Our case study for Syntrophos

As a contractor, we’ve lead many projects and migrations for Syntrophos. We build a whole new IT infrastructure with a future proof architecture using App Virtualization, Enhanced Workspace Security, App Profiling, etc. After building this infrastructure, we lead three big IT migrations and one municipal merger.

The STIP program of Syntrophos

As contractor of the STIP program, WiNC Solutions has redesigned the entire ICT environment of this shared service center. The program included about 30 technical projects in which we took full care of the staffing, the preparation of the necessary Low Level Designs, the individual project management and the overall monitoring of the program.

The program included an implementation and design of a completely new Active Directory environment with a Microsoft App-V infrastructure, Ivanti Workspace Manager, Microsoft Azure connection, Network zoning (including DMZ and Azure Hub/Spoke), Exchange 2016 + Hybrid Cloud implementation, SQL/Oracle Clustering, Microsoft SCCM, Windows 10, Office 2016, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Intune, Docker, Skype for Business, Anti Malware, RDSH, and much more.

Audit

An important requirement was that the infrastructure was secure, reliable and that the separation between tenants was carried out in an adequate manner. This has been tested by an external audit party (BKBO) that tested the designed infrastructure against the security standards by the various government frameworks (NORA, BIO, etc.). Due to the positive result of this audit, we have proven to set up a secure basic infrastructure for Syntrophos.

Migrations

WiNC Solutions ensured that all participants of Syntrophos “Brielle, Westvoorne, Hellevoetsluis and Nissewaard” were migrated to this newly designed multi-tenant platform. During these migrations, we’ve migrated around 2000 workstations and more than 1000 applications, of which 450 application packages (App-V).

All the applications were made available using Ivanti Workspace Manager so with that, we’ve successfully implemented application whitelisting so it’s only possible to start authorized files. By this, Syntrophos now meets the highest security standards.

Furthermore, WiNC Solutions took care of the total application packaging using our Package on Demand solution. With this we have completely unburdened the customer with a fixed price assignment.

For each migration, WiNC has created a project plan and a migration strategy. To gather all the information, we’ve managed a couple of workshops with the entire team. With this design, we carried out the realization phase of the project using SCRUM methodology. After all the applications were migrated or packaged and the information management and communication were in order, we drew up a transition runbook and by that, we’ve performed 4 successful migrations with very little aftercare and a very positive organizational sentiment.