Current Technology Events and Microsoft Seminars

Project Leadership hosts and sponsors many business and technology seminars in the Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Indianapolis and Milwaukee areas. A listing of upcoming events can be found below. If you are interested in learning about business or information technology events we have already done, please visit our Past Events. If you see an event of interest but you are not able to attend, please contact Megan Samples at marketing@projectleadership.net. Many of our events can be customized and delivered at the customer’s location.

Events

02/07/2012
Microsoft Unified Communications - Lessons from the field

Join Project Leadership Associates, Microsoft, Polycom and Audiocodes for a closer look at Microsoft Unified Communications.


Microsoft Lync ushers in a new connected experience transforming every communication into an interaction that is more collaborative, engaging and accessible from anywhere. A single interface unites voice, IM, audio-, video-, and web-conferencing into a richer, more contextual offering and a single identity makes it easier and more efficient for users to find contacts, check their availability and connect with them. Lync works consistently with Microsoft Office, enriching the experience of familiar applications like Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft SharePoint, and more.


Date: February 7, 2012
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Polycom, 6250 North River Road, Suite 10200, Rosemont, IL 60018
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02/10/2012
Upgrading to System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Pre-Upgrade Checklist



  • Complete all jobs running in VMM. All job history is deleted during the upgrade.

  • Close any connections to the VMM server, including the VMM console and the VMM command shell, and connections made through the VMM Self-Service Portal.

  • Close any other open programs running on the VMM server.

  • Ensure that there are no pending restarts on the computers on which the VMM roles are installed. For example, if you have installed a server role by using Server Manager or have applied a security update, you may need to restart the computer. After you have restarted the computer, log on to the computer with the same user account to finish the installation of the server role or the security update.


Post-Upgrade Checklist



  • Reassociating Hosts and Library Servers

    In some upgrade scenarios, you will need to reassociate virtual machine hosts and VMM library servers with the VMM management server after upgrading to System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager. For example, you will need to reassociate hosts and library servers if you did not perform an in-place upgrade to System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager from VMM 2008 R2 SP1.



  • Updating VMM Agents

    You do not have to immediately update the VMM agents on Hyper-V hosts and library servers. Older versions of the VMM agent are supported by System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager, but the older versions of the VMM agent do not provide all of the functionality that the VMM agent that comes with System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager does. To take advantage of all the functionality of System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager, update your VMM agents on your Hyper-V hosts and library servers.



  • Updating Virtual Machine Templates

    Virtual machine template settings that specify which virtual hard drive (VHD) file contains the operating system are not preserved during the upgrade process. After upgrading to System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager, for all virtual machine templates that were upgraded from VMM 2008 R2 SP1, you will need to update the virtual machine template to specify which VHD file contains the operating system.


    If you had a virtual machine template in VMM 2008 R2 SP1 that used a hardware profile that specified a VLAN ID, the VLAN ID is removed during the upgrade to System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager. In System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager, when you deploy a virtual machine from a template, the VLAN ID is automatically determined based on the logical network specified. Ensure that your logical networks in System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager are configured to use the correct VLAN IDs and that you have specified the correct logical network in your hardware profile.



  • Updating Driver Packages

    After upgrading to System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager, any driver packages that were added to the VMM library in VMM 2008 R2 SP1 must be removed and added again to be correctly discovered.



  • Reassociating Hosts and Library Servers

    After upgrading to a highly available VMM management server, we recommended that you relocate your VMM library to a highly available file server.



    • -Rich Lilly, Techincal Specialist