08/18/2014. Agvance IT Workshop. Jay Nottingham, Information Systems Specialist

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1 Agvance IT Workshop Jay Nottingham, Information Systems Specialist 1

2 To Be Covered Glancing Back, Looking Forward Operating Systems and SQL Server Versions IT Best Practices Glancing Back, Looking Forward The Microsoft Surface Ubiquitous Mobile Computing Market Share Comparison 2012 to 2014 Windows Threshold 2

3 Microsoft Surface Surface Pro 2 vs Surface Pro 3 Surface Pro 2 Surface Pro Screen 12 Screen 4 th Gen Intel i5 Processor 4 th Gen Intel Core i3, i5, or i a/b/g/n Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi 2 pounds 1.8 pounds 7 hour video playback 8 hour video playback What is Missing With Surface Pro 3? Surface 3 without 4G LTE and GPS capabilities Pricing more like a laptop than a tablet Nearly $2000 for 512 GB HD/8 GB RAM/Core i7 Just Under $1000 for top end ipad Keyboard still not included An additional $130 purchase Portability under question Portable compared to ipad Air and MacBook Air 3

4 Ubiquitous Mobile Computing Microsoft 90% of PC market share Only 14% of overall device market share Q Opening of s 4G connections expected growth Ubiquitous Mobile Computing Cisco mobile data growth statistics People to Device ratio 4

5 Market Share of Mobile Devices Android users doubled in just 1 year 530 million in June 2013 Over 1 billion in June 2014 Back at 2012 Customer Conference Apple had 23% of the market Android had 59% of the market Currently Apple has 15% of the market Android has 81% of the market 30.8% are Samsung Android ios Windows Phone BlackBerry OS Others % 18.3% 1.2% 13.6% 30.8% % 23.0% 2.0% 6.3% 9.5% % 17.1% 3.2% 2.9% 1.5% % 15.2% 2.7% 0.5% 0.6% 5

6 Market Share of Mobile Devices Amazon entering the market Amazon Fire Phone with 3D display AT&T exclusive at $199 w/ 2-Year Contract 5 Front facing & 1 rear facing cameras Front facing for Dynamic Perspective Kinect-Like using face positioning Not for those that get motion sickness New feature Firefly Windows Threshold Windows 9 to be released Spring (April) 2015 Possibly free to Windows 7 and 8.1 users The OS gains identity dependent on device Phones/Tablets Arm-Based devices Metro only Hybrid Devices Metro/Desktop is keyboard dependent PC/Laptops Desktop with Metro apps in windows Mini Start Menu rumored return Public review release could come Fall 2014 Final Windows 8.1 update due in August 6

7 Windows Threshold Windows 9 could possibly be subscription based Windows 9 change to activation Use of Windows Store Ability to change licensing on machines like O365 New reinstall/restore process Boot disk not needed potentially Windows Threshold 7

8 Supported by Agvance Operating System/SQL Server End of Life Supported Operating Systems Supported SQL Server Versions End of Life XP End of Life Introduced December 2001 Extended Support April 8, 2014 Summer Release will NOT run on XP Server 2003 End of Life Extended Support ends July 14, 2015 Summer Release will NOT run on Server 2003 SQL Server 2005 End of Life Coming Soon Extended Support ends April 12,

9 Supported Operating Systems Windows Vista Mainstream Support ended April 10, 2012 Extended Support ends April 11, 2017 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Update 1 Windows 8.1 by November 11, 2015 Windows Server 2008 and 2008R2 Windows Server 2012 and 2012R2 Windows Lifecycle Chart Windows OS Lifecycle Server 2012 Windows 8 Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 Server 2008 Vista Server 2003 XP Mainstream Support Extended Support 9

10 Supported SQL Server Versions SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2014* SQL Lifecycle Chart SQL Server Lifecycle R Mainstream Support Extended Support 10

11 IT Best Practices A View From the Trenches Virtualize Your Servers Multiple Internet Sources The World is Moving Online ipad Recommendations Virtualize Your Servers Virtualize all new servers even 1 to 1 hardware Better more efficient hardware utilization With 1 to 1 hardware, user Server Core Hyper-V Server 2012 Standard allows 2 Server VMs/processor Server 2012 Datacenter allows unlimited Server VMs/processor Servers and workloads become more portable No longer tied to hardware or location 11

12 Virtualize Your Servers Simplified backup and recovery Any Hyper-V host with proper licensing Use Disk2VHD for current migration and/or backups SysInternals developed Converts both physical and virtual 2 formats -.vhd and.vhdx.vhd Limited to 2040 GB in size.vhdx Limited to 64 TB in size Only supported on Server 2012 or newer Virtualize Your Servers Hyper-V Replica is a great feature Business Continuity Data Backup dependent on recovery selections on VM Disaster Recovery 12

13 Multiple Internet Sources Helps ensure uptime with failover Peplink device We use one handles up to 3 connections Get combined download/upload speeds Monitor each connection Cellular is another option 3G/4G failover when wired goes down Available with major cellular carriers Devices can start new network or integrate New Sources of Connectivity Google s Project Loon Balloons in stratosphere above planes/weather Rise or descend into different winds for travel Special antennas Balloons Global Internet Solar powered 40 km diameter coverage of 3G speeds LTE speeds tested in Brazil successfully Planning to roll out service with 100 balloons this year Expanding to 400 balloons 100 day life span per balloon 13

14 New Sources of Connectivity New Sources of Connectivity Facebook s Connectivity Lab Combination of drones, satellites, and lasers Acquired startup aerospace engineering team Will be part of Internet.org project 14

15 New Sources of Connectivity Internet.org Consortium of tech companies Facebook, Ericcson, Qualquam, Nokia, Samsung, MediaTek, and Opera Deploying different vehicles to different areas Suburban Areas Less Populated Areas Free-Space Optical Communication Help from NASA The World is Moving Online Office 365 New features Paired with cloud storage Office ipad apps Licensing Free Updates 15

16 The World is Moving Online Online backup Amazon Storage S3 Storage Up to 5 TB of storage per object Fast retrieval within minutes For frequent access Glacier Storage Up to 40 TB per archive Several hours for retrieval For very rare access Third party tools for uploading/downloading data The World is Moving Online Cloudberry Backup Desktop Server MS SQL* MS Exchange Enterprise Very Customizable 16

17 Agvance Online Agvance Mobile The future of Agvance Transition is happening Flexibility to support web, app, lite desktop, full desktop Agvance Hosted Existing customers transitioning New customers starting out ipad Recommendations Microsoft RDP Client Preset profiles Microsoft Office for ipad Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive for Business Keyboard Case Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Belkin Ultimate QODE Keyboard 17

18 HP Officejet Pro x451 Series Newly Supported in Agvance Up to 2x the speed HQ prints at 55 pages/minute ½ the cost Up to 9,200 pages/cartridge Optional tray holds 1,050 sheets HP eprint built in All-in-One supported as well Questions? 18