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At [06:25] Symon Perriman and Rick Claus talk through an end-to-end deploy of a Hyper-V cluster using entirely free tools (without any evaluation bits—you get to keep everything!). First Symon introduces the free tools, which include Hyper-V Server 2012 (http://microsoft.com/hvs), Microsoft iSCSI...

At [04:50] Symon Perriman meets with Joseph Chan, a Principal PM Manager on the System Center team, to talk about System Center Advisor and how it now integrates with System Center 2012. Joseph first gives an introduction to Advisor and how people can start using this free cloud service. Then...

Enjoy this fun filled 90 minutes where Senior Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman and Principal Program Manager Jeff Woolsey answer questions from the audience on Microsoft's approach to virtualization.  This session was based on a series of three virtualization Jump Starts delivered earlier this...

This final module dives deep into configuration and provides visibility into Microsoft supported free utilities for conversion to Hyper-V. Additionally you will see demos of virtual machine conversion and offline disk conversion.

• [02:44] - Overview
• [17:25] - Conversion steps
• [28:09] - Supported configurations...

This session introduces you to Orchestrator, and demonstrates VMWare management capabilities using System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator. Learn more on how to automate processes in your data center, regardless of hardware or platform.

• [03:02] - Orchestrator Overview
• [11:15] - Managing VMware with Orchestrator...

In this segment Symon and Michael introduces you to Veeam Management Pack for VMware, the underlying technologies and prerequisites. Additionally they will provide some rich demos and how to protect your investment in System Center.

• [06:43] - Veeam Management Pack for VMware
• [12:10] - Veeam Management...

This module provides an overview of Virtual Machine Manager, Fabric Management and an introduction to App Controller. It also addresses how to save time and cost through standardized service creation and power optimization.

• [04:33] - Virtual Machine Manager Overview
• [13:53] - Fabric Management
• [38:44]...

At [05:55] Symon Perriman meets with Rob Hindman, a Program Manager on the Windows Server Clustering & High-Availability team, to talk about migrating Failover Clusters from Windows Server 2008/R2 to Windows Server 2012. Rob first describes the differences between an upgrade and a migration...

At [07:35] Symon Perriman meets with Microsoft MVPs & architects Brad Bird (System Center) and Sean Kearney (PowerShell) to talk about automating datacenter management with System Center Orchestrator and PowerShell.

Brad and Sean first give an overview of System Center 2012 SP1 Orchestrator...

Symon and Matt focus on how the Microsoft approach to Private Cloud differs from VMware's in terms of how each provides a Foundation for the Future, and options for a Hybrid Infrastructure. This session closes with a few scenarios designed to help IT organizations understand Costs.

• [00:59] - Foundation...