In order to transform the way it manages its desktop estate and enable a wide scale Windows 7 migration, the University of Birmingham is deploying AppSense’s User Virtualization Platform (UVP) across 5,400 staff and over 35,000 student users. The phased deployment of the AppSense UVP will provide a consistent yet flexible experience across the wide and varied user base as well as enhanced security throughout and beyond the migration.
As an education provider it is vital for the University of Birmingham to provide its staff and students with secure, high quality, consistent, access to the applications they need at any time. By using the AppSense platform to underpin migration of user profiles and data from the University’s current legacy systems to the new locked down Windows 7 platform, the downtime and inconsistent user experiences usually associated with moving users to a new platform will be avoided.
Operating on disparate systems while the migration to Windows 7 is underway makes this increasingly complicated as the IT department has to manage multiple end-user profiles while moving between systems. By separating the user from the system and providing persistent personalisation with the AppSense UVP, the IT department can resolve this issue seamlessly, while increasing security through proper management of services and user rights. Once migration is complete the AppSense Management Suite will be used to manage application policy and user profiles of both staff and students, providing sufficient flexibility to deliver customised environments where required, irrespective of their location. More details here
