Hands-on labs have always been one of the most popular features of the Microsoft Management Summit. This year, in response to demand, MMS 2009 will feature more lab topics, more instructor-led lab sessions and extended self-paced lab opening times.
Lab topics hosted during the event will again cover a broad range of IT Management solutions covering System Center products and Windows Management Technologies. This year new lab topics are being added covering solution scenarios such as “Data Protection and Disaster Recovery” and “End-Point Security Management” which feature the integration of multiple management products and technologies.
All registered attendees interested in attending labs are
strongly encouraged to book places in Instructor-led lab sessions as early as possible after registering since the most popular topics are typically fully booked long before the event opens.
Lab topics will again be offered at MMS 2009 in two distinct formats:
Instructor-led Labs: Five rooms are dedicated to Instructor-led lab (ILL) sessions throughout the week, during which an instructor provides an introduction to the each lab topic and leads attendees through the lab procedure for a specific topic. Places in all Instructor-led Sessions may be reserved in advance though the MMS 2009 attendee web site Session Scheduler tool. Prior reservations are recommended since sessions often become fully booked before the event opens.
Self-paced Labs: A self-paced hands-on lab area adjacent to the CommNet area offers walk-up access to all lab topics where attendees may complete their choice of lab without an instructor. Lab proctor support is provided in this area during session time-slots and the area remains open outside session times without proctor support. Access to this area is provided on a first-come basis - on-line reservations are not available for the self-paced lab area.
Lab Session Scheduling
Instructor-led lab sessions are scheduled to match breakout session slots and are 75 minutes long. Scheduled lab sessions start on Monday, April 27th. These Monday lab sessions are extremely popular and tend to be fully booked well before the event opens.
IMPORTANT:
The hands-on lab schedule has been published and is open for on-line bookings. Registered attendees may reserve places in up to 6 lab sessions. Once the event opens any number of lab session slots may be reserved.
Hands-on Lab Subject Areas
Full details of the hands-on lab topics being offered at MMS 2009 will be provided on this page and the Session page in February. Note that all topics being offered as Instructor-led sessions are also available in the Self-paced lab area. The lab topic categories being offered at this year’s event include:
- Application Virtualization
- Configuration Management
- Operations Management
- Management Solutions & Best Practices
- Virtualization Management
- Windows Management Technologies
