VMworld 2009 an oppurtunity to meet our customers
Hi, I am Vijay Tewari a program manager with the Virtualization team here at Microsoft. Having spent the last 15 months or so deeply involved in the development of Hyper-V I am really looking forward to meeting customers and partners at VMworld 2009.
Much is being made about the fact that we are not showing Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager at this event due to the show policies. I will stay away from that debate although coming on the heels of our RTM I would have loved to show the product. However, a lot of us will be there at the event and are really looking forward to interacting with customers. At the end of the day the product is only useful if it meets our customers’ demands and there is nothing like having a face to face interaction with our customers to hear firsthand what they like and hate about the product.
Below is my tentative schedule for VMworld. As you can see a lot of wait lists, but I am hoping that I can squeeze in. Would like your feedback if there are sessions you would like to see covered.
We will be tweeting (follow vtango on Twitter) and blogging all through the event, so follow along.
Looking forward to seeing you!!
Vijay
Vijay Tewari, Principal Program Manager, Virtualization
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Personal Schedule for Vijay Tewari |
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Monday
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7:30 AM-9:30 AM
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LAB01 |
VMware vSphere™ 4 - New Features, Best of, Advanced Topics |
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10:00 AM-11:00 AM
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V13100 |
The VMware Competitive Advantage - A Comparison of Server Virtualization Offerings |
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11:30 AM-12:30 PM
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V13229 |
Introduction to VMware vSphere |
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1:30 PM-2:30 PM
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V11721 |
Best Practices for Successful VI Design |
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2:30 PM-3:30 PM
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V13478 |
Executing Enterprise Virtualization - Continuing Case Study with USMC |
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4:00 PM-5:00 PM |
V12226 |
Building a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solution with VMware |
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Tuesday
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9:30 AM-10:30 AM |
SS5160 |
Stop Virtualizing Servers, Start Virtualizing Infrastructure |
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11:30 AM-12:30 PM |
VM3142 |
Large Scale Virtualization |
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1:00 PM-2:00 PM |
VM3235 |
Introducing VMware vCenter Product Family: Managing Service Levels Across Dynamic IT Infrastructure |
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2:30 PM-3:30 PM
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VM1960 |
Datacenter Consolidation and Migration with VMware Site Recovery Manager |
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4:30 PM-5:30 PM
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BC2761 |
ESX Networking for High Availability and Disaster Recovery |
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5:30 PM-7:00 PM |
TA2544 |
A Comprehensive Look at the Security and Compliance of vSphere 4 |
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Wednesday
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9:00 AM-10:00 AM
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BOF105 |
Technology and Architecture -- Virtual Networking |
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10:00 AM-11:00 AM |
TA3220 |
VMware vStorage VMFS-3: Architectural Advances since ESX 3.0 |
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11:00 AM-12:00 PM
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BOF104 |
Cloud Computing |
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12:00 PM-1:30 PM
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VM1700 |
vApps and advanced VM templates in vSphere 4 |
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2:00 PM-3:30 PM |
TA3880 |
Head-To-Head Comparison: VMware vSphere and ESX vs. Hyper-V and XenServer |
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4:30 PM-6:00 PM |
BC3301 |
DR Architecture Design Workshop with SRM |
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Thursday
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9:30 AM-10:30 AM
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BC2961 |
VMware Fault Tolerance Architecture and Performance |
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11:00 AM-12:00 PM |
BC3387 |
Advanced Data Protection for Microsoft SQL and Exchange Server in a VMware Environment |
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12:30 PM-2:30 PM |
LAB07 |
VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4 |
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2:30 PM-3:30 PM
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BC3421 |
SRM Architecture & Features: The Road Ahead |
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4:00 PM-5:30 PM |
TA2525 |
VMware vSphere 4 Networking Deep Dive |
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