Tech.Ed Australia 2009: Windows Server Track Planning
It’s that time again and as I did last year I’m going to be owning Windows Server content. This year the way we are organising the tracks is going to be a bit different than it was last year. This year’s Tech.Ed is going to have a heavy focus on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. And since there are so many crossovers in technology where you need both we are combining this into on track called Windows Client and Server. Here is a bit of excerpt of that
track.
Windows Client and Server
The basis of any strong data centre now and for the future starts with the core operation system. The Windows Server® family of products provides you with the best solution to build your IT infrastructure for any size organization. From the Essential Server Solutions to Windows Server 2008 R2, this track shows you the solutions and set of technologies to ensure success.
In addition, this track covers the comprehensive set of management products and solutions enabled by the Microsoft® System Center product suite as well as various Windows Management Technologies to help you gain back control of your environment. The sessions presented provide you with in-depth guidance and technical background in "Managing the Data centre" and "Managing the Desktop" while also covering the management of heterogeneous IT environments.
Finally, the Windows Client and Server track has everything you need to know about adoption, deployment, management, and virtualization of the Windows® Desktop Environment, including a technical introduction into Windows 7 and Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8. Come learn best practices and hear about the advancements in the Windows Client technologies which will help you manage and accelerate your desktop deployment efforts. Get real-world guidance from our industry experts via sessions that span client-side development, readying applications for your OS roll-out, deployment tools and technologies, virtualization, and much more.
So for Tech.Ed Australia I’m going to be owning the Windows Server sessions for this track and I’ve gone through the sessions that were delivered in that track at Tech.Ed North America and ones that have been submitted using the Call for Content Tool. Of course 200 level sessions or overview sessions get dumped straight away as we know that you all want deep level content. So below is a table of my first pass at this. I would love to get your feedback on these and let me know what you think. Of course we can’t do all of these session as we only have 19 sessions dedicated to the Server part of the Windows Client and Server track. So out of these I’m going to have to cut 4 sessions. But before I do that i would like to get your feedback.
| Number | Session Title |
Products/Technology |
Level |
| 1 | Windows Server 2008 R2: Technical Overview | Windows Server 2008 R2 | 300 |
| 2 | Failover Clustering Feature Roadmap for Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows 7; Hyper-V | 300 |
| 3 | Windows Essential Business Server 2008: Technologies to Drive Cost Out of Midsize Business | Windows Essential Business Server; ISA Server; Active Directory | 300 |
| 4 | Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack: Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Deployment Security Best practices | Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP); Microsoft® Application Virtualization | 300 |
| 5 | Deploying and Managing Scalable Web Server Farms with Internet Information Services 7.0 | Windows Server 2008 R2; IIS | 300 |
| 6 | Overview of Remote Desktop Services: The merging of terminal services and VDI | Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows 7; Remote Desktop Services; VDI | 300 |
| 7 | Optimizing PHP on Windows Server 2008 R2 for Production Web Services | Windows Server 2008 R2; IIS | 300 |
| 8 | From Zero to Live Migration: How to Setup a Live Migration | Windows Server 2008 R2; Hyper-V | 300 |
| 9 | Extend Your Web Server: What's New in IIS and the Microsoft Web Platform | Windows Server 2008 R2; IIS | 300 |
| 10 | Deploying NAP with 802.1x | Windows Server 2008 R2; NAP | 300 |
| 11 | Windows Server 2008 R2: Hyper-V Technical Overview | Windows Server 2008 R2; Hyper-V | 300 |
| 12 | Determine Candidates for Hyper-V Server Virtualization and Windows Server 2008 with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit | Windows Server 2008 R2; Hyper-V; MAP | 300 |
| 13 | Virtualization for Sustainable Computing: Lowering your Power Footprint with Microsoft Virtualization Solutions | Windows Server 2008 R2; Virtualization; Power Management | 300 |
| 14 | Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy Changes | Windows Server 2008 R2; Group Policy | 300 |
| 15 | BranchCache: Helping You Save on WAN Bandwidth Consumption at Branch Offices | Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows 7 Client | 300 |
| 16 | Reinventing Remote Access with DirectAccess | Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows 7 Client | 300 |
| 17 | Windows Server 2008 R2 Streamlined Management | Windows Server 2008 R2; PowerShell; WMI | 300 |
| 18 | Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2: Technical Overview | Windows Server 2008 R2; SCVMM 2008 R2 | 300 |
| 19 | High Availability and Disaster Recovery Considerations for Hyper-V | Windows Server 2008 R2; Virtualization; Clustering | 300 |
| 20 | What's New in Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 - High Performance Computing Simplified | Windows Server 2008 HPC | 300 |
| 21 | Top Ten Active Directory issues from the field | Windows Server System; Active Directory | 300 |
| 22 | Use the power of Group Policy Preference to eliminate logon scripts and take control of your environment. | Windows Server 2008; Windows 7 | 300 |
| 23 | Windows Small Business Server 2008: Up and Running in Under an Hour | SBS 2008 | 300 |
So let me know what you think. Are we covering the right things when it comes to Windows Server? Is there something I’m missing? Let me know so we can make this track about the content you want to see..
And if you are going to TechEd this year don’t forget that Early Bird Registration closes on July 14th. So get in early to receive a discount off the full registration price.
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Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
comments in IE8 should work..Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I like the group policy sessions...Anonymous
June 16, 2009
Session 22 and 14 sounds interesting...Anonymous
June 18, 2009
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June 18, 2009
There's no doubt that the Windows 7 Group Policy Preference talks will have alot of interest. My vote goes there !Anonymous
June 18, 2009
I agree with Simon the Windows 7 Group Policy preference talks will have alot of interest. My vote goes with 22 & 14Anonymous
June 18, 2009
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June 21, 2009
11,14,18,22 would be the most interesting for me.