Phew!
I have finally had the opportunity to speak at TechEd, TechEd Europe 2014 to be precise. My session had a looong title: From Demo to Reality: Best Practices for Deploying WS2012 R2 Hyper-V. The agenda was twofold:
- Explain how Microsoft justifies big keynote claims about Hyper-V achievements and how they power big demos, e.g. 2 millions IOPS from a VM.
- Discus the lesser known features of Hyper-V and related tech that can make a difference to real world consultants and engineers.
I had a LOT of material. When someone reviewed my deck they saw 84 slides and 10 demos and the comments were always started with: you have a lot there; are you sure you can fit it into 75 minutes. Yes I am …. now … I can fit it into just under 74 minutes 
All of my demos were scripted using PowerShell. I ran the script, it would pre the lab, wrote-host the cmdlets, run them, explain what was going on, get the results, and clean up the demo. I will be sharing the scripts over the coming weeks on this blog.
It was fun to do. I had some issues switching between the PPT machine and my demo laptop. And the clicker fought me at one point. But it was FUN.
Thank you to everyone who gave me feedback, who supported me, who advised me, and to those who helped. A special mention to Ben, Sarah, Rick, Joey, Mark, Didier, and especially Nicole.
Excellent job. I look forward to catching your session when it’s up on Channel 9.
I’ve always imagined doing a presentation at a big conference like TechEd (and MMS before that), but I don’t have the courage to get up in front of people like that.
I have to hand it to you. Good job.
Great Job Aidan on your coverage of the TechEd, lots of work for one guy, and Congratulations on your session, cant wait to see a recording. Way to go
Joe