNS Server - AsukaNew Nexus DNS Server - Asuka ES Nexus Lab Dell upgrade and expansionES Nexus Lab Dell upgrade and expansion Email in ES now authenticates against Email in ES now authenticates against

NexusNexus CleanC deployed in ESCleanC deployed in ES

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities New Nexus Webview PageNew Nexus Webview Page

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Updated WNAG Updated WNAG WebsiteWebsite

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Ongoing ActivitiesOngoing Activities

GPO CleanupGPO Cleanup Standardized Printer NamingStandardized Printer Naming Expansion of Application ServersExpansion of Application Servers Samba upgrades on Application ServersSamba upgrades on Application Servers Package cleanup on Application ServersPackage cleanup on Application Servers

Summer 2006 WNAG ActivitiesSummer 2006 WNAG Activities Future ConsiderationsFuture Considerations

• Vista and Office 2007Vista and Office 2007 WNAG representation on “Preparing for Vista and WNAG representation on “Preparing for Vista and

Office 2007” Project teamOffice 2007” Project team• WPKG - open source tool to automate software WPKG - open source tool to automate software

deployments deployments • Internet Explorer 7Internet Explorer 7• Mozilla Firefox 2.0Mozilla Firefox 2.0• More centralized documentationMore centralized documentation