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Lifestyle Critical with Windows Home Server

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WIN

Session code :

WIN242

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Imagine bringing into your home network the discipline and robustness of an enterprise network without all the complexities. You soon can with Windows Home Server. With all the data being stored on home networks such as photos, music and videos many home networks are becoming “lifestyle critical”. Learn how Windows Home Server will help families not only protect these “lifestyle critical” data but also make it more accessible, manageable and best of all… extendible with .NET. This session will show you the Windows Home Server experience, go into detail on its inner workings and we will develop a custom add-in to sync your photos with Flickr.

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Supercomputers on Windows: Technical Overview of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

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WIN

Session code :

WIN224

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Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 brings together the power of 64-bit computing, the security of the Active Directory directory service and the Windows operating system to provide a security-enhanced and affordable high-performance computing (HPC) solution. In this session we’ll cover the components and applications that make Compute Cluster Server so powerful. First, we provide an overview of Compute Cluster Server, the technical components and the technologies behind it and its infrastructure with a quick overview of some of the high-performance applications. With a bit of luck, we’ll bring along a Windows Supercomputer and show just how easy it is to use these high end computing resources with familiar tools such as Microsoft Excel, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services

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Protecting Your Data at the Edge and Provide Secure Access

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WIN

Session code :

WIN336

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Are you challenged with providing access to critical data and business application? Do you have a remote workforce that needs access from anywhere? Microsoft has provided several solutions that meet your needs. This session explains Microsoft strategy around securing the edge to give you the access you need to your applications and data. We will discuss how our new products Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 and Internet Security Acceleration Server have a part in this solution.

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Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2008

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WIN

Session code :

WIN341

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Windows Server 2008 has been developed with a clear focus on the IT requirements of branch offices. New integrated features and functionality within Windows Server 2008 will allow administrators to deliver far more secure, far more reliable and far more cost effective IT services to remote office locations. This session presents specific improvements that have been made in Windows Server 2008 to address a variety of branch office scenarios. Topics covered include: Read Only Domain Controller (RODC), Server Backup, Distributed File System – Replication (DFS-R), Server Core, BitLocker, and more.

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Deploying High Performance and Scalable Networking with Windows Server 2008

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WIN

Session code :

WIN323

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Among the numerous new and enhanced platform networking features in Windows Server 2008, improving network performance and increasing scalability will likely deliver customers the most immediate benefit. From the new auto-tuning and optimization algorithms to the support for the latest in network acceleration and hardware offload technologies, these features help customers transfer data more rapidly across high-latency links, optimize server performance on multi-Gigabit networks, and provide the means to centrally manage network utilization. This session focuses on these technologies, including TCP Receive Window Auto-Scaling, TCP Chimney Offload, Receive-side Scaling and Policy-based Quality of Service, with guidance on how to prepare to make the most of these technologies on their corporate networks.

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Windows Vista – Session Title to be confirmed

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WIN

Session code :

WIN331

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Windows Vista SP1 will feature an update to Windows Vista that will improve security and reliability for all users of the operating system. It will include all previously released updates, including security updates. The session will also contain new updates that improve the issues that affect customers the most, addressing key reliability, performance, application compatibility, and device compatibility issues. In this session we will talk about the areas improved upon in Service Pack 1 and discuss some representative examples of these improvements. We will also discuss best practices for testing and deploying Service Pack 1.

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Microsoft Windows Vista Application Compatibility and Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0

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WIN

Session code :

WIN335

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Learn about the most common application compatibility issues ITPros face while deploying Windows Vista and learn about how the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 can help you in identifying and managing your overall application portfolio, reducing the cost and time involved in resolving application compatibility issues, and helping you quickly deploy Windows Vista and Windows Updates.

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What’s New in Windows Server 2008

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WIN

Session code :

WIN211

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In this session, David Lowe, senior product manager for Windows Server, will present an overview of the new and enhanced features of Windows Server 2008. You will learn how Windows Server 2008 provides more control, greater flexibility and increased protection to allow IT professionals to spend less time managing and maintaining their infrastructures, and more time using the new features to add business value. You will see demonstrations of many of the product’s new technologies, including Windows Server virtualization, IIS 7.0, Server Core, Active Directory, Terminal Services and Server Manager.

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Server Core: Running a Minimal Server

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WIN

Session code :

WIN233

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Server Core is a new installation option included in Windows Server “Longhorn”. A Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, including Active Directory (AD) Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Media Services, and File and Print, reducing the servicing and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. In this session, we will discuss the reasons we developed the Server Core option, the architecture of Server Core, as well as configuration and administration of Server Core installations.

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Microsoft Windows based hosting solution v4.5 for hosting

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WIN

Session code :

WIN314

Synopsis :

The Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 4.5 brings together Windows Server System products and technologies that enable Service Providers to operate more efficiently and serve customers better. In this session, we’ll explore the new features and technologies improved from the previous version, and core component features including auto-provisioning, patch management, support for Windows SharePoint Service version 3.0, SQL Server Hosting Toolkit and more.

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Enabling Policy-Driven Network Access

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WIN

Session code :

WIN344

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With the explosive growth in the number and types of hosts connecting to your networks, the ability to centrally manage and enforce network access policies has become ever more important. This session discusses the concept of policy-driven network access and highlights the solutions Microsoft provides today (like Server and Domain Isolation and Secure Wireless LAN) and solutions coming in Windows Server 2008 (like Network Access Protection).

