Find in-person, upcoming, and recorded events, as well as roadshows and webcasts, that will help you learn more about Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Infrastructure and its service offerings: Dynamic Data Center Toolkits for Hosters and Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprise.
Events
December 1st to 4th, 2009, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
This year Gartner Data Center Conference will deliver tactics and strategies to address your hottest issues: next-stage virtualization, the impact of cloud computing, best practices in cost optimization, managing escalating energy costs, and more. Please join Microsoft’s Virtualization Team at the conference. We will deliver the following session, as well as be present on the show floor to conduct demos, and have conversations with our customers and partners.
Session: Microsoft Virtualization and Management: Delivering Datacenter Services in the Real World
Date: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speakers: David Greschler, Paul Ross
Overview: Learn from those responsible for driving change how datacenters operate, using technologies such as virtualization, automation, and service level management. This session brings together visionaries from real world deployments, with Microsoft experts helping to craft the future of datacenter operations. Questions addressed will include: Have key technologies really reduced costs? What has been the real impact to the business? How do we deal with the new expectations caused by delivery models such as cloud computing?
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Live Webcasts
Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters: Foundation for a Partner-Hosted Cloud (Level 300)
Date & Time: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:00 am to 11:00 am Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Abstract: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center empower hosters to deliver managed hosting, cloud services, and on-demand virtualized IT infrastructures. The Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosters makes it easy for hosters to get on this inevitable path. This free, extensible toolkit provides guidance, sample code, and best practices that make it easy to build and launch on-demand infrastructures and cloud services to your customers. Attend this webcast to see what the toolkit is composed of, how the toolkit works, who is using the toolkit, and how it can help you.
Building a Private Cloud with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (Level 300)
Date & Time: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Abstract: You can build the foundation for a private cloud infrastructure on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 using the Microsoft Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Enterprises (availability scheduled in the first half of 2010). This free, partner-extensible toolkit provides an architectural road map, deployment guidance, best practices, and familiar tools for creating agile, virtualized IT infrastructures. Attend this webcast to learn more about the components of the Data Center Toolkit and how you can improve your data center efficiency by lowering the overall costs of on-boarding, deployment, and management.
