Architecting and Supporting the Back-End Infrastructure for the Consumerization of IT

This two-hour session will show you how to plan for, build, and manage your VDI environment on Microsoft’s Hyper-V, using Citrix’s Xen Desktop and System Center Virtual Machine Manager to manage it, including creating templates, easy provisioning, and improving the end-user experience.  Come see how you can make your life easier while giving the end user what they want in a safe and secure way!

Bio:

Mitch Garvis is a Renaissance Man of the IT world.  Aside from being a partner with SWMI Consulting Group, he is a Virtual Partner Technology Advisor for Microsoft Canada and has contributed to numerous certification exams for Microsoft Learning.  He seems to collect certifications, and trains on a variety of topics including System Center, server virtualization, desktop deployment, and security.  We think that parts of Windows 7 really were his idea.  You can read his blog at www.garvis.ca, or follow him on Twitter as @MGarvis.  He makes his home outside Toronto where he has one wife, two kids, two dogs, and two minutes to himself per day.