list of Hands On Labs at TechEd NZ 2011

COS271-HOL

Introduction to Windows Azure

In this lab, explore the basic elements of a Windows Azure service by creating a simple GuestBook application that demonstrates many features of the Windows Azure platform, including web and worker roles, blob storage, table storage and queues.

DBI271-HOL

Exploring Project "Crescent"

This lab is a technical introduction to Project Crescent. It walks you through the process of how to build reports using Project "Crescent" and includes working with BI Semantic Models to deliver the optimal "Crescent" experience for your end users.

DBI275-HOL

Creating Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010 Reports

This lab covers how to create reports using Excel 2010 PivotTable and PivotChart features with data from PowerPivot.

DBI379-HOL

SQL Upgrade: Upgrading to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

In this lab, learn how to perform upgrades from SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2.

DBI387-HOL

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 - Always On: Peer-to-Peer Replication

In this lab, learn how to implement Peer-to-Peer replication in SQL Server 2008 R2.

DBI393-HOL

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 - Always On: Implementing Clustering

In this lab, learn how to implement a clustered environment in SQL Server 2008 R2.

DEV271-HOL

Introduction to Microsoft ASP.NET Web Forms 4

Through this lab, understand some of the new features of WebForms 4 such as ClientID, Routing and granular control for ViewState.

DEV273-HOL

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 3: Helpers, Forms and Validation

In the Microsoft ASP.NET MVC Models and Data Access lab, you have been loading data from the database and displaying it. In this lab, add to the Music Store application the ability to edit that data.

DEV275-HOL

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 3: NuGet

With Microsoft .NET you can develop class libraries, web projects, complete solutions, frameworks, application servers, web controls and helpers, etc. A live ecosystem of such packages (many of them open source projects) is available for you to download from the Internet and add to your own solutions. You can also create your own library and publish it in your server. Nevertheless, this model implies some costs: you should locate the appropriate software, download and compile it, resolve dependencies of other packages, etc. With NuGet (https://nuget.codeplex.com) tool, you can download, create, and publish software packages, ready to be used by other developers, resolving the hassles of dependencies tracking. You can use a console tool to create a new package, upload it to a Microsoft server or to a server of your own, browse and install them from Microsoft Visual Studio.

DEV277-HOL

Introduction to the Parallel Extensions Library

Microsoft's Parallel Computing Platform (PCP) is providing tools enabling developers to leverage the power of Multicore processors in an efficient, maintainable and scalable manner. Parallel Extensions to the Microsoft .NET Framework brings several important concepts into this toolset. In this lab, learn how to parallelize an existing algorithm by using the static Parallel helper class, create and run Tasks, use the Future class to create and run Tasks that return a value and use Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) to optimize LINQ queries to exectue in a parallel environment.

DEV360-HOL

Introduction to Web Performance and Load Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

In this lab, you are introduced to the web performance and load testing capabilities provided in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Walk through a scenario using a fictional online storefront where your goal is to model and analyze the performance of a number of simultaneous users. This involves the definition of a web performance test that represents a user browsing and ordering a product, the definition of a load test that is based on the web performance test, and finally the analysis of the load test results.

DEV363-HOL

Using Code Analysis with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 to Improve Code Quality

The Code Analysis feature of Visual Studio performs static code analysis on code to help developers identify potential design, globalization, interoperability, performance, security and a host of other categories of potential problems. In Visual Studio 2010, improvements have been made to the code analysis engine itself, as well as ability to configure rule sets rather than picking and choosing from one flat list of rules. In this lab, you are introduced to Code Analysis, how to configure rules sets to use, and finally how to suppress specific rules at a project and source code level.

DEV365-HOL

Debugging with IntelliTrace Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

In this lab, learn about the new IntelliTrace debugging feature provided in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Before the addition of IntelliTrace, debugging was done from a specific point in time going forward. If you wanted to find out more information for a previous call, you would set a breakpoint and then re-run the application. IntelliTrace now enables you to seek to a large number of execution points that occurred in the past, and drill into any of them, comparing variables, call stacks, etc. in order to help pinpoint causes of issues without having to reproduce the problem.

