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Refer a Friend to the Potomac VMware User Conference and Win!

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VMUG Refer a FriendThe Potomac Regional VMware User Conference is just a couple days away.  We still have room for more attendees, so we are offering a Refer-A-Friend reward for folks who get their IT associates to come out to our awesome, free, full-day customer-focused event. The day will offer in-depth technical sessions, demonstrations, exhibits, and networking opportunities that will feature the latest in virtualization, cloud computing and mobility.

Refer at least 3 friends, and all 4 of you each have a chance to win a $100 American Express gift card!* Simply have your colleagues enter your name under the referral line during registration.

2013 Potomac VMUG Agenda

Thursday, June 13, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road NW
Washington DC 20008
Click here for directions

In addition to a keynote presentation from VMware’s Chris Colotti on How To Build Your Hybrid Cloud and Consume the Public Cloud, we will be offering the following educational and networking opportunities:

  • Q&A with 4 VMware experts
  • VMware Educational Sessions with content on:
    – Mirage
    – Cloud Services Provisioning
    – Cloud Governance
    – vCloud Director Best Practices
    – Getting Storage Right for Your VDI Environment
    – Performance Best Practice for vSphere
    – A Guide to vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) Deployments
    – What’s New in vCenter Operations Manager 5.7: Technical Deep Dive
    – vCenter 5.1 Technical Deep DiveSponsor Breakout Sessions
  • Partner Educational Sessions
  • Federal Focused Sessions from VMware and Partners
  • Exhibitor Area with VMware Partners
  • Complimentary Breakfast and Lunch

Register Today!

You can visit the Event Details Page for a detailed agenda and schedule of events, as well as registration details. Be sure to share this meeting information with your colleagues!

Questions? Contact memberservices@vmug.com

*Must have at least 3 referrals and no more than 7 to qualify for the raffle, winners must be in attendance at the event to receive the prize.

Potomac Regional VMUG User Conference Presentations Now Online

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VMUG LogoPresentations from last week’s Potomac Regional VMware User Group (including DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Federal VMUG’s) are now available on the DC VMUG workspace at https://www.vmug.com/p/do/sd/sid=964&type=0.  If you weren’t able to attend, or are looking to review a session again, grab the presentations now.  Let me know if you want a presentation that is not yet published on the site and I’ll try to track it down for you.  Thanks again to our awesome sponsors and attendees for making our first big regional event a success – we had over 500 people registered for the event and are looking forward to growing the event in coming years as well as expanding and improving our local VMUG groups.

What You Didn’t Know You Needed To Know Before Implementing VMware View

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Clearpath Sponsors VMUGI had the privilege of presenting at the Potomac Regional VMware User Group (VMUG) conference yesterday and at the inaugural Boston VMUG last week.  The Potomac Regional event was a combination of Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Federal VMUG’s.  Clearpath participated in both the Potomac and Boston events as a gold sponsor.  My session was entitled, “What You Didn’t Know You Needed To Know Before Implementing VMware View”.

My session provided attendees with an overview of how VMware View integrates with existing infrastructures, Windows images, applications, and processes.  Building on Clearpath’s experience in implementing VMware View for customers of many sizes in a variety of industries, we looked at many of the issues that can cause a View pilot or production implementation to get off track.  Prerequisites and best practices for the pieces of your environment that touch View were reviewed, including Active Directory, Distributed File System (DFS), Group Policies, Load Balancers, ThinApp packaging, and base image optimization.  Finally, we discussed how to integrate the several facets of your IT group that will have to be involved in your View roll-out: application, desktop/helpdesk, network, storage, and infrastructure teams.

The presentation is embedded below.

If you have questions, comments, or need clarification around any of the items covered in my presentation please don’t hesitate to ask!

New VMUG Advantage Benefit: Free VMworld Online Content Access!

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vmworld 2012 logoThe VMUG Advantage subscription is an awesome benefit for members of the VMware User Group, and just got more awesomer with the addition of a new benefit – full access to all of the VMworld content, including breakout session recordings and slide decks, labs, and general sessions.  Normally a VMworld.com subscription for online access to content is $699.  The VMUG Advantage subscription is only $200 (or less if you got the 15% discount codes from yesterday’s Potomac Regional VMUG in Washington DC), and VMworld content is free with the VMUG Advantage subscription.

The VMworld session benefit is available for new and existing VMUG Advantage subscriptions!

The VMUG Advantage subscription already included these other benefits:

1. All access e-learning courses provide year-round VMware training.  There are over 20 courses available and VMUG Advantage subscribers will get access to all of them. Examples of popular on-demand courses include:

  • vCenter Configuration Manager
  • VMware Site Recovery Manager
  • vSphere What’s New (V4)
  • vSphere Manage Availability

2. Instructor Led Training:  Get 20% discount on VMware Training.  The most popular courses VMUG Advantage subscribers are saving on are:

  • VMware vSphere: What’s New [V5.0] – with savings of $300 per course
  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.0] – saving of $700 per course
  • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.1] with savings of $700 per course
  • VMware vSphere: Fundamentals [V4.0] with savings ranging of $60 per course
  • VMware vSphere: Advanced Fast Track [V4.x] with savings of $1020 per course

3. 20% on all VMware Certification Exams, including VCP5, VCP5-DT, VCP5-IaaS, VCAP

4. VMworld Admission discount: Save $100 on admission to VMworld conferences (and can now combined with other VMworld discounts).

5. 30% Discount on Software Licenses

  • VMware Workstation – now with richer graphics, increased power and tighter Windows 7 integration
  • VMware Fusion – now 35% faster and includes all of the software tools you need to switch to Mac

6. Global Knowledge discounts:

  • Global Knowledge Training Courses
  • Free access to the White Paper Library
  • Free VCP Exam Retake Voucher

There are corporate discounts available on the VMUG Advantage subscription.

Subscribe to the VMUG Advantage program here: https://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=10.

Big DC VMUG Event on September 26th at Nationals Park

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A reminder to those of you in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia and surrounding areas, the Maryland, DC and Federal VMware User Groups (VMUG) have come together to present an all-day event at Washington Nationals Park in Washington, DC.  This event will give you a chance to get caught up on VMworld 2012 announcements, meet with local VMware experts, and engage with vendors in the virtualization ecosystem.

Register Today for the Potomac Regional VMUG User Conference

Register Today to reserve your seat at the upcoming Potomac Regional VMUG User Conference taking place on Wednesday, September 26, 2012!  The joint conference includes the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia regions. At this free, full-day event you will find in-depth technical sessions, demonstrations, exhibits, and networking opportunities.

Take advantage of these educational and networking opportunities:

  • Multiple education tracks
  • VDI Expert Panel
  • Presentations from Cody Bunch, Tom Howarth and Edward Haletky
  • VMware Speaker, Alan Renouf and Mike Szafranski
  • Post-VMworld Update
  • Keynote Presentation
  • Exhibitor area with VMware Partners
  • Complimentary Breakfast and Lunch

Registration is complimentary, so register today!

Please note: You will need to log into the VMUG web site to register for this meeting. If you have not already obtained your VMUG login credentials, please visit the Username and/or Password Help page to request your username and password.

For questions, please contact memberservices@vmug.com.

Location
Nationals Park
1500 South Capitol Street Southeast
Washington, DC 20003

Time
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.