{"id":9039,"date":"2008-04-07T10:36:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9039"},"modified":"2008-04-07T10:36:00","modified_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","slug":"windows-server-2008-and-branch-office-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9039","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2008 and Branch Office Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I gave a <a href=\"http:\/\/joeelway.zoomshare.com\/files\/W2008_and_BOIS.pdf\">presentation <\/a>at IMTC 2008 here in Dublin last Friday on Windows Server 2008 and how it can be used to resolve many of the problems with owning and managing a branch office infrastructure.\u00a0 90% of what I mentioned is included in the operating system and can be used for free.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>IMTC was good.\u00a0 There was still a majority of developers there ( Boo! <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wink\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" alt=\"Wink\" src=\"http:\/\/shared.live.com\/HjKMzTS-xzcms40!CabizA\/emoticons\/smile_wink.gif\" \/>\u00a0) but the organisers are keen to change that with the help of the Irish IT pro communities.\u00a0 It is very much a cooperative and cost driven event so I&#8217;ll be keen to help with the communications next year.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The sessions that were of the most interest to me were:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msmvps.com\/thenakedmvp\">Nick Whittome<\/a> gave an exclusive look at SBS 2008 and stressed how startup MS partners should be adopting SBS &#8211; mainly because it&#8217;s included in the ultra-affordable Microsoft Partner Action Pack (\u20ac18,000 of software for less than \u20ac400).\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swifttrain.com\/\">Mark Mulvany<\/a> gave an interesting presentation on Windows Mobile.\u00a0 I&#8217;m allergic to phones so most of what he spoke about was new to me.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/systemcenterguide.com\/\">Duncan McAlynn<\/a> spoke about\u00a0\u00a0vNext; the next version of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager which is capable of managing Hyper-V <em>and<\/em> VMware ESX.\n<\/li>\n<li>And <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/daven\/\">Dave Northey <\/a>gave a practical demo of building a Hyper-V cluster on Server Core and demonstrated failover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sessions were video recorded so I expect they&#8217;ll be made available onlone at some point in the &quot;near&quot; future.\u00a0 In the meantime, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/joeelway.zoomshare.com\/files\/W2008_and_BOIS.pdf\">download <\/a>a PDF of my session.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The linked PDF is the property of Aidan Finn and is not to be reused, edited, presented\u00a0or redistributed without my express permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I gave a presentation at IMTC 2008 here in Dublin last Friday on Windows Server 2008 and how it can be used to resolve many of the problems with owning and managing a branch office infrastructure.\u00a0 90% of what I mentioned is included in the operating system and can be used for free. \u00a0 IMTC &hellip; 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