DEV367-HOL

Planning Your Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010

In this lab, learn about some of the new agile project management capabilities of Team Foundation Server 2010. Learn how Team Foundation Server 2010 now supports hierarchical work items, which allow for such rich relationships as parent/child and successor/predecessor. See how new Microsoft Excel workbooks can be used to quickly manage your backlog and plan your iterations. Also, see how Microsoft Project can be used to create a detailed project plan which can then be fully synchronized with Team Foundation Server 2010.

DEV369-HOL

Introduction to Coded UI Tests with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

Coded UI tests are a new capability of Visual Studio 2010 which provide a way to create fully automated tests to validate the functionality and behavior of your application's user interface. In this lab, gain a basic understanding of coded UI tests by creating a new test and adding validation logic to it.

DEV372-HOL

Building and Consuming OData Services

In this lab, you are first introduced to the Open Data Protocol (OData) standard, how to query OData, and the Dallas initiative. Then, see how to create your own OData service and explore Service Operation and Query Interceptors methods, why they are used, and how to create them. Finally, perform common CRUD operations with OData services and see how to consume OData services using jQuery from an HTML page and from a .NET application, using LINQ.

DEV374-HOL

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 3: Models and Data Access

This lab shows you how to use the free Microsoft SQL Server Express as a database engine in order to store and retrieve the data needed for the Music Store application. To accomplish that, you start with an already created database, from which you generate the Entity Data Model you will use in the application.

DEV377-HOL

Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 3: Dependency Injection

In Object-Oriented Programming paradigm, objects work together in a collaboration model where there are contributors and consumers. Naturally, this communication model generates dependencies between objects and components that could became difficult to manage when complexity increases. You have probably heard about Factory Pattern and the separation between the interface and the implementation using services. However, the client objects are often responsible for service location. Before introducing the Dependency Injection Pattern, we explain what Inversion of Control (IoC) principle is. With Inversion of Control (Ioc), consumer objects do not create the other objects on which they rely. Those objects come from an external source.

DEV381-HOL

Test Driven Development in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Visual Studio 2010 brings with it several enhancements to help cut development friction and enable the developer to focus on the task at hand: writing high-quality code. In the following exercises we highlight several of the new features that the TDD developer can use to enhance his/her development cadence. Visual Studio helps your cadence by cutting the number of keystrokes to accomplish frequently performed tasks, speeds navigation through your solution, and enables you to use test frameworks other than MSTest.

DEV388-HOL

Web Services and Microsoft Silverlight

In this lab, learn how to create a Silverlight-enabled Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service and define operations. Also, examine the default configuration for Silverlight-enabled services and create a proxy object that can be used to communicate with a service from a Silverlight client. A bonus exercise is also included that demonstrates how to debug WCF service calls using a tool called Fiddler.

DEV390-HOL

Using the MVVM Pattern in Microsoft Silverlight Applications

The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern provides a flexible way to build Silverlight applications that promotes code re-use, simplifies maintenance and supports testing. In this lab exercise, learn how to migrate an existing Silverlight application that uses code-behind files for all of the C# or Visual Basic code into a more structured architecture that follows the MVVM pattern.

EXL380-HOL

Coexistence and Upgrading from Microsoft Exchange 2007 to Exchange Server 2010 SP1

During this lab, you follow-up the Exchange installation by changing the Domain Name System (DNS) records to point to the new Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 server. Configure the existing Send connectors to use the new server and install a certificate for use with Internet Information Services (IIS) and Exchange. Then, test Microsoft Office Outlook Web App and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail flow from outside the organization. Next, move mailboxes and public folders from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2010 SP1 and test the migrations. Finally, remove the Exchange Server 2007 server from the organization.

