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Here’s a reminder of the webinar by StarWind that I am co-presenting with Max Kolomyeytsev. We’ll be talking about offloading storage operations to a SAN using ODX for Wnidows Server & Hyper-V and VAAI for vSphere. It’s a great piece of functionality and there are some things to know before using it. The session starts at tomorrow at 19:00 UK/IE time, 20:00 CET, and 14:00 EST. Hopefully we’ll see you there!
Register here.
I recently co-presented a webinar by Altaro with Rick Claus (Microsoft) and Andrew Syrewicze (MVP) on what’s coming in the next version of Windows Server Hyper-V. Altaro has a recording of the webinar online. That page will be updated soon with a written Q&A from the ssession; we had A LOT of questions and Altaro asked me to write out responses which I did last Friday night. You can also download a PDF copy of the slides from the session.
Thank you to everyone that joined us. We had a great number of people tuned in – I was stunned when the folks at Altaro broke down the numbers. Hopefully, I’ll see some of you tomorrow night in the webinar I am co-presenting for StarWind on using ODX or VAAI to enhance storage performance for Hyper-V or vSphere respectively.
I already has a session called The Hidden Treasures of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V at Microsoft Ignite. And this week I found out that I was awarded a second session. This one will be a community/theatre session run at lunch time. It is called End-to-End Azure Site Recovery Solutions for Small & Medium Enterprises (session code THR0903):
In this session I will share some tips and lessons that I have learned from working with Azure Site Recovery services to provide a complete disaster recovery solution in Azure for Hyper-V virtual machines in a small/medium enterprise.
Personally, along with Azure AD, I think ASR is a hot “on ramp” feature of Azure because it extends existing investments and offers an affordable solution to an old business problem. I’ve been working with Azure for DR purposes in the SME space for a while and I’ve picked up quite a few tips from the ASR/HVR team, and I’ve learned a few things while working on customer site, all of which I aim to share in this session.
This community session isn’t on the session builder yet is on the Session Builder now, starting at 12:05 on Thursday May 7th in Expo:Lounge C Theater. It’s a short session so I won’t be impacting too much on your lunch break, and this is a session that will prep you for a nice post-conference briefing with your boss & colleagues upon your return on the following Monday 🙂
My session now has a time slot: you can come listen to what you can do now with Hyper-V on Tuesday, May 5th, at 5:00 PM until 6:15 PM.
On April 21st and 2pm ET (USA) or 7PM UK/IE, I will be co-hosting a StarWind Software webinar with Max Kolomyeytsev. I will be talking about using ODX in a Hyper-V scenario, and Max will talk about it (VAAI) from the vSphere perspective.
Register here.
Microsoft has posted my Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V session on the Microsoft Ignite schedule builder.
Note that it should read “Windows Server 2012 R2”.
Currently, the day/time is January 1st at 12am. Yup, there will be fireworks and some auld lang syne. Please ignore the day/time and add the session to your builder if you are interested in the content. Hopefully a day/time will be fixed soon.
My session is on Tuesday May 5th at 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm.
The details of my session have been confirmed. The session is called “The Hidden Treasures of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V”, and the description is:
It’s one thing to hear about and see a great demo of a Hyper-V feature. But how do you put them into practice? This session takes you through some of those lesser-known elements of Hyper-V that have made for great demonstrations, introduces you to some of the lesser-known features, and shows you best practices, how to increase serviceability & uptime, and design/usage tips for making the most of your investment in Hyper-V.
Basically, there’s lots of stuff in Hyper-V that many folks don’t know exists. These features can make administration easier, reduce the time to get things done, and even give you more time at home. These are the hidden treasures of Hyper-V, and are there for everyone from the small biz to the large enterprise.
I went WS2012 R2 because:
The session isn’t on the catalogue yet but I expect it to be there soon.
I really enjoyed presenting today on the next version of Hyper-V with Rick Claus (Microsoft) and Andrew Syrewicze (Hyper-V MVP). We had some tech glitches at the start and during the session, which always makes a session memorable 
We ran out of time at the end. Andy was the moderator but his ISP crapped out, so we didn’t get a chance to do Q&A properly.
If you have any questions then please either hit us on Twitter or post a comment below.
Thank you to Altaro for hosting this webinar! Make sure to check out their excellent backup products, which also features a free version.
I am happy to say that I will be speaking at Microsoft Ignite, running in Chicago from 4th until the 8th of May, 2015.
I am not 100% sure yet, but it looks like I’ll be presenting the same session as I did in Barcelona. I’ll have to change it up a little 
And I do not know the day/time/room yet.
I’m looking forward to seeing Chicago. I’ve been through O’Hare a lot, only getting as far as the inter-terminal shuttle. I might even try a deep dish pizza, even if Jon Stewart thinks that it’s the work of the devil.
Hopefully I’ll see you at my session,
Aidan.
I’ve let the news build up a little bit. I think the holiday lull is starting to lift.
