Looking for more hands-on @ TechFeast 2009 in DeKalb and Belleville? - We're happy to announce we'll be bringing back the Geek Playground (for those veterans of TechFeast).

See below for more for the environment we're making available at both sites This should give participants an opportunity to play with / break things.

• Hands on Vmware Vsphere lab
  • Multiple Vsphere nodes to play with, come see what's new in Vmware 4.0
  • ISCSI/DAS SAN's will be provided in the infrastructure
  • Hands on with some of the freely available tools you can use to monitor your environment
  • Experiment with Vmware converter software for live P2V testing.
  • Install/Configure VCMA for mobile access to your vmware environment.
  • VIMA installation preview for monitoring of ESXi hosts
  • PowerShell scripting for easy provisioning/modification/reporting of ESX
• Windows 2008 R2 machines available, experiment with:
  • Over 100 new cmdlets in the powershell environment
  • New remote management features to run commands on multiple machines at once
  • Windows 2008 Hyper-V hands on
  • WDS - Windows Deployment Services
• Windows Sharepoint lab
  • Work with sharepoint lists, document, and picture libraries
  • Create a personal site and add webparts and content
  • Customize sharepoint in your web browser
  • Manage users and specify permissions
• Live running demos of open source monitoring tools for your hosts and network
• Windows Media Server lab including installation/configuration/streaming setup