EXL382-HOL

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1: Compliance-Information Leakage Protection and Control

In this lab, configure Rights Management Service (RMS) and integrate Information Rights Management (IRM) as a component of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 transport security. Although users can already apply IRM manually to an email message, Information Leakage Protection (ILP) becomes even more effective when this protection can be applied automatically, based on rules defined by the administrator. This not only eases the burden on the user to protect company ILP within email, but also ensures better, more consistent compliance with corporate policies. RMS can now be applied using transport rules, which in turn paves the way for broader, more granular ILP as well as protection of voice mail. Organizations can automate RMS policies based on sender and recipient attributes.

EXL384-HOL

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1: Client Access

In this lab, configure and test the MailTips functionality within Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1. MailTips are a first-line mechanism for testing various conditions before a message is sent on to be delivered, thus reducing unnecessary and undeliverable email messages. MailTips take the form of extra information provided to the sender composing a message. They are displayed in the composed note as a banner, similar to the banner that reads “This message has not been sent.” MailTips are implemented as an Exchange Web service that runs on the Client Access server server role. The documented Web service allows other programs to retrieve MailTips—in fact, that’s how Microsoft Office Outlook gets MailTips from Exchange. You also configure Internet calendar publishing.

EXL386-HOL

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1: Unified Messaging Configuration

During this lab, configure Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging. The Unified Messaging component of Exchange Server 2010 SP1 is designed to be a voicemail solution. Essentially, unified messaging means that anyone can dial the Unified Messaging server and leave a voicemail, which will then be delivered to the recipient’s Microsoft Outlook 2010 Inbox.

EXL388-HOL

Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Mobility Features

During this lab, gain hands-on experience with new mobility features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1.

EXL390-HOL

Upgrading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2010 SP1

During this lab, gain hands-on experience with upgrading from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1.

OSP271-HOL

Rich Media Management in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Working with rich media assets, both from within SharePoint and elsewhere, is a much easier experience in SharePoint 2010. In this 30-minute lab, we look at Rich Media Management within SharePoint 2010, exploring the capabilities of the Asset Library, Metadata Navigation, one-click page creation and the Media Web Part.

OSP273-HOL

Document and Metadata Management in Microsoft SharePoint 2010

In this 30-minute lab, explore document and metadata management within SharePoint 2010. This lab covers a lot of capabilities within SharePoint 2010, from the managed metadata service, including the ability to set up metadata navigation within libraries, to the Content Organizer and to Document sets.

OSP277-HOL

Building a Recruitment Portal Composite Application, Part 1

In this lab you build out the Job Requisitions Management portion of the Recruitment Portal with Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft SharePoint Workflow and SharePoint Designer.

OSP374-HOL

Using JavaScript in a Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Website

In this lab you edit a branded SharePoint 2010 Website and add code to work with the SharePoint Client API, to add a JQuery image rotator control and to show a SharePoint client notification. These are examples of browser client code that you can integrate with a SharePoint website.

OSP385-HOL

Microsoft Project Server 2010 Demo: Virtual Machine Walkthrough

This lab takes you through the demo script and demo virtual machine that is publically accessible - covering in detail both Project Server 2010 and Project Professional 2010. This lab explores the lifecycle of a project from initiation, through selection to execution. All phases have detailed exercises that help you discover what Project Server offers in the 2010 release. It also covers the rich Business Intelligence/reporting capabilities of the Microsoft SharePoint platform that Project Server 2010 builds on.

SIM365-HOL

Getting Started with AVIcode

Learn how to set up and configure the newest member of the Microsoft System Center family. This lab is delivered by two AVIcode experts.

SIM369-HOL

Introduction to Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012

This lab highlights the new features and functionality of System Center Operations Manager 2012 including network monitoring, dashboarding and much more.

SIM378-HOL

Introduction to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012

In this lab, explore the completely new Configuration Manager 2012 Console. This lab gives you the experience and knowledge you will need to navigate the console in the remaining Configuration Manager 2012 hands-on labs. This lab is based on a pre-release verion of Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2 and should be completed prior to completing any additional Configuration Manager 2012 hands-on labs.

