Private Cloud IT Camp Information

Private Cloud IT Camp

The Private Cloud IT Camp track is a full day hands-on lab that requires attendees to bring their own laptop to fully participate (requirements listed below.)  This track is limited to 48 attendees total on a first come, first serve basis

Private Cloud is the future of IT, and the future is now. Spend the day at our IT Camp and learn about Microsoft’s virtualization solution, Hyper-V, the first step on your path to mastering Private Cloud.

You’ll embark on an interactive journey as you learn the foundation of cloudservices, Hyper-V, through architecture, networking, virtual hard drives, and virtual machines.

A full day of lecture, demo and hands-on labs our free IT Camp will give you the jumpstart you need on Private Cloud. Seating is limited to the first 48 attendees.

*CAMP REQUIREMENTS: Please bring your laptop with the following minimum requirements:

• 4 GB RAM
• 20 GB of free disk space
• x64 compatible processor with Intel VT or AMD-V technology
• Basic install of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V Role enabled –Free download here.

We also highly recommend all attendees downloading and getting yourselves familiar with System Center 2012 to facilitate your learning on the many scenarios that we will walk through in our technical demos and hands-on labs throughout “The Future of IT” series of events. Free download here.

Windows Track Sessions Online

Windows Track Sessions

• System Center 2012 – Easing Your Journey to the Cloud – Eric Kamor
• What’s new in Windows Server 8: Beyond Virtualization – Boris Nisenbaum
• Windows Azure– Peter Laudati
• Windows Strategy for Business: Enabling Flexible Workstyles – Ilya Gurtenboim
• Windows Phone – Bob Hunt

The Exchange Sessions are Online

Exchange Track Sessions

Sponsored by Splunk

• Designing Exchange 2010 High Availability for Failure Domains – Ross Smith
• Excange 2010 High Availability Design Consideration – Ross Smith
• Exchange Migration to 2010 – Adam Farage
• Exchange 2010 SP2 Hypbrid Mode & Office 365 Co-Existence and Deployment – Kamal Abburi
• Spotlight on Splunk

Registration is Now Open!

We are really happy to announce that registration for the NYC Techstravaganza is now open. Register now, we only have 400 seats available.

 
Register Here

PowerShell and SharePoint Tracks Announced for NYC Techstravaganza 2012

We are pleased to announce a who’s who of PowerShell and SharePoint speakers for the NYC Techstravaganza 2012.  The full list is maintained on the sessions page.

PowerShell Track Sessions

Sponsored by Sapien Technologies

• What’s New in PowerShell v3 – Tome Tanasovski
• Write Modules, Not Scripts – Ed Wilson
• Notes From the Field – Brandon Shell
• PowerShell v3 Remoting and CIM – Aleksandar Nikolic
• What’s New in Sapien Technologies – Ferdinand Rios

SharePoint Track Sessions

• SharePoint Online – Sowmyan Soman Chullikkattil
• Fast Search – Carlos Valcarcel
• InfoPath or SharePoint 15 – Clayton Cobb
• Top 10 Performance Tips for Making your Public Facing Sharepoint 2010 Site Faster – Kanwal Khipple
• … TBD …

Introducing our Sponsors

We are extremely happy to announce the following sponsors for the NYC Techstravaganza on March 30th, 2012. Registration and track information is coming soon. Sooner than you think! Check back tomorrow.

Techstravaganza 2012 – Call to Speakers and Sponsors

The NYC Techstravaganza is coming!  We have the date booked.  It will be March 30, 2012 at the Microsoft offices on 6th Ave.  We are right now having our call to speakers.  This year we will have five tracks of sessions:

• Windows Client/Server
• Sharepoint
• Exchange
• Windows PowerShell
• Windows Phone 7

If you would like to present in any of the tracks listed above please send an e-mail to nyctechstravaganza[a]gmail.com with a bio and abstract about the session.

If you are a sponsor who was not with us last year, please let us know that you are interested.  Sponsorship is extremely limited and it will be on a first-come-first-served basis so ensure that you e-mail us so that you will receive the sponsorship e-mails when they go out.

[ARCHIVE] 2011 Sessions, Sponsors, and Registration

It is time folks!  Registration is now open.  Feel free to sign up on the eventbrite signup page.  The event is free and we have limited capacity so you’ll want to sign up early.

You can view the session list on our session page.  We will be adding the abstracts and speaker bios over the next few weeks there.

Finally, take a moment to view our sponsor page.  We will have food, giveaways, and quality speakers thanks to some really great partners.

[ARCHIVE] 2011 Techstravaganza – Call to Speakers

The New York City Techstravaganza is coming.  Details are still being hashed out, but here’s what we can tell you

• The Techstravaganza will be March 18, 2011 – Friday all day 8am – 5pm
• The event will be absolutely free
• The event will be held in the Microsoft offices in Midtown – 300-400 people
• Lunch will be provided
• This is an IT Pro mini-techEd-type event
• There will be sponsor booths and sponsorship opportunities – Info should be up in the next two weeks
• There will be 4 tracks of sessions:
• 1) Windows Client/Server
• 2) Sharepoint
• 3) Exchange
• 4) PowerShell

We are still working out the details around registration, sponsorship, and speaker prizes.  However, if you would like to present in any of the tracks listed above please send an e-mail to nyctechstravaganza[a]gmail.com.

We look forward to sharing more info in the coming weeks.  Make sure to subscribe to the site via RSS or wordpress to receive notification when registration is open.  We expect this event to fill up extremely quickly once the official registration is open.