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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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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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Fancy running Hyper-V clusters without all that heavy hardware investments and complexity? Want to improve application availability, double capacity utilization and get excellent ROI? Then join a free on-line webinar to learn how software based Storage-Area-Network (SAN) can deliver all shared storage benefits using existing Hyper-V / R2 servers.

StarWind Native SAN for Hyper-V
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
1400 hrs to 1500 hrs GMT (info/registration; what is my local time?)
or
1400 hrs to 1500 hrs EDT (info/registration; what is my local time?)

This webinar is organized and sponsored by StarWind Software, Inc.

Technorati tags: Community/User Groups, Events, Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V R2

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Following the very successful delivery of “TTT Course 50508A: Microsoft Private Cloud and Datacenter Management” in multiple cities worldwide, many of you have expressed great interest to find out more about the course.

Here is an outline of the 3-day course contents of this intensive, fast-paced Instructor-Led Training (ILT) with hands-on lab that we can deliver at your location in your local language. Feel free to contact me at desmond (d0+) lee {a+} swissitpro.ch for more information and schedule details*. Places are limited so hurry and sign-up today!

Module 1: Microsoft Vision for the Cloud
Module 2: Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) / ITIL Overview
Module 3: VMM Self Service Portal (SSP) 2.0
Module 3.1: Overview of the Dynamic Datacenter
Module 3.2: Planning and Installing the SCVMM SSP 2.0
Module 3.3: Configuring and Administering the  SCVMMSSP 2.0
Module 4: Hyper-V Accelerate POC
Module 5: Service Manager
Module 5.1: Planning and Architecture Design
Module 5.2: Configuration Management and Connectors
Module 5.3: Management Packs (Incident, Problem and Change Mgmt)
Module 6: Opalis Integration Server
Module 6.1: Architecture and Component Overview
Module 6.2: Interfaces and Workflow Basics
Module 6.3: Building System Center Workflows

Bonus Materials:
System Center 2012 products and AVIcode

Search for a related blog post “TTT Course 50508A: Microsoft Private Cloud and Datacenter Management” on this site for additional information.

* alternatively at my Email / SIP address with the prefix “d [d0+] lee” and @ domain winworkers.com (replace items in brackets / braces accordingly)

Technorati tags: Events, Training, Hyper-V R2, Virtual Machine Manager / Self Service Portal, Service Manager, Opalis, System Center Configuration / Operations Manager, MOF, ITIL, Public / Hybrid / Private Cloud Computing

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Client virtualization technologies decouple the whole or part of a user’s desktop environment - either specific applications or the entire operating system along with any installed applications - from the user’s physical access device, where the actual environment resides and runs on powerful servers in the back-end. Key driving factors include data security, manageability and ubiquitous access.

A number of common client virtualization technologies are prevalent today, namely Session Virtualization, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) or Application Virtualization. A FAQ, the good news is that official support for running Lync 2010 (client and Group Chat) in a virtualized environment has finally arrived. Lync 2010 Attendee, Lync 2010 Attendee Console and Lync Web App remain unsupported.

<Virtually> all workloads including real-time traffic from audio, video, recording to desktop/PowerPoint sharing are now formally supported. Tested products are listed as Remote Desktop Services (RDS), Citrix XenApp, Microsoft App-V and Citrix XenDesktop. Check out the recently published white paper called “Client Virtualization in Microsoft Lync 2010” for more information about the product/client support matix.

See also a related blog post “Lync Server 2010 Virtualization White Paper / Support Policy” on this site for running the Lync back-end infrastructure in a server or host-based virtualization environment.

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client, Virtualization

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I have been very busy on the road for the past weeks to deliver the Train-the-Trainer course for valued Microsoft partners, hosters and solution providers worldwide entitled “TTT Course 50508A: Microsoft Private Cloud and Datacenter Management”.

With the very successful and overwhelming support for the delivery in Sydney, Australia (29 - 31 Mar 2011) and Singapore (11 - 13 Apr 2011), I shall again be out-of-office in Johannesburg, South Africa this coming week (18 - 20 Apr 2011).

For those whom I had the opportunity to work with, please allow me to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation once again for your keen interests, intense participation and thought-provoking interaction.

If you are interested in this or other deep-dive technical workshops in your region anywhere in the world (China, Asia, Japan, Korea, Europe, Russia, North/South America, Australia, New Zeland, Africa, Middle East, etc.) and would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Simply sign up for a free account on this blog and provide your detail information so that we can establish contact with you. At Winworkers, have a global team of expert trainers/coaches and consultants that can deliver in your native tongue from English, German, French, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.), Spanish, Dutch to Russian, etc. I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Oui, je parle le français.
Ja, ich spreche Deutsch.
Si, yo hablo español.
(Chinese Mandarin / Cantonese) Wo3 huì jiang3 zhong1 wén (pu3 tong1 huà) hé guang3 dong1 huà.

Reference:
Microsoft Private Cloud Solutions

Update (4 May 2011)
Search for a related blog post “TTT Course 50508A (Outline): Microsoft Private Cloud and Datacenter Management” on this site for additional information.

Technorati tags: Events, Training, Hyper-V R2, Virtual Machine Manager / Self Service Portal, Service Manager, Opalis, System Center Configuration / Operations Manager, MOF, ITIL, Public / Hybrid / Private Cloud Computing

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