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VDX Drive Down Data Center Costs With Hyper-V And SystemCenter Management
High quality, high availability, simple to use and full virtual and physical management at a fraction of the cost of the alternatives. That is what you get with Hyper-V and System Center. In this session, we will look inside Microsoft’s flagship virtualization platform, Hyper-V. We then take a look at the best management stack on the planet to show management of the entire data center. We will show you why this multi-action stack is rapidly taking over the data center. Then stay tuned for a quick update on What’s Next!
http://itproguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/VDX-Drive-Down-Data-Center-Costs-with-Hyper-V-With-System-Center-Management.pptx
Thank you IT Camp Orlando!!
Top 10 Hot Topics Every IT Administrator Should Know About Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2008 R2 is an awesome operating system, and the real benefits are for the IT administrator. Join Dan Stolts the ITProGuru and Sr. IT Pro Evangelist for Microsoft as he covers the ten hottest topics in the world of Windows Server 2008 R2 from the IT admin's perspective. Do you know how Dynamic Memory works and how to use it? You will! How are your Hyper-V skills? We'll make them better! Ever used the graphical interface from PowerShell? We’ll show you how! What happened to Terminal services? Why is Remote Desktop so much better? We’ll show you! If you’re an IT administrator you don’t want to miss this session.
TechNet “Accelerating Your IT Pro Career with Private Cloud” Events in US East Region
Private Cloud Sessions/ Abstracts
Title: Accelerating Your Career with Private Cloud
Career Progression: Getting Ready for the Cloud
The “cloud” is simply the next level of virtualization. For those that do not have virtualization experience you will learn the fundamentals of Hyper-V while giving you a jump start to your virtualization or cloud career. But, we are not staying there long. We will then dive deep into the Microsoft hypervisor-based server virtualization technology. Professional Hyper-V and VMware administrators will learn how their existing virtualization knowledge can be leveraged to quickly move to the next layer of virtualization, private cloud. So have your cup of caffeine and buckle up to take a very fast and eventful ride from where you are now, to where you need to be to advance your career!
Session Presentation:http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/Session_1-Career_Progression_Getting_Ready_For_The_Cloud-DanStolts.pptx
IT Pro’s Heaven: Private Cloud
The term private cloud is becoming ubiquitous in the IT arena and industry magazines. This session will walk you through the essentials , showing you what the industry trends are in private cloud and how this new addition to your solution arsenal is the next logical step to transition from virtualization into cloud computing. A private cloud represents significant opportunities for IT Pros to modernize and convert what has been deployed, as well as establish a strategic baseline for the next generation computing environment. Knowledge of private clouds is an absolute must for anyone working in IT going forward. This session will get you started on your journey to the cloud success!
Session Presentation: http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/Session_2-The_IT_Pros_Heaven-The_Private_Cloud-Customer_Ready.pptx
From Virtualization to Private Cloud with VMM 2012
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012, a management solution for the virtualized datacenter, enables a system administrator to manage virtualization hosts, networking, and storage resources. With VMM 2012 you can optimize your existing investments by managing multi-hypervisor environments such as Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and VMware vSphere 4.1 in a single pane of glass.
In this session we will demonstrate how a system administrator can use VMM 2012 to create and deploy virtual machines and private clouds. We will see how you can pool and dynamically allocate virtualized datacenter resources enabling self-service infrastructure experience for your business, with flexible role-based delegation and access control. You’ll walk away from the session with a clear understanding of how this versatile tool can help you manage you virtual environment and private cloud. System Center skills are not going to be optional in the IT department of the future, now is the time to start learning about them!
Session Presentation: http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/Session_3-From-Virtualization_Management_To_Private_Cloud_with_SCVMM_2012.pptx
Lunch Break
Becoming the Next Private Cloud Expert Now
In this session, by building on your understanding of VMM 2012, we will do an architectural review and highlight the requirements, steps, and operations to construct a private cloud from a service standpoint including: · Constructing fabric
· Deploying a private cloud with a service template
By attending this session, you will have all the information and skills needed for constructing a simple, yet realistic private cloud for self-training and evaluation and becoming the next private cloud expert in your company.
Session Presentation: http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/Session_4-Be_The_Next_Private_Cloud_Expert_Now-DanStolts.pptx
You’ve Got a Cloud: Familiar Tools to Manage It
With a private cloud in place, how do you maintain it? How do you integrate the processes and operations with those on-going routines? Put your hands around the tools that will help you keep your sanity. Learn how to maintain and service a private cloud with enterprise infrastructure. We will review the tools available, many of which you are familiar with, and designed to help you streamline IT operations to better maintain your private cloud with legacy infrastructure without compromising enterprise security and ultimately reduce costs.
