Vancouver Talks Windows Home Server
The VANTUG (Vancouver Technology User Group) Windows Home Server event which we mentioned here was well received by the 220 attendees who had the pleasure to listen to Microsoft’s Kevin Beares in BC in Canada.
Graham Jones kindly sent some pics of the event and says:
Apart from the lucky 40 winners of a copy of WHS there was a high demand for the 120 day eval copies and we didn’t have enough to satisfy that. There was a very wide range of questions and in depth technical support was available when needed. We connected remotely to 3 different WHS machines and Kevin demonstrated both a client backup and a server backup as per PP1. He also demonstrated all of the remote features of Windows Home Server except connection to the desktop
Finally NCIX.COM (largest OEM reseller of WHS in Canada), one of the sponsors of the event had one of their directors and Product Manager there who stated that they were working on a small form factor OEM packaged product to be released soon.
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Is there a powerpoint presentation that you can share?
I was there. Kevin gave a great presentation showing all the key features of WHS, as well as several of the enhancements in PowerPack 1. He also demoed some add-ons (Whiist was pretty nifty) and talked a little bit about some of the more advanced (albeit unsupported) things some IT pros are doing with WHS. If you noticed the MSFT share value was down a bit this week, it was probably thanks to Microsoft picking up the Pizza tab….
Heh – I just noticed that I am actually in that picture of the audience (near the top right, with glasses)! Do I get any Royalties?!?
I am working on making the ppt presentation available soon.
Kevin Beares slides from the WHS Presentation can be downloaded from: http://www.vantug.com/PublicDocuments/tabid/154/Default.aspx
It was a pleasure to speak at this combined User Group Meeting. What a great crowd and what an awesome city to visit. Graham and group were a pleasure to work with to get this setup and I hope it was worth for everyone who braved some pretty snowy weather to make it in.
Kevin