The CDG VDI Readiness Assessment is the first step in enabling your Desktop Virtualization Strategy. Many organisations are migrating to VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), such as Citrix XenDesktop or VMware View, in order to streamline desktop management and lower costs. Many are also making the move to Windows 7. The CDG VDI Readiness Assessment Service gives your organisation direction by fully assessing your infrastructure for its next generation desktop fitness. The assessment provides detailed reports and comprehensive information about your infrastructure for decision support and a clear path forward.
Benefits
- Collects inventory and performance data with no need to physically touch user desktops
- Record all user and application usage patterns
- Identify the good, fair and poor candidates for VDI
- Migrate with efficiency and leave no data or user behind
- Right size your infrastructure for optimal user experience
- Mitigates risk by using experienced consultants and proven best practices
Deliverables
- Business justification summary
- Technical justification summary
- 42-page desktop and application summary
- Best practices guidance
- FIT™ and VDI Readiness Summary Report
- Overview of Microsoft licenses
Key Activities
| Action | Responsibility |
| Qualification check-list and conference call | All |
| Identify early consolidation candidates | All |
| Install and configure automation tools | Consultant |
| Data collection and validation check | Consultant |
| Offsite report composition | Consultant |
| Close-down session & next steps | All |
Target Audience
IT administrators and business unit leaders with a desire to centralise desktop management and lower costs.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Engagement Manager: Plans and coordinates all customer session and report activities
- Consultant: Conducts workshop and implements technology ready for data capture
- Customer Project Manager: Coordinates site logistics, project sponsors and customer staff
- Customer Project Experts: Provide information about business and technical requirements and participate in workshops
Requirements
System requirements (actual requirements will vary depending on technology selected during project qualification stage) :
- Existing VMware ESX server platform to install data collection components
- Monitoring and analysis product licenses (Consultant will advise during initial scoping conference call and will be quoted separate to the service)
- Access to customer technical staff and materials during installation of workload inventory and analysis tools
Pricing and Scope
The service is offered as fixed-price and fixed-deliverable engagement with a maximum of 100 target desktops for monitoring over a period of 30 days. For higher numbers of monitored desktops and pricing information contact your CDG Account Manager. The service collects non-sensitive hardware and software performance statistics for analysis.
Part Code
VDI-SERV-001
