Teched Australia: Windows Server Track Planning

This year I'm owning the Windows Server track at Teched Australia and as part of the planning process I would like to get the community's thoughts on the sessions we are planning.  This year we are having 23 sessions in the Windows Server track.  The tricky part about this is at TechEd in the US they have 44 sessions in the Windows Server track.  So I have to go through and see what we have already done at other events like the Wave Launch and TechNet Update events and make sure we are delivering content that is relevant to you.  So with that myself and some of the other folks helping me with the track have made our first pass at content.  So below is the list we are thinking about.  Please let me know your thoughts and ideas on sessions we can include in this list or if there is something glaringly missing.  These are in no particular order.  These are just the sessions that got a green light on the initial pass.

Number	Session Title	Products/Technology	Level
1	Deploying and Remotely Administering Server Core	Windows Server 2008	300
2	Microsoft IT:  How Microsoft IT Deployed Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services	Windows Server 2008, Active Directory	300
3	How Microsoft.com Provides an Improved Web Applications Platform with IIS 7.0	Windows Server 2008, IIS 7.0	300
4	Multi Site Clustering with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	Windows Server 2008, Clustering	300
5	Making Dynamic Infrastructure a Reality with new Windows Server 2008 features	Windows Server 2008 Management, Windows Eventing, Windows Task Scheduler, Windows Event Forwarding, Windows Remote Management, Windows Management and Instrumentation, PowerShell	300
6	Windows Server 2008 File Services: Deep Dive	Windows Server 2008, DFS, File Services	300
7	Deploying and Managing a Customised Web Server on Server Core	Windows Server 2008, Server Core, IIS 7.0	300
8	Auditing and Compliance in Windows Server 2008	Windows Server 2008, Eventing, Audting	300
9	New Internet Savvy Windows Remote Management Capabilities	Windows Server 2008 Management, Windows Remote Management, Windows Remote Shell, Windows Eventing, Windows Management and Instrumentation, PowerShell	300
10	Deep Dive on Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Storage and Understanding Quorum	Windows Server 2008, Clustering	300
11	How to Build a High Availability Infrastructure for Web Scenarios	Windows Server 2008 Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0	300
12	Windows, PowerShell, and Windows Management Instrumentation: Unveiling Microsoft's Best Kept Secret	Windows 2008, PowerShell, WMI, Windows 2003, Windows 2000	300
13	A Journey to the Centre of a Terminal Server	Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services	300
14	Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server Security and Authentication	Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server, ISA, IAG, NAP	300
15	Easing Management and Securing Remote Offices with Windows Server 2008	Windows Server Core, ADDS RODC, Bitlocker	300
16	Advanced Windows PowerShell Scripting	Windows Powershell, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008	300
17	Automated Windows Server 2008 Imaging and Deployment Using the Microsoft Deployment Accelerator	Windows Server 2008, WDS	300
18	DNS 2008 Style: How Name Resolution Changes in Windows Server 2008 Infrastructures	Server 2008 DNS and WINS, a bit of IPv6	300
19	Key Changes in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0	Windows Server 2008, IIS 7.0	300
20	Building High Availability Infrastructures with Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering	Windows Server 2008, Clustering	300
21	Delivering Rich Media on Windows Server 2008	Windows Server 2008, Windows Media Services	300
22	Failover Cluster Validation and Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008	Windows Server 2008, Clustering	300
23	How to Build Your Next Generation IT Infrastructure Using Windows Server 2008	Windows Server 2008 Server Manager Remote Server Admnistration Tools	300
24	For Those About to Deploy Windows Server 2008 (We Salute You)	Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Deployment	300
25	The Power of Windows 2008	CompletePC Backup, wbadmin.exe	300
26	Securing and Tuning Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0	Windows Server 2008, IIS 7.0	300
27	Windows Essential Business Server 2008 deep-dive	Windows Essential Business Server 2008	200/300
28	Securing SBS 2008 & EBS 2008	SBS 2008 and EBS 2008	200/300
29	Virtualisation for SBS 2008 & EBS 2008	SBS 2008 and EBS 2008	200/300

So that leaves us with 29 sessions after the first pass that we think would be good.  Is there anything we are missing?  Can you see anything that should be taken out right away?

I had to add the SBS and Essential Business Server sessions to this track as we don't have a dedicated track for that stuff.

Please let me know your feedback in regards to this list and let me know what you want to hear.  The next step is to start putting speakers next to these and then creating a logical flow.  Busy week next week!

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Jeffa

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Well I'm starting to get into the track planning for TechEd.  Thanks to those of you that gave me

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  With TechEd Australia 2008 getting closer and closer we’ve been busy with track planning to make sure

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  So our Track Owners are busy working on making TechEd 2008 the best experience for you in terms of deep

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Tech Ed Track content - where are we?

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  PingBack from http://www.windows-vista.luiscorreia.com/teched-australia-windows-server-track-planning/

• Anonymous
  May 23, 2008
  Jeff... so many great sessions. If I had to remove any...maybe #'s 23, 25, 28

• Anonymous
  May 23, 2008
  All look good Jeff.. have you considered a session on either server recovery (possibly demostrating how Hyper-V can assist in restoring a VM quicker than a physical server although that crosses tracks a little). Or a session on Active Directory objects and recovery them?

• Anonymous
  May 27, 2008
  There doesn't seem to be much on virtualization or Hyper-V. Perhaps a session on leveraging virtualization in the enterprise, including migrating existing servers to virtualized instances with a bit of SCVMM 2008 for virtual server management.

• Anonymous
  May 29, 2008
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• Anonymous
  June 06, 2008
  Is there a possibility to include an overview + examples of the best way to utilise the Server 2008 Group Policy Preference technology acquired from desktop Standard.