Session Presentation: http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/Session_5-Youve_Got_a_Cloud-Familiar_Tools_to_Manage_it-Customer_Ready.pptx
Bonus Session and Wrap-Up
This is a bonus session presented by your area IT Pro Evangelist on interesting topics and in some cities with invited guests to present case studies of implementing a private cloud.
Bonus Presentations:http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/WP7_Mango_Update-Customer_Ready.pptxhttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/fy12h1/Cloud_Certification.pptx
We are kicking off our TechNet event series, Accelerating Your IT Pro Career with Private Cloud, in the US east region. Here’s the registration information:
There will be 3 Post-Event Q&A Conference Calls for those Attendees that have downloaded and tried building a private cloud. Please register for a conference call after you have attended one of above events. You can download the software trials below which will allow you to apply what you have learned from the event, and gain experience before attending the call. Have your questions ready or just attend and listen to what others are asking. More details on conference calls during the events.
The trainings and software needed to build a private cloud are readily available. Please come prepared. Here are the links:
Improve your IT skill set and help advance your career with a free, easy to access training portal. Learn at your own pace, focusing on Microsoft technologies, gain points and get recognition.
This tool integrated with System Center enables IT professionals to use existing skills and tools to monitor and manage applications on Windows Azure without purchasing additional hardware or software.
With SP1, you can achieve new levels of reliability and performance with virtualization tools, web resources, management enhancements, windows 7 integration, etc.
Hyper-V Server is a dedicated stand-alone product which contains only the Windows Hypervisor, Windows Server driver model, and virtualization components, it provides a small footprint and minimal overhead. It provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs.
Now with Service Pack 1 (SP1), it helps enable centralized management of physical and virtual IT infrastructure, increased server utilization, and dynamic resource optimization across multiple virtualization platforms. It includes end-to-end capabilities such as planning, deploying, managing, and optimizing the virtual infrastructure.
System Center 2012 cloud and datacenter management solutions empower you with a common management toolset for your private and public cloud applications and services.
Operations Manager 2007 R2 helps reduce the cost of datacenter management with end-to-end monitoring and management of Microsoft, UNIX, and Linux servers and workloads, while assuring delivery of IT services to expected and agreed levels.
This release represents a tremendous advance over its well-regarded predecessor, now providing the insight and control necessary to more effectively manage change in today's dynamic IT infrastructures with a broad range of management capabilities
Consumerization is a growing challenge for IT organizations. System Center Configuration Manager 2012 helps IT empower people to use the devices and applications they need to be productive, while maintaining corporate compliance and control.
IT Camp - Systems Management - Free Training
Friday, October 28, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)
Microsoft Office's - 201 Jones - Road Sixth Floor - Waltham, MA 02451
Register for Free Training@: http://itcamp-waltham.eventbrite.com/
Video's available soon :)
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/Office_365_Overview-DanStolts.pptx
http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/Networking-with-Integrity.pptx
Move from crisis mode to enhanced IT control with the Microsoft management stack. Join your local TechNet Events team for a full day of live learning and see first-hand how to plan, deploy and implement today’s most powerful infrastructure management tools. Dan Stolts (ITProGuru) and John Baker your East Region IT Pro Evangelists will go deep inside the latest capabilities of Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010, Management Packs for System Center Operations Manager, System Center Virtual Manager, and System Center Configuration Manager. You’ll leave these free sessions with the knowledge and resources you need to more effectively manage your complete IT environment.
Do you feel like you’re always in crisis mode? Do you want to learn what it takes to become a proactive and rationalized IT shop? Are you ready for the cloud? In this session, we will address these issues and more as we explore the Microsoft management stack. We’ll look at both on-premise solutions and an achievable pathway to the cloud. You’ll walk away with a basic understanding of Microsoft’s management stack tools, plus valuable planning and implementation resources. Join us and learn how to get more from your most precious asset – your time.
If you’re responsible for managing less than 500 clients and 50 servers, Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 is the ideal solution for your organization. In this session, you’ll learn how to proactively and efficiently oversee your complete IT environment. We’ll also take a comprehensive look at the capabilities Essentials 2010 provides for more effective infrastructure management. Whether it’s monitoring, troubleshooting, asset tracking or distributing software that’s causing on-the-job headaches, join us and see how Essentials 2010 can ease your pain.
Take control of your IT infrastructure with the management packs for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). We’ll start with a peek inside the installation process, then dive into the system and management packs that make it easy to monitor all critical infrastructure. Whether you have SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, File Server, or AD, simply choose the right pack, plug it in and get started. You can even extend the packs to monitor Linux and other third-party products. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to move from reactionary to preventative mode and use powerful management packs to keep your key infrastructure humming.
