Introducing Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

One computer. Multiple users. A familiar Windows experience.

Clark Nicholson
Principal Program Manager BETT 2012 London, UK
Microsoft Corporation
 Today’s Education Computing Challenges
We want every student to develop the skills
they need to succeed in the knowledge
economy, but cannot fund a 1:1 computing
model.

Many schools face:

– Limited finances for new PCs
– Restricted ICT maintenance budgets
– Limited ICT integration training opportunities for
teachers
– Need to contain school power bills and be energy-
efficient
– Requirement to make the most of existing
investments in mice, keyboards, monitors, etc.
 Economics and Evidence

66%
You save two out of every three dollars when
you deploy computing seats with WMS

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 Economics and Evidence

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 Economics and Evidence

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 Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

Windows MultiPoint Server

Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7

Desktop Desktop Desktop Desktop

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 Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

Windows MultiPoint Server

USB Video Direct Video Repurposed LAN Thin

Connect Connect PC/Laptop Client

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 Client Station Hardware Examples
Multiport Graphics Card USB Zero Client USB/LAN Zero Client

LAN Clients Network Monitor

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 Desktop Orchestration

Desktop Orchestration

• Gives the administrator visibility and

control over station desktops
• Functionality includes
• View near real-time thumbnails of
activity
• Block station
• Open and Close Apps
• Project one station to another or all
• Limit Web Site Browsing

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WMS 2011 Case Study – Czech Rep
 Key Feature Summary

MultiPoint Direct USB

LAN Thin Repurposed
Server Video Video
Client PC
Connect Connect

Broad client support

Desktop orchestration
Support for both low-cost locally
Monitor and interact with student
created stations and conventional
stations.
thin clients.

Familiar Windows experience

Simplified
Windows 7 user experience at each
Designed for non-IT Pros across
station. Support for multiple
multiple servers.
languages.

ISV extensibility Expanded availability

Shares the Windows Server Domain-joinable Premium SKU
Solutions SDK with Small Business available to all customers via VL
Server and Home Server 2011 and OEM licensing
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 Windows MultiPoint Server at BETT
Fujitsu G150

Hewlett Packard J40

Ncomputing J50

Wyse Technology E119

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 Resources

• Availability:
– Download Center
– MSDN, Technet
– Volume License Download

• Social:
– microsoft.com/multipoint
– twitter.com/msmultipoint
– facebook.com/windowsmultipointserver
– youtube.com/msmultipoint
– blogs.technet.com/b/multipointserver
– social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsmultipointserver

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 ISV Extensibility

MultiPoint Manager Extensibility

• Ability to add new tabs or new sub-

Fabrikam

tabs in MultiPoint Manager

• Common SDK with Windows Small
Business Server 2011 and Windows
Home Server 2011
• Shares Dashboard portions of SDK;
does not include provider framework
• Leverage existing controls or create
from scratch with WPF

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 Economics and Evidence
Traditional 1:1 Windows MultiPoint
Environment Server 2011

Hardware $75,600 $25,475 66%

Energy $35,640 $11,642 67%

Ongoing Maintenance $9,320 $42 99%

Software $3,090 $5,057 -64%

Total $123,650 $42,216 66%

Cost per Seat $1,145 $391 66%

Full Study
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 Minimum System Requirements
These recommendations represent a rough guideline. Actual sizing requirements depend on the particular workload and hardware.
Always validate sizing using your own applications and hardware.

Application Up to 4 5-6 7-10 11-14 15-20

scenario stations stations stations stations stations
Productivity CPU: 2C1 CPU: 2C CPU: 4C1 CPU: 4C CPU: 4C+MT or 6C1
Office,
Web browsing RAM: 2GB RAM: 4GB RAM: 6GB RAM: 8GB RAM: 8 GB
Mixed CPU: 2C CPU: 2C CPU: 4C CPU: 4C+MT or 6C1 CPU: 4C+MT or 6C
Productivity plus
some video RAM: 2GB RAM: 4GB RAM: 6GB RAM: 8GB RAM: 8 GB

Media intensive2 CPU: 2C CPU: 4C CPU: 4C+MT or 6C CPU: 4C+MT or 6C CPU: 4C+MT or 8C
Productivity plus
Frequent video RAM: 2GB RAM: 4GB RAM: 6GB RAM: 8GB RAM: 8 GB
Thin Client:
RemoteFX3
USB video not
recommended
1 - 2C = 2 cores, 4C = 4 cores, 6C = 6 cores, MT = Multithreading
2 - Video testing was performed using 360p H.264 video at its native resolution
3 - RemoteFX, or equivalent technology for RDP, is required when 15 – 20 remotely connected thin clients running full motion video within their session

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 Editions and Pricing
Features Standard Premium CAL

Premium Standard
$330 $817 $139
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Simultaneous Open
10 Sessions

YES Domain Join

NO
$115 $29
32 Academic
Max
8 Memory (GB)

2 Max CPU
1 Sockets $115 $29
1+1 Charity
Hyper-V
NO
Both Standard and Premium are available in VL and OEM licensing. VL is shown above.
Each station requires both a WS and a WMS cal. Combined price shown above.
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WMS 2011 Case Study - USA
 Languages for WMS 2011
Arabic** Italian
Chinese Traditional Japanese
Chinese Simplified Korean
Fully localized for Chinese HK* Polish*
Windows MultiPoint Server 2011
English Portuguese (Brazil)
MultiPoint Manager
AND for client experience French Portuguese (Portugal)*
German Russian
Hebrew** Spanish
Hungarian* Turkish
Bulgarian Lithuanian
Croatian Norwegian
Czech Romanian
Additional languages available Danish Serbian Latin
with Windows Server 2008 R2
Dutch Slovakian
and Language Packs
(localized for client experience only) Estonian Slovenian
Finnish Swedish
Greek Thai
Latvian Ukrainian
20 * New with Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 ** New with Update Rollup 1.1.