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FINAL E2E Virtualization Conference 2011 London Agenda Friday November 18, 2011 11.45 - 12.00  Welcome note by Event organizer - Alex Juschin, Ireland, Microsoft MVP/Citrix CTP @e2EVC  12.00 - 12.30 Citrix - what's happening and latest news from the Synergy by Simon Frost, Citrix UK 12.30 - 13.10 What's new in XenDesktop - by David Gaunt, Citrix UK @davidjgaunt 13.15 - 13.30 Everybody deserves a desktop that works - by Rob de Korte, RES Software, Netherlands @RESSoftware 13.30 - 14.15 Lunch time - not sponsored 14.15 - 14.55 What's new in XenApp 6.5 - main changes - by Stephane Thirion, France @archynet and Neil Spellings, UK @neilspellings 14.55 - 15.10 How to upgrade XenApp, from 4.5 and upwards to the brand new 6.5 - by Daniel Wedel, Norway @WedelIT 15.25 - 15.40 VDI in a Box - Kaviza - by Andrew Wood, UK @gilwood_cs 15.50 - 16.05 vSphere 5 - What's new? - by Saša Mašić @EdoTorp, Germany and Rüefli Michael, Switzerland @drmiru 16.15 - 16.35 “Strata – An early look” by Daniel O'Connor, @DJO_Connor, AppSense 16.50 - 17.20 Integrating business as usual with VDI - by Mark Lillywhite, UK @Matrix42man This session focuses on Business as usual processes once a hybrid environment of Physical and Virtual desktops is in operation. From the User, to the ServiceDesk to  Desktop Admin, integrating VDI into well defined processes ultimately helps drive support efficiency whilst delighting the end users. 17.30 - 18.00 “Security in a cloud hyped virtualized world” Review and hands on by Lars Nielsen and Jakob Ostergaard, co-founder SMS PASSCODE This session will review options and configurations for virtualized alternatives such as Citrix, VMware and Microsoft including a a hands on demonstration of a configuration where a Wyse iPad client access a VMware view VDI desktop via RDP with two-factor authentication, which is not known possible to most. Secondly, the session will outline  the new cloud strategies by Citrix, Microsoft and demonstrate the new Microsoft ADFS 2.0 system for cloud application access. Saturday November 19, 2011    Room ONE     Room TWO  09.00 - 09.45  Microsoft's and Citrix's V-Alliance - To do or not to do, that's the question! - by Jeff Wouters, Brain Force, Belgium @JeffWouters Designing, Building and Optimizing your Hyper-V environment for VDI with XenDesktop. Myths and fables, lessons learned and some geeky examples from the field.   The Dynamic Desktop Studio - Master Class by RES Software Join us in an interactive session where we will discuss the everyday challenges you are facing and show you how the combined RES Software products can help you. 10.00 - 10.45 What I can tell you about Windows 8 Hyper-V v. 3 - by Aidan Finn, Ireland, Microsoft MVP @joe_elway   ... RES Master Class continues 10.55 - 11.35 Performance & Availability Networks for Hyper-V Clusters - by Didier Van Hoye, Belgium @WorkingHardInIT   ... RES Master Class continues 11.45 - 12.15 Speedy Pilot: From Bare Metal to VDI Pilot - done in 60 minutes - by Matrix42 This Demo session will show you how the Citrix recommended Matrix42 tools can take you from a bare metal server to a fully deployed Xendesktop and XenApp pilot environment, with deployed Virtual desktops, all within 60 minutes   Application Delivery Strategy. Cutting through the “wow-to-how” marketing & really engaging with customers on what will work for them - by Chris Marks, UK @ChrisJMarks In this session, Chris will take a light-hearted but informative look at both the business challenges when contemplating application delivery strategy and a consultative approach which helps the business make decisions & keeps you doing the work you like doing – implementing cool stuff. 12.30 - 13.00 “Personalization – Speed dating stylee” - by Kristian Vidal, AppSense UK @AppSense   Build your Own Cloud presentation about Cloud frameworks - by Saša Mašić @EdoTorp, Germany - OpenStack - OpenNebula, - Eucalyptus   13.00 - 13.45  Lunch time - not sponsored     13.45 - 14.25 Citrix XenClient, plus comparision of XenClient vs NxTop vs MokaFive – Is XenClient the best? - by Andrew Wood, UK @gilwood_cs   The Definitive Guide to delivering Microsoft Office with App-V - by Aaron Parker, UK, Microsoft MVP @stealthpuppy 14.35 - 14.50 Knowing what to migrate - by Nando Lutgerink, The Netherlands You’re invited by a customer to perform a migration. How do you know what to migrate? With the RES Basic Desktop Analyzer (BDA) you can work with real information rather than guesstimates.   Designing Hyper-V CSV & Backup - by Aidan Finn @joe_elway 15.00 - 15.15 Reboot XenApp 6.5 using Load Evaluators - by Wilco van Bragt, The Netherlands, Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP, @WilcovanBragt 15.00 - 15.30  CITRIX CLOUD / NETWORK PRODUCTS WORKSHOP -  Cloud Gateway (Storefront / Delivery Service / Web Receiver) - by Simon Frost, Citrix UK 15.30 - 16.00 XenServer & PVS – Case Study: Implementing XenApp in month or minutes? by Roy Textor, Germany 15.40 - 16.25 Implementing Access Gateway in different scenarios - by Rüefli Michael, Switzerland @drmiru - Where standard edition fits your needs - Where enterprise edition comes into play - Where to place the involved components - Customizations - Do's and dont's / Best practices (out of my projects) 16.15 - 17.00 XenDesktop 5.5 vs. VMware View 5.0 - by Mark S.Knouse, USA @Shanetech 16.25 - 18.30  Citrix NetScaler Workshop - by Wedel IT, Norway @WedelIT 17.15 - 18.00 Back to the Future: PDI (Physical Desktop Infrastructure) - by Wilco van Bragt, Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP @WilcovanBragt Sometimes SBC or VDI are not always the best solution and sometimes the fat client can be a good alternative if you are using the same products and techniques used with SBC/VDI solutions or probably a combination of them.   .. Citrix NetScaler Workshop continues Sunday November 20, 2011 09.00 - 09.15 Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Remote Desktop Services vs XenApp 6.5 - what do you need in your organization? - by Alex Juschin, Ireland, Microsoft MVP, Citrix CTP @E2EVC  09.30 - 09.45 RES VDX (Reverse Seamless) explained - by Fred Klomp, Netherlands Demonstration of RES VDX and the new RES Subscriber for VDX 10.00 - 10.30 Microsoft SCVMM 2012 - by Ronnie Isherwood, Jersey Windows Server User Group @virtualfat 4 years on from the launch System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and we are at Release Candidate for VMM2012. This latest incarnation debuts in the Private, Hybrid and Public Cloud era when words like service and federation are all the rage. 　Thankfully this session is less sophisticated than the cloud and is more for us limited server virt guys! It’s about 30 minutes of refuge from the challenges and complexity heterogeneous virtualization environments give us. The session objectives are: - A brief overview of VMM2012 - Discuss heterogeneous scenarios - Versions and Requirements - Discover the product Capabilities - Troubleshooting and wrap up 10.40 - 13.40 AppSense Master Class - "AppSense User Virtualization unleashed" - by Michael Jung, @jung_michael, AppSense, Germany  14.15 - 17.00 Citrix Geek Speak - Moderated by Laura Whalen, Citrix, @Laura_Whalen 17.00 Conference End