TechEd IT Forum: Windows Server Track Top 5 Sessions

Below you will find a list of what Kevin Sangwell and myself think to be the Top 5 sessions in our track:

Windows Server 2008 Kernel Advances

This session, presented by the coauthor of Windows Internals (Microsoft Press), goes beneath the surface to explore the new features and enhancements in the Windows Server 2008 operating system to improve security, scalability and reliability. Learn about cycle-based scheduling, hot-plug CPU and memory support, self-healing NTFS, I/O priorities, kernel transaction manager, service security improvements, Address Space Load Randomization, and more.

Virtualization in Windows Server

The session features a discussion of the virtualization technology roadmap and an outline of Microsoft's vision for how these technologies will combine with future capabilities in processors, chipsets, and I/O devices to enable unprecedented flexibility by the Windows Server platforms.

Living the Longhorn Life: What's Up With Windows Server 2008

Microsoft released the new desktop, Windows Vista, in November 2006... but that's just the start. A new version of Server's right on its heels -- formerly code-named "Longhorn Server". Windows Server 2008 will pack a ton of new stuff, from some really good news in Active Directory to some nifty new deployment tools, a quarantine system that'll help you keep the worm-ridden systems off of your network, a revamped Web server, and a few truly long-awaited changes in group policy.
How to find out about all of this? Well, you could download a few terabytes' worth of white papers and start sifting through them to separate the wheat from the chaff, or you could attend this short talk by Mark Minasi, the guy who's been explaining new operating systems since Windows 1.0. Come to this talk and find out why Server Core may be your favorite new piece of software!

How to Implement and Manage Windows Server virtualization

This session is designed for IT administrators who would like to know how to implement, manage, and maintain Windows Server virtualization. Through extensive demos and background information, learn how to perform everything from basic administration tasks on single server implementations, to complex automation of multiple Windows Server virtualization hosts. Learn how to perform tasks such as virtual machine management and maintenance, achieve high availability of virtual machines, as well as automate and provision using Windows PowerShell. In addition, learn how the most common administration tasks have fundamentally changed from Virtual Server to Windows Server virtualization. Finally learn best practices and techniques to ensure that your deployment runs smoothly. At the end of this session you will have the practical information necessary to successfully implement Windows Server virtualization in your environment.

"The Network is Slow": Identifying the Cause of Slow Network Communications

The phone rings with another complaint that "the network is slow." Is it really a network problem? Could it really be an application problem or a configuration problem? What about a service fault? Learn to tap into the network and recognize the top causes of poor performance on the network including high latency, packet loss (upstream/downstream), misconfigured systems, unavailable services, redirections, interdependencies, low throughput applications, congested client systems, transport negotiation faults, and more. By analyzing actual trace files from painfully slow networks, Ms. Chappell does a live demonstration of locating the source of poor performance.
Note: All session attendees are provided with access to a collection of trace files for further research and review after the conference.

 

This does not reflect our complete track as their is much more Windows Server 2008 and Virtualization content.

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