Heroes {Community} Launch - Events with a difference

The Heroes {Community} Launch events are now kicking off around the world.

By attending a Community Launch event in your area, you’ll be one of the first to receive technical demos & training, product readiness resources, and the chance to receive NFR DVDs from all three products! Ask your local User Group Leader or {Go here} to find a Community-led Launch Event in your area.

Why are these different? Well the 8 sessions described below were all driven by requests from the community, none of the topics covered were Microsoft dictating. How do I know this and why should you believe that? Well I was the person who put together the community survey and then analysed the results and designed the sessions. Which also makes me the person you can come in the event you don't find them useful. 

So to attend and watch these find sessions visit Heroes {Community} Launch and find a local event.

Community Launch Sessions

1. Upgrading and migration to Windows Server

This session describes the strategies and techniques for upgrading and migrating to Windows Server 2008. We will discuss planning and implementation, and provide details on upgrade procedures. This session will also cover the differences made to the server environment resulting from an upgrade or migration.

2. Upgrading to Windows 2008 Active Directory

This session will cover issues related in introducing Windows 2008 domain controllers into an environment with a mixture of Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 Server, or an environment with just Windows 2003 or just Windows 2000 Server. In addition, we will discuss the new Active Directory DS functionality of Windows Server 2008, along with details about what Active Directory DS functionality is available in each

3. Network Infrastructure services

This session will cover issues that may be important to migrating to Windows 2008 and the impact this migration has in relation to Network Infrastructure services, such as DHCP, DNS, WINS and Domains, as well as File Servers, Print Servers and the steps and issues related to migrating from prior versions of the Windows operating system to Windows Server 2008.

4. Upgrading Terminal Services

In this session we will describe how to get started using Terminal Services (TS) with Windows Server 2008. Once you have the TS infrastructure in place, there are some steps and tips for optimizing your TS deployment. In addition to optimizing your TS deployment, there are several tools available with Windows Server 2008 to efficiently manage TS in your organization.

5. Upgrading IIS, SharePoint, and SQL Server to Windows Server 2008

This session describes the strategies and techniques for upgrading or migrating IIS, SharePoint and SQL servers to Windows Server 2008 environments. We will discuss planning and implementation, and provide details on upgrade procedures.

6. Upgrading and migrating to Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Server 2008

This session describes the strategies and techniques for upgrading or migrating to Exchange Server 2007. We will discuss planning and implementation, and provide details on upgrade procedures.

7. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

This session cover the Hyper-V component of Windows Server 2008. We will cover the differences between Virtual Server 2005 R2, upgrading to Hyper-V and using Hyper-V in general.

8. Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 Security

This session will cover issues about upgrading to Windows 2008 security and will include topics such as new security features, an in-depth examination of Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and a look upgrading to the new Network Policy and Access Services.