Announcing Microsoft IT Virtualization Boot Camp Events!

We’re thrilled that Microsoft TechDays and the Calgary IT Pro Community are bringing an IT Virtualization Boot Camp to Prairie IT Pro & Dev Con – West!

This day-long workshop will give you hands on experience on Microsoft virtualization technologies, so at the end you’ll know how to…

Prepare your Windows Server-based computer for virtualization

Configure an iSCSI storage server

Create a Windows Failover Cluster

Make Hyper-V virtual machines highly available and using Live Migration to move running workloads between hosts with no loss in client connectivity

Integrate non-Microsoft-based virtual machines into your cluster

See how Windows Failover Clustering can help to make dealing with hardware failure easier

Plus, Microsoft is bringing the computers and hardware so this truly is a hands-on workshop!

So here’s the details:

Date
Monday, March 12

Time
Registration and snacks at 9:30 AM, workshop 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Venue
TELUS Convention Centre

Cost
If you’re registered for Prairie Dev Con, this event is *FREE*! You can select it as an agenda item during registration. Visit www.prairiedevcon.com for details on how to register for the conference!

Otherwise, there’s a nominal $25 fee. Proceeds go to the Calgary IT Pro Community! The signup form will be up later today (Jan 30/2012) at this link https://cicevents.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C

You can download the workshop synopsis here!

NOTE: The workshop is limited to 40 people, so this is a first come – first serve scenario. Make sure to register early!