TechNet Events Presents: The Transformation of IT - From Virtualization to the Cloud
Event ID: 1032476570
Microsoft Overland Park Office Marvel MPR
10801 Mastin Blvd
Suite 620 Overland Park Kansas 66210
United States

Register by Phone: 1-877-MSEVENT (9AM-7PM EST. M-F)
Meal: Yes

Presenter(s): Kevin Remde
Language(s): English.
Product(s): Microsoft cloud services and Microsoft technologies.
Audience(s): IT Generalist.

Event Overview(times are approximate)

Session 1: Cloud Computing Essentials for IT Pros
75 minutes, 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Cloud computing is emerging as a promising IT service delivery vehicle. But is the question “To cloud or not to cloud”? For IT professionals and your IT organizations, it is crucial to recognize the opportunities and play a key role in the transformation from existing infrastructure-focused IT into a service-oriented, user-centric, and IT-as-a-Service environment. Are you ready for the challenge to lead and transform your IT organization?

This session will clarify the myths and provide pertinent information on cloud computing from a business and IT professional’s viewpoint. We will review the architectures and examine the service delivery models of cloud computing while stepping through business scenarios and operations of employing public cloud and private cloud.

Session 2: Your Public Cloud: What, Why, and How
60 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Instead of having to worry about the plumbing, the public cloud gives IT the power to focus on the business, and gives you ability to scale up or down resource capacities based upon business demands. With a pay-just-for-what-you-use business model, IT won’t be wasting money on providing services you once thought you might need but never got around to using.

This session demonstrates employing the public cloud; allowing your information workers to do their jobs while IT is realizing benefits on a daily basis. We will cover topics ranging from the Windows Azure Platform-as-a-Service, to our next version of our online services: Office365

Session 3: Your Private Cloud: What, Why, and How
60 minutes, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Cloud computing - with its attributes such as pooled computing resources, automated management, scalability, and on-demand provisioning - is a unique and powerful opportunity to transform enterprise IT from a device-dependent and infrastructure-focused deployment into more of a business-user-centric, service-oriented delivery vehicle. For enterprises, the roadmap of truly dynamic IT-as-a-Service is by means of a common management framework and a private cloud.

This session presents the criteria, examines strategies, and walks through the processes of assessing and constructing your own private cloud, with demonstrations on delivering and managing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in an enterprise setting.

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