Are you attending Tech Ed North America 2014 in Houston, Texas? The content catalog is now available! Below a summary of all the Break-out sessions and Hand-On Labs related to RDS and VDI.
PCIT-B318 Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Overview Session
Tuesday, May 13 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Speaker(s): Demi Albuz, Robin Brandl
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Breakout
Topic: Infrastructure as a Service, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
This session provides an overview of Microsoft Desktop Virtualization solution and products under this solution, not only on-premise but also in Windows Azure (personal, pooled Virtual Machine (VM)-based deployments, session-based deployments, RemoteApp and Azure IaaS solution). In this session, we talk about the key improvements and enhancements brought to the platform.
PCIT-B329 VDI Deployment Walkthrough
Thursday, May 15 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Speaker(s): John Kelbley, Robin Brandl
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Breakout
Topic: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
This session will overview what VDI is and how it is enabled by the capabilities if Windows Server 2012 R2. We will show options and alternatives for deployment (Remote App, Remote Desktop, pooled VMs versus dedicated), and the share consideration and guidance needed to successfully design, deploy, and support a basic VDI implementation. Topics will include common deployment steps and gotchas including those related to networking setup, image management, storage, and other key considerations.
PCIT-B338 Deploying RDS Roles in Windows Azure: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
Wednesday, May 14 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Speaker(s): Clark Nicholson
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Breakout
Topic: Remote Desktop Services
This session walks through the architecture of an Azure hosted RDS solution, including discussion of high availability considerations and capacity planning, as well as connectivity to corporate Active Directory and network resources.
PCIT-B337 Advanced VDI Optimization
Thursday, May 15 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Speaker(s): Robert Smith, Tiberiu Radu
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Breakout
Topic: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
This breakout take a deep look at performance and configuration changes to optimize your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment on Hyper-V. We focus on the updates which are unique to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, the changes specific to User Profile Management and Application Presentation with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) 5.0.
PCIT-B342 RemoteApp for Mobility and BYOD
Monday, May 12 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Speaker(s): Demi Albuz, Samim Erdogan
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Breakout
Topic: Application Development, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization
This session gives a brief overview of utilizing RemoteApp for Mobility and BYOD scenarios where IT can enable users to access corporate data and applications while ensuring compliance. With the new Microsoft Remote Desktop app, end users can access corporate applications from a variety of devices and platforms including iOS, Mac OS X, and Android, in addition to Windows and Windows RT.
PCIT-B331 Enabling Multi-Tenant Hosted Desktop/Applications Architecture on Private Cloud
Thursday, May 15 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Clark Nicholson, Joey Glocke, Senthil Baladhandayutham
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Breakout
Topic: Microsoft .NET Framework
Whether you are a service provider thinking of hosting apps/desktops, or an enterprise IT admin thinking of rolling out desktops on private cloud, join this session to learn about best practices for configuring Session-Based Desktops and Remote Application Services on private cloud and hybrid cloud using the Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) solution running on Dell Infrastructure. Get insights into what components can run on tenant environments and provider environments, guidance on capacity planning, security and licensing considerations, insights about Infrastructure components (storage, networking, and servers) required to successfully build your private and hybrid cloud deployment.
PCIT-H305 Enabling Secure Remote Users with RemoteApp, DirectAccess, and Dynamic Access Control
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Hands-on Lab
Topic: Direct Access, Dynamic Access Control, Remote Desktop Services, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
In this lab, learn how to implement a secure remote access and user security solution which allows users in remote locations to leverage session based VDI for Microsoft Office 2013, and gain access to share folders which are protected with Dynamic Access Control and RMS classification. Deploy Session VDI with RemoteApp. Provision a computer for DirectAccess with offline Domain Join. Connect via DirectAccess and launch remote Office applications. Create new DAC rules and new RMS rules, and auto-protect a document share with rules. User save a document in share, and have document auto-protected.
PCIT-H320 Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Applications Publishing: Enterprise and Beyond
Track: People-centric IT
Session Type: Hands-on Lab
Topic: Remote Desktop Services, Windows Server
This lab focuses on Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote App publishing new features. Learn how to create and configure a remote app hosting environment using Windows Server 2012 R2. Experience how to publish multiple apps for users who will access them from within a controlled IT environment as well as from personal workstations and terminals. Learn how to manage, categorize and arrange various user applications