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Implementing the IPsec Simple Policy Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP

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WIN

Session code :

WIN334

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Common IPsec-based scenarios, like Server and Domain Isolation, require the configuration of an IPsec policy that contains rules for protected and permitted traffic. For some enterprise deployments, the IPsec policy rules can require hundreds of IP filter definitions that must be maintained over time. The Simple Policy Update for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 changes the behavior of IPsec negotiation so that the IPsec policy rules can be simplified, in some cases drastically reducing the number of required IP filters and their ongoing maintenance. This session dives into what these changes are and how they can be applied to both existing and new deployments of Server and Domain Isolation.

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Resolving Networking Issues Faster: Network Diagnostics in Microsoft Windows Vista

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WIN

Session code :

WIN226

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Troubleshooting networking issues can be complex and time consuming. Typically, several different tools and utilities from different vendors have to be employed during the troubleshooting process. Using these tools assumes that the user is familiar with each tool and has a background in networking, understands troubleshooting methodology, and has administrator access. Two new features have been introduced in Windows Vista to streamline the network troubleshooting process and to reduce the knowledge required to identify and fix network issues. In this session, the Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) and the Network Diagnostics Framework (NDF) are examined in detail. The main goals for these features are to help users identify and resolve the problem by themselves. This results in reduced support call volume, or in the event that a call must take place, shorter calls because NDF can help to narrow down the problem space and provide the information needed for troubleshooting.

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Making the Trade-off: Be Secure or Get Work Done

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WIN

Session code :

WIN213

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Are you the kind of security person who enables a setting just because it's there? Do your users constantly seek ways to bypass all your fine-tuned security, just so they can do their jobs? Every security decision your organization makes ought to consider the security-usability (or even the security-usability-cost) tradeoff. While perfect security seems an admirable goal, in reality we must remember that usability often will trump our strongest desires. If people can't get work done, they'll either circumvent the security (without understanding they just created new attack vectors) or your company will simply lose out to your competitors. Steve Riley will discuss several examples of real-world tradeoffs and will help you learn how to navigate the tradeoff in your own organization.

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Securing your friends and family

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WIN

Session code :

WIN225

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You're running a firewall. You keep your virus and spyware scanners up-to-date. You know not to open email attachments or visit links in suspicious email. You're a security dude -- and that's why everyone who knows you keeps ringing you up at all hours of the night, looking for help eliminating all the viruses, worms, trojans, and crabs from their computers. Microsoft has embarked on a world-wide mission to raise general consumer security awareness, but we can't do it alone! We need your help: each one of you is tech support for your friends and family and neighbors. Looking for some basic information you can share with your "customers" so that you can sleep at night? We've got it right here. Steve Riley will give you the information you can use to spread safe computing habits among those you help every day.

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It's 11.00pm - do you know where your data is?

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WIN

Session code :

WIN332

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Long gone are the days when you knew your data was safe because it resided only in your data center. The explosive proliferation of laptops, notebooks, handheld computers, smartphones, removable drives, and Internet file storage demands that we rethink how we protect information. Because it's the information the bad guys are after, and because the information flows so freely from device to device, our obligation is to protect the information. People want to work wherever they can find a computer and an Internet connection. How can you make this work? Steve Riley will consider strategies and explore technologies to help you solve a number of thorny problems: how to classify mobile data, how to keep track of where it is, and how do control its movement. One question we will ponder: maybe it's time to do away with the locked-down desktop?

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Virtualization in Windows Server 2008

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WIN

Session code :

WIN322

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As part of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft will release a complete new successor to Virtual server, named Windows Server Virtualization (WSV). WSV has an attractive list of new functionality, such as: 32-bit and 64-bit virtual machines, multiple processors per virtual machine, and using Quick Migration to move a virtual machine from one host to another host. In this session, we will discuss the architecture of Windows Server Virtualization, including the new hypervisor, and look at the performance improvements in the new product.

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Protecting your Exchange Servers with Forefront Security for Exchange

Track :

WIN

Session code :

WIN343

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This session provides a drill down into how Forefront Security for Exchange (FSE) scans email messages on the different Exchange 2007 server roles, and how to configure FSE for optimal scanning performance, while maintaining effective security of the mailbox servers.

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Vista Demomania!

Track :

WIN

Session code :

WIN212

Synopsis :

Have you ever been to a session that just had 1 PowerPoint Slide? That is what the Windows Vista Demo session is, 75 minutes packed with demonstrations of all the new capabilities in Microsoft Windows Vista. What is new, what are the advantages for IT-Professionals, what are the cool things for consumers. Are there still hidden gems for you in Microsoft Window Vista?

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Overview of Windows Vista Security Improvements

Track :

WIN

Session code :

WIN221

Synopsis :

Windows Vista continues on the journey we embarked with Windows XP Service Pack 2. But because of the fundamental changes that were possible with the development of Windows Vista this product isn’t a next step but rather a leap forward. Join us for a tour through all the changes that were made in Microsoft Windows Vista to make it more secure. We will cover User Account Control, the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), code integrity, Service hardening, Protected Mode IE and much, much more.