Vista Security and Infrastructure eBook Ready for Download

Another chapter of the Altiris-sponsored eBook, "The Definitive Guide to Vista Migration" is now available for download.

This key chapter focuses on infrastructure preparation and security configuration. Get the download details here.

You can download Chapter 5 here.

Chapter 5: Excerpt

The entire group will be under the supervision of the logical architect or technical lead. In addition, this group must be integrated to the team as a whole as they will need to communicate with their PC counterparts in order to properly discover the expected changes on the network. As such, this group will be responsible for the following activities:

1. Gathering inventories in support of the initial situation analysis
   • Deploying inventory gathering tools if they are not available
   • Performing inventory analysis
2. Support and server-based operation within the testing lab
   • Create central data repositories
   • Build host servers
   • Install virtualization technologies
   • Install collaboration technologies
3. Support for detailed inventories, creating an exact image of what is on each system
4. Support for profile sizing analysis, to help determine required server space
5. Project engineering activities for servers and networks
   • Prepare central and distributed data repositories in support of the deployment
     • Prepare and implement an application compatibility database
     • Install the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) version 5.0 if you decide to use it
     • Deploy the ACT client (in conjunction with the PC team)
     • Prepare application packaging systems
     • Prepare data repository shares in support of the PC team, mostly for documentation and user profile captures
     • Configure share replication in multi-site environments
   • Prepare operating system deployment tools
     • If tools exist, then update them to support Windows Vista deployments
     • If tools don’t exist, then deploy them in the network
     • Support the various migration scenarios
   • Ensure that network equipment fully supports the deployment technology
6. Prepare Vista OS management infrastructures
   • Prepare for Vista Event Log management
   • Prepare for Vista Group Policy management
     • Active Directory preparation
     • Security considerations
     • Document management considerations
   • Prepare for Vista license management
7. Support the operations team in preparing for the administration of Vista PCs

Download Chapter 5 here.