This was a great session on the new enhancements in App-V 5.0. The App-V 5.0 beta is now out, so you can give in a spin around the virtual block. Immediately you will see that both the admin console (which is now a web page) and the client feature the...
Denny Cherry, Independent Consultant (www.mrdenny.com @mrdenny)vExpert 2012, Microsoft Certified Master, MVPThis session covered some helpful tips for virtualizing SQL server, be it on Hyper-V or VMware. Yes you can virtualize SQL and still get excellent performance. But there are some special considerations that you need to be aware of. Most of the...
For those of you that didn't attend TechEd 2012, some of the content is available on Microsoft Channel 9. You can check it out here. Some killer content this year, so be sure to check out the sessions of interest to you and tune in!
This was a good session about Configuration Manager 2012, and the new (more modern) way to deploy applications to the enterprise. Gone is the 'package' model (well not gone, you can still use it) but in is the the new Application model. It's built for the 21st century and how...
This was a great session on the all new IPAM (IP address Management) feature that comes free with Windows Server 2012. Gone are the days of managing your IP address space with Excel spreadsheets. Say hello to automatic DNS, DHCP, AD server discovery so you can centrally track and manage...
Anthony Smith, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Briton Zurcher, Senior Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Microsoft has had roaming profiles for over a decade, but in today's world they are no longer adequate and come with a lot of headaches. Microsoft UE-VÂ (User Environment Virtualization) transforms the roaming profile into a sleak...
Yigel Edery, Principal Program Manager, MicrosoftJoshua Adams, Senior Program Manager, MicrosoftThis was a high level overview of various Hyper-V enhancements that make Windows Server 2012, cloud ready, according to Microsoft. It walked the audience through some architectural considerations when deciding on what technologies you should look at. Windows Server 2012...
This session was a bit drier than others and it was mostly demos, so a bit light on technical content. The basic concept is that Microsoft System Center Service Manager and Orchestrator can be used together, along with other System Center products, to automate delivering IT services to customers. Microsoft...
Dean Wells, Active Directory Product Group, Microsoft This was another killer session, with a super dynamic speaker that only rivals Mark Minassi in presention and content. Dean could double as a stand up IT comedian. Although it may have not gotten a lot of press, there are a number of...
Senthil Rajaram, Senior PM, MicrosoftTaylor Brown, Senior SDET, MicrosoftThis was an excellent session about the major storage improvements in Windows Server 2012. These enhancements are foundational to Hyper-V and other roles such as file servers. To say that Microsoft made some advancements in storage is a bit of an understatement....
Amitabh Tamhane, Program Manager MicrosoftVineeth Karinta, NetAppThis was a great session, jam packed with technical details. I had a hard time taking notes with the fire hose of information. The previous version of CSV in Windows Server 2008 R2 had a lot of limitations, and is one big reason why...
Antoine Leblond, CVP, Windows Web ServicesThis keynote focused solely on Windows 8 and the new UI, Metro. I'm starting to warm up to Metro, but I'm still skeptical at its acceptance in the enterprise on non-touch devices. If you want to watch the presention for yourself, you can watch the...