DCF: Day 2

I’m just starting my second day as an IT Admin/Engineer (position still isn’t really defined) with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families! 

Brief background:  DCF was built by taking the families component from the old dept. of health and family services, and part of the department of workforce development.  DWD still supports most of our IT infrastructure.  As of last week we have equipment on the way, including a pair of Nexus 7000’s for a new core, HP blades and storage, and lots of VMware!  I’m very excited to get the opportunity to participate in a ground-up build.  I’m not entirely sure on what my role will be within this project, but I’ve been told it should center around VMware/Storage.  More details to come!

I’m also very excited for a sit down with a VMware rep today for a whiteboarding session on VMware View as a potential Windows 7 virtual desktop rollout.  We’ve got an office in Milwaukee (about 600 users) still on Novell eDirectory (yuck!).  We’ve been tasked with designing/testing/implementing a virtual desktop solution by year’s end!