By now, you’ve covered the basics of System Center Virtual Manager (SCVM) and the incredible view it provides of the entire virtualized world. In this session, we’ll go deeper and explore how SCVM’s advanced capabilities promote more effective, efficient virtual infrastructure management. We’ll cover automated VM deployment, physical to virtual conversion, Pro Tips, integration with Microsoft Operations Manager, and much, much more. Don’t miss this valuable, fast-paced session.
If you like automation, you’ll love System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) – a comprehensive management tool used to assess, deploy, and update servers, client computers and devices across physical, virtual, distributed, and mobile environments. You’ll learn how SCCM can help you realize cost savings and promote more efficient infrastructure management. We’ll also focus on the Software Distribution and Operating System Deployment functionality and how to simplify and automate your operating system and application deployments to your desktops.
Right-Click and Save Target As of following links to download the powerpoints
Session 1 – Cloud Overview
Session 2 – Windows Azure for IT Pros
Lunch Presentation - Career Advice for IT Pro's
Session 3 – Public Cloud with Office 365
Session 4 – Private Cloud of IaaS
Introduction to Virtualization One of our most popular sessions in past years, this session is a general introduction to the various virtualization technologies covered in this conference. The conference program is filled with deep technical detail, so this is the place to start if you are relatively new to virtualization. Former VirtG President Dan Stolts (ItProGuru) will bring you up to speed and map out the broad areas that we are covering.http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/VirtGDeepDiveDay2011/ITProGuru_Introduction_to_Virtualization_Deep_Dive_Day_2011_(Virtualization360).pptx
Beyond Virtualization: What is the role of Virtualization in a Cloud Computing Future?Cloud computing is emerging as a promising IT service delivery vehicle, enabled through virtualization and automation. For IT professionals, it is crucial to recognize the opportunities and play a key role in the transformation from existing infrastructure-focused IT into a service-oriented, user-centric, and IT-as-a-service world. Are you ready for the challenge to lead and transform your IT organization? If not, you might want to consider getting knowledgeable soon. In this session Bill Wilder (Windows Azure MVP) and the ITProGuru (Dan Stolts) will share the essential information IT Professionals need to know about the cloud: the basic types of clouds (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), the key differences between public and private clouds, and the evolving role of the IT Professional in this context.http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/VirtGDeepDiveDay2011/ITProGuru-Dan_Stolts_and_Bill_Wilder_Cloud_Computing_Essentials_for_the_IT_Pro.pptx
Leveraging an Enormous Technology Community: Get The Answers You Need - When You Need ThemDo you know who to call when you need career advice? Do you know the GURU in all technologies you work with? Do you have a strong steel like relationship with your partners, customers and peers? Do you know who to call when you get in a jam? Do you know who to call to keep yourself out of a jam in the first place? This session will teach you what you need to know to eventually be able to answer all of these questions in the affirmative. You have to learn to walk before you run so you will not as a result of this session be able to answer yes to all questions. But you will learn how you can eventually get to that point. The “IT Pro Guru” (Dan Stolts) teaches us how to get involved, grow your sphere of influence and put yourself in a position to know all the right people. If you listen closely, you may even walk away with the secret (magic bullet) to you personally becoming the person that others seek out. So, come and learn how to get the answers you want when you need them. It may just change your life! http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/VirtGDeepDiveDay2011/ITProGuru_Leveraging_An_Enormous_Technology_Community-Get_The_Answers_You_Need-When_You_Need_Them.pptx
10 Hot Topics Every IT Admin Needs to Know about Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1Windows Server 2008 R2 is an awesome operating system, and the real benefits are for the IT administrator. Join Dan Stolts the ITProGuru, President of Boston User Groups, Founder of Virtualization Group Boston, and Sr. IT Pro Evangelist for Microsoft as he covers the ten hottest topics in the world of Windows Server 2008 R2 from the IT admin's perspective. Do you know how Dynamic Memory works and how to use it? You will! How are your Hyper-V skills? We'll make them better! Ever used the graphical interface from PowerShell? We’ll show you how! What happened to Terminal services? Why is Remote Desktop so much better? We’ll show you! If you’re an IT administrator you don’t want to miss this session.http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/resources/2011/VirtGDeepDiveDay2011/ITProGuru_Top10_Windows_Server_2008_R2.pptx
"WAG" = Windows Administrator Groups (on LinkedIn):With Subgroups for user groups by geography - http://tinyurl.com/y8u2z35
Future Live, In-Person Event Information:TechNet (for IT Pros): http://www.technetevents.com MSDN Events (for Software Developers): http://www.MSDNEvents.comIT Managers Community Hub - http://technet.microsoft.com/itmanagement
IT Manager Community Forum - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/itmanager
TechNet Event Slides and Additional Resources - http://www.technetevents.com/resources
Help Desk Video: http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/danstolts/Video/IT_Pro.wmv
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