Addressing Windows XP Migrations
VMware End-User Computing
Peter von Oven
Senior SE & Pre Sales Lead, End-User Computing, UK&I
pvonoven@vmware.com
© 2013 VMware Inc. All rights reserved
Agenda
 Why do I need to migrate?
 Windows 7 Adoption Lag
 Introducing VMware Horizon Suite
• Horizon Mirage & Use Cases
 How to simplify & revolutionise Windows migration with VMware
XP in the Press…
So You Won’t be Migrating?
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What about hackers?
Microsoft recently posted that of the 45 critical XP patches released
in the last year 30 were applicable to Windows 7 too.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/16/microsoft_warns_itll_be_han
ding_out_zero_days_for_windows_xp/
How Long Have I Got?
Windows 7: Adoption Lag
Windows 7
Released 2009
Accounts for 40%
Downgrade
rights
• XP Drivers available
• XP Applications Available
Application
Complexity
Migration is
not trivial
• Discovery and Usage
• Packaging
• Time and budget?
• Skills in-house?
Windows 7: Adoption Lag continued
End-User
Benefit
vs
IT Cost
End-User
Benefit
Windows XP: Your Options
Ignore
Zero day exploits
Security and Compliance
Punitive Support
Prohibitively costly
Business justification
Replace Hardware
Is your hardware good enough?
Do you have budget?
In-place Migration
Costly and Complex
Risk to business continuity
Windows XP Migration - Three Questions
1
How can we complete our Windows 7 Migration
on time and on budget with the resources we have?
2
How can we easily rollback a user to their Windows XP
system if the Windows 7 Migration does not complete
successfully?
3
How can I migrate my users who work from home,
the road, or a remote office, without installing additional
branch infrastructure?
Introducing VMware® Horizon™ Suite
VMware Horizon™ Suite
The platform for Workspace Mobility
NEW
V1.0
VMware
Horizon Mirage™
VMware
Multi-Device
Journey
Horizon Era
View™
VMware Horizon
Workspace™
Including ThinApp™
Including ThinApp™
(Apps, Data, Mobile)
NEW
V4.2
Physical Desktops
NEW
V5.2
Virtual Desktops
NEW
V1.5
Multi-Device Workspace
VMware® Horizon Mirage™
Horizon Mirage™: Centralized PC Images for Local Execution
Transform
Centralize management of
desktop image layers in the
datacenter.
Broker
Manage/deploy PC images centrally
from a single instance for easy
provisioning, updates, backup and
recovery.
Deliver
Empower your workforce
with locally installed
desktops for native
performance.
Horizon™ Mirage Architecture
The
5 Use Cases for Horizon Mirage
1
3
2
Automated
Windows 7
Migration
Layered, Single
Image
Management
4
Rapid Desktop
Repair
Desktop
Recovery (BC / DR)
5
Hardware
Migration
Your PC is made of a lot of different elements
Device
User
installed
Background
Custom
IT
Operating
provisioned
Data
Drivers
Applications
Wallpaper
settings
System
These elements can be put into two categories
User installed
Applications
Data
Background
Wallpaper
Elements the End-User
wants to control
Custom settings
Elements IT wants to
manage
Operating System
IT installed
Applications
Device
Drivers
Horizon Mirage™ provides layered image management
Horizon Mirage™
End-User Controlled
User Data & Profile
Applications
 Logically layers each end user’s PC
 Layers managed separately but are
Additional Applications
OS and Core Apps
Device Drivers
IT Managed
 Does not actually shift contents
merged together at the endpoint
around on PC
 Empowers IT to perform granular
operations some or all PC layers
 User-Installed apps are preserved
for use during migrations or
desktop recovery
Automated Windows 7 Migration
The Challenge. Microsoft announced end of support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014.
The Solution
How Mirage Helps
1. Automates staging of Windows
7 image on each PC
2. It minimizes end-user downtime
compared to competition
3. Migrates XP / Vista to Win 7
4. Transfers user profile and data
from old OS to New Win 7
install
Careful planning is essential. Windows 7 migrations are a difficult and time-consuming
project for any tool. Understand critical parts Mirage supports and what is out of scope,
such as Application Remediation.