SIM380-HOL

Basic Software Distribution in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012

In this lab, perform basic software distribution within a pre-release version of Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2. The exercises demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to complete basic application management deployment scenarios in Configuration Manager 2012. The lab also covers legacy software distribution, which is very similar to the solution provided in the Configuration Manager 2007 software distribution model.

SIM382-HOL

Migrating from Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012

In this lab, perform a migration from Configuration Manager 2007 to a pre-release version of Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2. The exercises demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to complete a migration from the current released version of Configuration Manager to the upcoming release, Configuration Manager 2012.

SIM389-HOL

Deploying Windows 7 with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Your company is ready to roll out Microsoft's newest client operating system, Windows 7. What is the best way to deploy Windows 7 in a corporate environment? With Configuration Manager 2007 and its operating system deployment capabilities. In this hands-on lab, you'l

SIM394-HOL

Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Overview

Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 is the next generation of Forefront Client Security. This lab provides an opportunity to understand the convergence of Microsoft System Center and Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010. In this lab, learn about the integration of Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 with System Center Configuration Manager. Experience many customer scenarios including deployment, simplified management and other features included in Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 for comprehensive malware protection.

SIM398-HOL

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Overview

Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is the successor to Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG). UAG is Microsoft's next generation SSL-VPN solution to allow access to internal applications and websites from trusted and distrusted client computers on the Internet. In this lab we explore how to configure UAG and how to set up user authentication, end-point validation and application control.

VIR371-HOL

Simplify Windows Server 2008 R2 Migrations and Hyper-V Server Consolidation Assessments with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) 5.5 Toolkit

The MAP Toolkit 5.5 enhanced server consolidation assessment feature helps streamline your Hyper-V migration projects. Using the server consolidation improvements in MAP 5.5, you will save time and effort when creating virtualization assessments and proposals. New server consolidation features include: • Updated hardware libraries allowing you to select from the latest Intel and AMD processors • Customized server selection for easy editing of assessment data • Data collection and store every five minutes for more accurate reporting • Better scalability and reliability, requiring less oversight of the data collection process Attend this session to learn how you can use MAP 5.5 toolkit to generate proposals with actionable recommendations that help shorten the planning time for Hyper-V consolidation assessments.

VIR380-HOL

Leveraging Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 4.6 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services

Historically, Application Compatibility and application conflicts have been issues in deploying and managing Remote Desktop Services, previously Terminal Services. This lab shows you how App-V 4.6 solves these issues, and delivers improved application management that allows you to deploy entire application suites to a new Remote Desktop Server in seconds.

VIR382-HOL

App-V 4.6 SP1:  Office 2010 and Add-ins with DSC (proposed name, final name still TBD)

In this lab participants will sequence Microsoft Office 2010 using the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V

VIR384-HOL

Application Virtualization, Publishing Lab

This lab demonstrates different methods for delivery of App-V packages. Perform an active upgrade of an application and deliver an application using Dynamic Suite Composition.

WCL371-HOL

Enabling Local P2V Migration with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 and Sysinternals Disk2VHD

Sometimes it takes only a few users to block an entire site or machine collection from deployment of Windows 7 desktops - applications may suffer irreparable compatibility issues or the installation media does not exist. By combing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and Sysinternals Disk2VHD, we can now redeliver the blocking users' old desktops as fully-functional virtual machines within the new Windows 7 operating system environment - so they can keep any applications in the virtual machine preventing them from moving. Those applications are even available to users in the Windows 7 start menu. This lab explains how to configure P2V Migration for Software Assurance using both MDT-based deployment and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. We use these tools to capture the old system as a VHD, install Virtual PC and configure it for use all as part of the process - all automatically and without using Windows XP Mode.

