If you're quick, you can register for our Mark Minasi Windows Server 2008 event, part of Microsoft Ireland’s ongoing Launch Programme and in conjunction with the Windows Server 2008 User Group - before we even open it for registration.

On the 30th May Mark Minasi is going to treat us to three 75 minute sessions on Windows Server 2008: Windows Server 2008 Overview, IPv6 and Server Core Step by Step.

Register Now for this event.

See you on the 30th,

Dave.

I am happy to announce the second Windows Server 2008 User Group Ireland event.  On Thursday the 8^th of May at 19:30, Alex Yushchenko will be presenting “Terminal Services in Windows 2008 – what’s new, what’s better, short features round up, plus Q & A”.  The following Topics will be covered:

• TS Licensing in Windows 2008
• TS Gateway
• TS Session Broker
• TS WebAccess
• RemoteApps
• Do you still need Citrix?

ALEX YUSHCHENKO.  Better known as "Dr. Conti" to his peers, Alex is one of the top posters to the official Citrix support forum.  He's also the organiser and host of the server-based computing technology experts conference called "PubForum" held annually in different locations throughout Europe – London, Dublin, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Nice.  Alex has over 9 years of Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Services experience and is a true Microsoft Technologies evangelist.  Alex holds a Citrix Technology Professional designation and was awarded the Microsoft Terminal Services MVP designation in 2006 and 2007.

Anyone who wants to attend can join the user group by sending a mail to ws-ugi@live.com

See you on the 8th,

Dave

I do quite a bit of work with HP here in Ireland.  I was chatting to one of their consultants the other day and he was telling me about HP's Windows Server 2008 Academy (inserting the Windows Server 2008 chip into the back of their heads).  The Academy involved running 660 VMs in total, there's a webcast about setting it all up here:

TechNet Webcast: Using Virtual Machine Manager and Windows PowerShell to Deploy HP Windows Server 2008 Academy Labs (Level 300)

I just wanted to share this with you all:

"Last week the HP Windows 2008 Academy team delivered the APJ event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They were able to fully & automatically deploy and run 660 VMs in a Hyper-V environment. The entire hosting environment has been moved from Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 to Hyper-V. To quote the team:

“This was an important milestone both for the Academy team, but also for Microsoft: it was one of the largest Hyper-V deployment worldwide used in a production-like environment.”

I’m sure you’ve got similar facts and figures within Microsoft, but I thought this kind of feedback and information was useful coming from an organisation other than Microsoft i.e. an independent ratification of the Hyper-V technology.

Regards"

660 VMs in a Hyper-V environment - pretty cool?

Dave

This short (six minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the new implementation of Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008.  From what's new in our Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), through publishing just an application (RemoteApp) and using our Terminal Services Gateway (SSL VPN), as well as our new Terminal Services Web Access and EasyPrint (our solution to the ongoing Printing from a Terminal Server problem).

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave

This short (ten minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the new Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7) - our new Web Server.  This demonstrates how to get PHP working (and performing) on Windows as well as some very clever troubleshooting features.

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave

This short (four minute) Silverlight demo guides you through Network Access Protection (NAP) - a new platform and solution that controls access to network resources based on a client computer’s identity and compliance with corporate governance.

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave

This short (five and a half minute) Silverlight demo guides you through Failover Clustering with Windows Server 2008 - from Validating your own hardware (no more Hardware Compatibility Lists just for Clusters), through creating a cluster and a highly available File Server.

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave

This short (two and a half minute) Silverlight demo guides you through Server Manager (our new "one stop shop" for managing Windows Server 2008).

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave

This short (two and a half minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008 (Server Core).

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave

This short (seven minute) Silverlight demo guides you through the installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008.

Click to start, double click anywhere to play it in Full Screen or move your mouse over it to get the Player Controls to pop up.

Dave