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Windows Technologies
Windows Technologies will cover the wide landscape of the Windows Server Systems. With amazing new technologies such as System Center, Clustering, and SharePoint, there are many new areas that need to be covered. This track will give guidance and tips on how to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot these systems.
Tuesday, October 14
TLT4Implementing Windows Clusters
Bruce Mackenzie-Low
Tuesday, October 14 - 8:00 a.m.
In today’s business environment, downtime is directly equated to lost productivity and revenue opportunities. To address this, Microsoft offers several clustering solutions to avoid single points of failure. Learn about these clustering technologies and what applications are best suited for which technology. Learn tips and tricks for installing, configuring and maintaining clusters including a glimpse of Windows 2008 Failover clusters. This session is for anyone currently using or planning to use Microsoft clustering technologies. From basic file & print server clusters, to highly complex SQL, Exchange or IIS clusters, you won’t want to miss this informative clustering session.
TLT6Windows Network Protocols: Deep Dive & Troubleshooting
Don Jones
Tuesday, October 14 - 9:30 a.m.
Get “back to basics” with this deep-dive session that covers, from the wire on up, how your network allows computers to communicate. Along the way, expert instructor Don Jones will share valuable troubleshooting tips based on his real-world experiences, and will review the tools and utilities that are available to troubleshoot each aspect of your network’s functioning. You’ll start right at the wire with a look at Ethernet and move through the entire TCP/IP protocol stack, including ARP, routing protocols, ICMP, DNS, and more. This is a fast-paced, information-packed session that’s designed to make you a networking expert!
TLT7Resolving the Top 10 Microsoft Windows Configuration Issues
Kurt Hudson
Tuesday, October 14 - 9:30 a.m.
Did you know that the most common configuration problem with Active Directory domains is with the Windows Time service? Are you aware that each month over 20,000 Windows operating systems report that they’ve reached their maximum TCP connection limit? While there may not be much a Windows administrator can do about an application error caused by poorly written code, configuration issues are solvable. You just need to know they exist and what to do about them. By the end of this session you’ll know how locate the most common configuration issues and, more importantly, how to resolve them.
TLT11Taking the Pain out of Hang & Crash Dump Analysis
Bruce Mackenzie-Low
Tuesday, October 14 - 11:00 a.m.
Troubleshooting a hung Windows server can be one of the most challenging endeavors a system administrator may face. This session discusses the various reasons why a Windows Server may hang or become unresponsive. The presentation covers both hardware and software induced hangs, such as system resource depletion, memory pool problems, high priority compute-bound threads, deadlocks and spinlocks. The presentation also provides guidance on what to do when a hang occurs including how to force a dump, how to analyze the hang with the debugger, and how to isolate the failure to intelligently search the internet for a potential hotfix, patch, or workaround.
Thursday, October 16
TLTH2Integrating SharePoint with the Rest of Your Network
Tim Warner
Thursday, October 16 - 8:30 a.m.
While it is true that SharePoint deployments can become mighty expensive, you may not be aware of the degree to which SharePoint products and technologies integrate with the server-side and client-side applications you already have deployed in your environment. Let Tim Warner walk you through how nicely SharePoint plays with other Microsoft and third-party enterprise servers and desktop applications. You might leave the session surprised at what you discover!
TLTH6Safe S-Q-L: Best Practices for Using SQL Server 2005
Wendy Henry
Thursday, October 16 - 9:45 a.m.
Today’s databases are counted on to store an ever-increasing amount of details on just about any topic. Nothing is more mission critical than the data itself, so protect and deliver it to the best of your server’s ability by fine-tuning your Microsoft SQL Server database engine. This session will introduce several resources available to help you implement recommended best practices as well as real-world optimization tips. Keep your SQL Server growling like the muscle car engine it is and enjoy the drive!
TLTH16Exposing the Very Best SharePoint Add-On's
Tim Warner
Thursday, October 16 - 3:15 p.m.
As wonderful and feature-rich as SharePoint is, some of its built-in administrative tools are…shall we say… nonexistent. Or…perhaps lacking in polish. In this session Tim Warner shares with you some excellent Microsoft and third-party add-ons that will make your SharePoint administrative life much easier. The best news you’ll obtain by attending this session could be the price involved in deploying these add-on tools: Most are free!
TLTH18Tips and Tricks for Windows Backups: From NTBackup to System Center Data Protection Manager
James Conrad
Thursday, October 16 - 4:45 p.m.
NTBackup has been around for ages, but when you try to use it in Vista or Windows Server 2008 it’s conspicuously absent. In its place is an entirely new backup mechanism that makes backups easy to configure and automate – all without tapes! Plus, new methods now allow you to completely flatten and restore an entire server and its data in just a few minutes, without expensive imaging software. In this fast-paced session on new tricks for an old need, you’ll learn about Microsoft’s backup tools from Windows Server Backup all the way to System Center Data Protection Manager. If you thought backups were yesterday’s news, then you’re in for a surprise with Microsoft’s new technologies!
