Heroes Happen Here event provides live demonstrations of Hyper-V and Server 2008
April 23rd, 2008 | 
Author: Earlier this week I was able to attend one of the free Heroes Happen Here events Microsoft is hosting. Although I only attended the morning IT Pro – Infrastructure sessions, the event also had sessions on SQL 2008 , Visual Studio 2008, and a Small Business Server and Essential Business Server session. All things considered it is an event worth attending if you have the time. The format was a a surprisingly minimum number of presentation slides and a lot of live demonstrations.
Here are the primary reasons I was glad I went:
- seeing Server 2008 Core in action
- watching the installation of Hyper-V
- understanding remote administration of Hyper-V VMs from the Server Manager MMC of another 2008 server.
- the free software for the attendees (listed later in this post)
The only thing that disappointed me was that I did not see a demonstration of the Live Migration feature.
You can find the agenda of the events by drilling down on the links for the different locations, but here is a table with my event’s agenda in case you need some quick details about what is covered.
| IT Pro - Infrastructure | TDM & Partner | IT Pro - Data Platform | Developer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 ? 8:15 | Keynote | Keynote | Keynote | |
| 8:15 ? 9:15 | Enabling Dynamic IT ? and optimizing your infrastructure, processes and people | Mission Critical Applications on SQL Server 2008 | ||
| 9:15 ? 9:30 | Break | Break | Break | |
| 9:30 ? 10:30 | Virtualization and Your Infrastructure | Optimizing your IT Infrastructure with Windows Server 2008 | Simplify Management of Data Infrastructure | |
| 10:30 ? 11:30 | Securing Your IT Infrastructure with Windows Server 2008 | The Application Platform: Where IT meets Business | Exploring Business Intelligence and SQL Server 2008 | |
| 11:30 ? 12:00 | End of IT Pro ? Infrastructure day | Break | End of IT Pro ? Data Platform day | |
| 12:00 ? 1:00 | Registration | Registration | ||
| 1:00 ? 1:15 | Keynote | Keynote | ||
| 1:15 ? 2:15 | Partner Opportunities and Positioning for Windows Server 2008 | Reach End-Users With Next Generation Web Applications | ||
| 2:15 ? 2:30 | Break | Break | ||
| 2:30 ? 3:30 | Expanding your Business with SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 | Creating Instantly Familiar Applications with the Microsoft Office System | ||
| 3:30 ? 4:30 | Providing the right solutions with Windows Small Business Server Code Name ?Cougar? and Windows Essential Business Server | Defy Occasionally Connected Challenges with Smart Client Applications |
Finally, here is a list of the free software I received for attending.
- Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 promotional kit with Windows Live Services and a 90 day trial of OneCare. (the kit contains a PIN to register Vista Ultimate online and receive a product key)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (64-bit and 32-bit) – one year evaluation license
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 5.0 (I was given a voucher to redeem for an evaluation version of SQL 2008 when it is released)
- Infrastructure Solutions Trial and Resource Kit containing:
If you can’t make one of the events then be sure to check out the demonstrations available online at Heroes Happen Here :: Test Drive
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Tags: event, hyper-v, microsoft, scvmm, server2008, windows
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