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Spannende break-out sessions warten auf Sie an den Microsoft Evolution Day 2013 Event am Do. den 20. Juni 2013 in Zürich. Lassen Sie diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen, mit IT Pros und Microsoft Experte unterschiedlicher Fachbereichen zu vernetzen. Anmeldung und Details hier.

Ich  freue mich auf Ihren Besuch an den Event und meine Vorträge:

• Powershell v3 Administration fuer IT Pros
• Besserer Einsatz von Lync Server in einer Virtual Desktop Infrastruktur (VDI)
• Hyper-V Administration mit PowerShell
• System Center - SP1 Orchestrator (Opalis)

Technorati tags: Info, Event, Training, PowerShell, Hyper-V, Lync

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I am super excited to be presenting not just one, not two but four break-out sessions at this year’s Microsoft Evolution Day 2013 organized by Digicomp.

The topics that I shall be speaking on will be delivered in German:

• Powershell v3 Administration fuer IT Pros
• Besserer Einsatz von Lync Server in einer Virtual Desktop Infrastruktur (VDI)
• Hyper-V Administration mit PowerShell
• System Center - SP1 Orchestrator (Opalis)

Learn from a panel of experts walking through real-world coverage of the latest in Microsoft products and technologies from Windows Server 2012, System Center family, Hyper-V, Lync Server 2013, Exchange Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013 to efficient administration with PowerShell.

More information and registration can be found here.

Technorati tags: Info, Event, Training, PowerShell, Hyper-V, Lync

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The E2EVC Virtualization Conference will finally happen in under 3 weeks with my break-out session abstract now published online:

“Making Lync VDI work best in your virtualization environment”

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) promotes centralized, secure and efficient management of an organization’s fleet of machines in the datacentre. From the deployment of thin to thick clients, an understanding of the what and how to effectively support Lync Server 2013/2010 within a VDI infrastructure is crucial. Troubleshooting real-time communication tips and tricks round up the discussion in this practical orientated session.

The entire team and I look forward to meeting you (again) in person in Copenhagen real soon now.

Technorati tags: Event, Training, Virtualization, Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile

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Join us for the independent E2EVC Virtualization Conference May 31 - June 2, 2013 in Scandic Sydhavnen Hotel, Copenhagen (Denmark). With a record of over 18 successful events throughout Europe to-date, this vendor-neutral 3-day conference runs over the weekend (Friday to Sunday), and covers the latest Citrix, VMware, Microsoft and other virtualization products and solutions.

Take this great opportunity to meet with industry peers, partners and system integrator from the virtualization landscape and to share know-how in a nice, relaxing atmosphere. More than 20 break-out sessions and 3 Master Classes await your participation. We look forward to meet you all in Copenhagen!

Visit www.e2evc.com/home for the conference agenda and registration information (special 1st May offer till 2013-05-03 only; more here).

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SPEAKER ALERT:

I shall be speaking at a hot breakout session at this conference about Lync 2013 in a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment; watch this space for more to come.

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This and more exciting news, tips and trick, etc. to follow here.

Technorati tags: Event, Training, Virtualization, Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile

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As part of disaster recovery / business continuity plan (DR/BCP) in your Hyper-V virtualized Lync Server 2013/2010 infrastructure, it is imperative as best practice dictates to verify that the plans, procedures, logistics, etc. among others, work before Murpfy’s law gets to kick in.

In Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, virtual machine management has been greatly enhanced with extensive PowerShell v3 cmdlets support in the Hyper-V module. To that end, you can make backup copies of key virtualized Lync server roles (VMs) encapsulated in VHD/VHDX and the supporting files. This is achieved using the Export-VM cmdlet although a prior run is no longer essential in Windows Server 2012 (before a VM can be imported based on the presence of .exp export file).

Unlike the “Import Virtual Machine” action in the Hyper-V Manager GUI where you specify the base folder of the source VM folder structure for import in Hyper-V (Windows Server 2012), you should supply instead the full path to the actual XML file* against the -Path parameter of the Import-VM cmdlet i.e.

Import-VM -Copy -Path “C:\vm\LyncFE01\Virtual Machines\xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.xml”

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You can test run the evaluation / trial versions* of the ready-made VHD for the System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) family of products. As they run on Windows Server 2012, you can use this opportunity to test out the latest Cloud OS as well. Required is a physical machine with Hyper-V R2 server host virtualization (running on Windows Server 2008 R2).

• System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 App Controller – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 Data Protection Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 Orchestrator – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 Service Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 Service Manager (Data Warehouse) – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)

* available in US English only (en-us)

Technorati tags: PowerShell, Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 8, Hyper-V, System Center, Cloud Computing

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Highly anticipated and now officially RTM across the board is the latest Service Pack 1 for all members of the entire System Center 2012 SP1 product family, namely:

• System Center 2012 Orchestrator SP1 (’Opalis’ 2012)
• System Center 2012 Service Manager SP1 (SC 2012)
• System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager SP1 (DPM 2012)
• System Center 2012 Operations Manager SP1 (SCOM 2012)
• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 (SCCM 2012)
• System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 (VMM 2012)
• System Center 2012 App Controller SP1 (SCAC 2012)

TechNet and MSDN subscriptions, as well as Volume Licensed customers, can download the final RTM/GA bits from the respective web portals immediately*.

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Running Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 RTM, you may come across the following show stopper, a series of error messages in succession, when trying to power-up or start a virtual machine (regardless of guest operating system):

[Window Title]
Virtual Machine Connection

[Main Instruction]
The application encountered an error while attempting to change the state of ‘Virtual Machine Name’.

[Content]
‘Virtual Machine Name’ could not initialize.

Could not initialize machine remoting system. Error: ‘Element not found.’ (0×80070490).

Could not find a usable certificate. Error: ‘Element not found.’ (0×80070490).

[Expanded Information]
‘Virtual Machine Name’ could not initialize. (Virtual machine ID 9613XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX)

‘Virtual Machine Name’ could not initialize machine remoting system. Error: ‘Element not found.’(0×80070490). (Virtual machine ID 9613XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX)

‘Virtual Machine Name’ could not find a usable certificate. Error: ‘Element not found.’ (0×80070490). (Virtual machine ID 9613XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX)

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This may also stop you from connecting to any running VMs using Hyper-V “Virtual Connection” directly within Hyper-V Manager.
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Lync 2010 client virtualization white paper is now revised with topics like the support of Lync 2010 over a VMware View 5.0 VDI configuration and that for Citrix XenDesktop 4. This builds on top of previously updated information (Feb 2012) around user remote FX and USBR with Lync client virtualization, qualified Lync 2010 phones and devices, and expanded references. Download the updated Lync 2010 client virtualization white paper / support policy here.

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile, Microsoft Office 365 (Lync Online/Exchange Online), Virtualization

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An der Worldwide Partner Konferenz 2012 (WPC), die zurzeit in Kanada/Toronto stattfindet, wurde das grob Datum der nächsten Generation von Windows Server 2012 (und Windows 8 client) bekannt gegeben. Das Betriebssystem wird generelle im September 2012 auf das Markt erscheinen (mehr hier).

Bereiten Sie sich heute für den effizienten private Cloud Einsatz vor und sicheren die Zukunft mit den aktuellsten EB-Zürich Kurs Angeboten (Windows Server 2012 PowerShell training courses in Zurich):

• Windows PowerShell V3 Kurs (link)
• Windows Server 2012: Basics Kurs (link)
• Windows Server 2012: Update Kurs (link)

Technorati tags: Event, Training, PowerShell, Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 8, Hyper-V

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