One project manager is responsible for identifying potential new uses for VDI and consulting with users.

Several desktop support staff have been involved in testing. It is very hard to quantify this, but none of the staff has spent a lot of time on this. I would say that the total effort would be four weeks of one staffer's time. We did consult a fair amount with NetApp on setting this up.

What special skills are needed by staff to plan and roll out this project?

Deep understanding of VMware, SAN architectures (in our case NetApp and how IOPS works, how to use the analysis tools to monitor and manage capacity), managing Windows images, Active Directory and networking (especially for efficient routing).

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