Automated Windows 7 deployment
Step 1: Intelligent image delivery
New Windows 7 image:
IT management layers
Horizon Mirage™ servers
Layers delivered
in background to
Horizon Mirage™ client
User operating
Windows XP
Deployment preparation
Step 2: Pre-deployment snapshot
Pre-deployment
snapshot
Horizon Mirage™ servers
New image fully
delivered
User’s still
working
Actual deployment
Step 3: Reboot and configuration
Reboot
Small amount
of downtime
Horizon Mirage™
servers
Boots up as
Windows 7
Windows XP ‘Insurance’
The Challenge. End of XP Support – Prohibitive Support contract & diminishing time…
The Solution
How Mirage Helps
1. Continuous back-up of
Windows XP image
2. Ability to ‘roll-back’ to clean
Windows XP image
3. Ongoing Snapshots of XP
image
4. Store Data/Profiles ready for
Windows 7 migration
Careful planning is essential. Use of Horizon Mirage for ‘managing’ Windows XP will
not protect your devices/image from any attacks.
Horizon Mirage™ Multiple Use Case Scenarios
IT manages a single image centrally
Automated Win7 Deploy.
Endpoint Backup & DR
Highly efficient de-duplication &
synchronization (even over WAN)
PC Refresh $ Savings
Break/Fix $ Savings
Centralized Image Mgmt.
Business as usual for users
Who Has Done This Already?
Needs
VMware Solution
Migrate 2,400 desktops to new laptops
while preserving user data and 1,110
various user-installed applications.
Horizon Mirage allowed ADAC’s IT
team to quickly get their end-users up
and running on their new laptops
without sacrificing any of their user
data or user-installed applications.
Benefits
• Saved 250,000 Euro using Horizon
Mirage over other solutions.
• Completed entire migration in just
three weeks, drastically reducing the
time of the project.
• Had full rollback capabilities if
needed during migrations.
“With VMware Horizon Mirage we had exactly the
same IT environment on the PC, but were able to
migrate over everything that made that desktop
personal to our users... IT was able to separate the IT
images on the desktop PCs from the user space —
applications, files and personalization. ”
Stefan Brandstetter, IT Manager, ADAC e.V.
What are the Cost Savings?
Our Windows 7
deployment cost
calculator is
customizable
Introducing VMware® Horizon™ Suite
VMware Horizon™ Suite
The platform for Workspace Mobility
NEW
V1.0
VMware
Horizon Mirage™
VMware
Multi-Device
Journey
Horizon Era
View™
VMware Horizon
Workspace™
Including ThinApp™
Including ThinApp™
(Apps, Data, Mobile)
NEW
V4.2
Physical Desktops
NEW
V5.2
Virtual Desktops
NEW
V1.5
Multi-Device Workspace
Horizon View™ Virtualizes Windows Desktops Into a Central Service
Transform
Simplify desktops and apps
and centralize in the
datacenter by virtualizing
them.
Broker
Manage and secure virtual desktops
from a single admin console while
removing data from end-points.
Deliver
Empower your
workforce with secure,
roaming access to your
desktop across devices.
Horizon View™ Virtualizes Windows Desktops Into a Central Service
Manage centralized virtual desktops
Security & Compliance
Anywhere Access
Highly efficient remote
protocol
Business Agility
Mobile & BYOD Access
OPEX Savings
Users remotely access from various devices
ThinApp Application Virtualization to assist Windows Migration
Minimize application conflicts and reduce costs
Overview
 Package up applications and deliver
them via Horizon Mirage’s app layers
 Solve need for one PC to require two
different versions (or more) of an app
Benefits
 Simplify app management, patching,
and deployment
 Reduce app conflict issues
 Keep end-user’s productive with the
apps they need
What you need for Windows Migrations
If you have the plumbing, make sure new investments connect in seamlessly
Horizon Mirage™ is complementary
to your existing IT investments.
Horizon Mirage™ provides
investment protection and simplified
management targets.
Start your migration with Horizon View™ & Horizon Mirage™
Horizon
View™
Thin/zero clients
Horizon
Mirage™
Datacenter hosted
virtual desktops
Centrally managed
Windows images deployed
locally on devices
Security
Offline Flexibility
Remote &
Roaming Access
Native Performance
Tablets
Synchronization
PCs
Laptops
Macs
VMware® Horizon™ – the Platform for Workforce Mobility
For more information
 Product pages on vmware.com
• www.vmware.com/products/desktop_virtualization/horizonsuite/overview.html
 VMware® Horizon View™
• www.vmware.com/products/view/overview.html
 VMware® Horizon Mirage™
• www.vmware.com/products/desktop_virtualization/mirage/ove
rview.html
 VMware® Horizon Workspace™
• www.vmware.com/products/desktop_virtualization/horizonworkspace/overview.html
Thank You
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