Client: Sultan Qaboos University – Oman
Project: SCCM Implementation 2007
Client Overview
Sultan Qaboos University is the realization of the promise announced by His. Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said during the 10th anniversary of Oman’s National Day in 1980. Construction started in 1982 and the first Sultan Qaboos University students were enrolled in 1986. In accordance with the Royal Directives of His Majesty, The University commenced with five colleges; namely Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, Education and Science. Furthermore the College of Arts was established in 1987, following the College of Commerce and Economics which was developed in 1993. The College of Law joined the University in 2006 and finally the College of Nursing was established in 2008.
Problem Faced
Operating System up gradation / redeployment on all the machines at least twice or thrice every 4 months
Software Distribution
Patch Management
Inventory
Remote Support
Implemented Solution
Kalsoft deployed System Center Configuration Manager 2007 at Sultan Qaboos University, (SQU) the largest University in Oman with more than 20,000 registered students and Faculty and 10,000 Computers, for software and hardware inventory, security patch management, Software Deployment and Operating System Deployment.
Benefits provided
- Operating System Deployment was crafted in a manner that the above mentioned was successfully managed on more than 40 different computer models
- Software Distribution for at least 30 different software
- Patch Management for XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
- Inventory collection through client deployment
- Remote Tools configuration