GL.net Group Meeting #13 - 17 February 2010

Summary

Hyper-V for developers with Liam Westley

Abstract

For those new to virtualisation we'll provide an overview of virtualisation and the desktop products currently available for developers. Then we'll explain the differences between those products and Hyper-V and examine the two products for running Hyper-V; Hyper-V Server (free) and Windows Server 2008 (semi-free). Finally we'll demonstrate automation of Hyper-V using the PowerShell library available on CodePlex so that you can automate your testing and integrate Hyper-V in your continuous integration server.

Bio

Liam runs his own company Tiger Computer Services, has created graphics for the BBC Sky At Night, worked on three general elections for Sky News, launched the GMTV web site, created the first interactive television chat system in the UK, and ran the development team behind the software that enabled orange coloured Dutch presenters to sell orange towels on the first live shopping channel in the Netherlands

Location

Symantec/MessageLabs
1240 Lansdowne Court
Gloucester Business Park, Gloucester, GL3 4AB

Agenda

6:00pm - Doors Open
6:30pm - Meeting Begins
7:00pm - Main Presentation - Part 1
7:50pm - Break
8:10pm - Main Presentation - Part 2
9:00pm - Presentation Ends. Retire to bar.

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