WCL374-HOL

Getting Started with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

Microsoft Deployment was created to assist in deploying Windows operating systems. Microsoft Deployment also updates Deployment Workbench, a tool administrators use to build and manage multiple operating system configurations, define network deployment points and network shares, inject drivers, attach language packs, and chain applications. Microsoft Deployment even helps generate ISO and Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images using Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE), and which can be deployed in a networked environment or by using various offline media. Microsoft Deployment also alleviates many of the scripting requirements of earlier versions of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) by incorporating a stand-alone task sequencer derived from Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

WCL376-HOL

Managing a Domain Environment More Effectively

Group policy is natively inherent in a Windows domain environment. However, auditing and controlling group policy as well as rolling back to a previous version is not – Enter AGPM. In this set of labs, learn how to utilize AGPM subsequently giving you greater control over your already existing complex environment. Topics include creation and deployment, check-in and -out, import and export, mail audit integration, search, ACL override, and even a bit of PowerShell scripting.

WCL380-HOL

Windows 7: Automating File and Setting Migration with the User State Migration Tool 4.0

In this lab, investigate the use of the Windows Easy Transfer Wizard and the User State Migration Tool v4, using its corresponding XML configuration files, maintenance and downtime, as well as improvements in performance from a reduced operational footprint.

WCL382-HOL

Windows 7: Mitigating Application Issues Using Shims

Application compatibility is an important consideration when planning a migration to newer Windows client operating systems. While a significant percentage of applications just work, others require additional remediation. The Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure (shim engine) provides one option for resolving compatibility challenges with Windows. By applying Application Fixes (shims) to a specific application, you can modify the behavior of Windows, but only for that application. Shims, as the name suggests, work by injecting new code between the running application and Windows itself. This is important when you consider the security of the system. Because we execute the code inside of a shim, before your application calls into Windows, the code inside the shim is not able to do anything that your application could not do, were you to modify the source code. Consequently, you will be able to apply fixes to existing applications, without modifying the source code, but still have the same safety and security that Windows Vista and Windows 7 provide. The most challenging aspect of working with shims is simply learning which shims are available, and how to configure them. In this lab we walk through a demo application that contains a number of issues that break compatibility with Windows Vista and Windows 7, and then use the Windows Application Compatibility Infrastructure (shim engine) to resolve these issues-all without touching the source code at all.

WCL385-HOL

Deploying Windows Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer 9 is the most IT-friendly browser. Features such as group policies make it easy to customize the browser for your environment and Microsoft provides several tools for you to distribute this image as well. In this lab we show you how to create an image of Internet Explorer 9 using Internet Explorer Administration Kit 9 and the covers how you may deploy this image across your enterprise.

WSV274-HOL

Getting Insight and Managing Data Using the File Classification Infrastructure

Discover how you can manage files on file servers using the new file management tasks, automatically classify files to detect and correct misplaced confidential files, and learn how to set policy to automate storage usage optimization.

WSV287-HOL

Windows Server 2008 R2: Implementing BranchCache

This lab is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for the management of branch offices. In this lab, implement the BranchCache in both Distributed and Hosted mode to reduce the bandwidth required by users in a branch office. Configure and monitor BranchCache for both HTTP and SMB-based connections (Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7).

WSV373-HOL

Deploying Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

This lab shows you how you can automate the installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 and some of the Windows Server Roles. In the course of this lab, you configure the Deployment Workbench in MDT 2010 to install Windows Server 2008 R2 and configure a task sequence that will install an Active Directory Domain Controller, DNS and DHCP. Also, see how you can use DHCP to configure the settings for DHCP and DNS including DHCP scopes and DNS zones.

WSV378-HOL

Server Management and Windows PowerShell V2 (V3.0)

This lab is for administrators who need to manage and automate multiple computers. Discover the new management tools in Windows Server 2008 R2 for working with multiple computers in your network, as well as new background job, remoting and transaction features of Windows PowerShell V2. Also install and manage a Server Core installation using Windows PowerShell V2 locally.