PC Lifecycle Management eBook
It’s all here in one great guide. Learn how to protect, upgrade and manage PC environments, data, and productivity-enhancing configurations. Techniques for preserving key information and assuring that both applications and operating systems are safe and secure are discussed in detail. In addition, steps for moving desktops from one hardware platform to another as well as how to recover from unplanned disasters quickly and efficiently are outlined in the guide. The eBook provides critical analysis to help decisions-makers choose the people, policies, and platforms to keep people working.
Written by Mark D. Scott, senior consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services
The guide is designed to help decision-makers—responsible for keeping their information workers up and running—understand and assess the policies, procedures, personnel, and products they use to keep the organization’s PC desktops effective and recoverable.
In Chapter 1, “Anatomy of a PC Desktop,” find out what you need to know about the PC Desktop, including:
- The desktop—from the vantage point of the administrator and the technician
- Securing the corporate desktop
In Chapter 2, “PC Life Cycle Management,” learn how to plan the hardware lifecycle and migrate the corporate desktop from one platform to another—as seamlessly as possible.
- Planning the life cycle for a hardware platform
- Extending the life of the platform
- Planning hardware platform replacement procedures
- Managing hardware platform changes
In Chapter 3, “Software Life Cycle Management,” learn how changes to the desktop affect your ability to preserve and restore the workspace.
- Planning the software life cycle
- Changing applications
- OS upgrades
- Managing the software life cycle
In Chapter 4, “Managing the Disaster Recovery Process,” learn the procedures to assure that your desktops can be restored, minimizing the loss of data and downtime.
- Securing data upfront – defining what will be backed up and what will not
- Planning for restoration – creating a plan for various types of recoveries
- Building the restoration system – determining staff, tools, procedures, and rehearsing the restoration
