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03/10/2010 11:19 PM
Shame on me thinking this would be an easy decision... :/ -g From: activedir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:activedir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Brian Arkills Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:16 AM To: activedir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quick poll for TEC 2010 session re: VDI I'd find a VDI session interesting, although the focus might affect whether I attended it or not. I think there is definite value to having a couple sessions which are not part of your core focus (in this case, AD or IdM) both from a session attendee perspective, as well as from a conference organizer perspective. By allowing a couple off-topics, you test the waters for interest in something else, you allow attendees to attend something interesting if the core sessions aren't interesting to them, and you also allow your core focus to shift and adjust. And I think this last point is particularly important, because as we all know, technology changes constantly, and we don't always see that our idea of what is core has been superceded by events. With the rise of federation and the cloud, it's possible that in 10 years none of us will be running AD. With respect to the VDI session itself, I'd wonder which technologies would be addressed. VDI is a broad topical area, with a lot of possible vendors, and a lot of ground to cover. For example, you could consume an hour just talking about the various Microsoft licensing details. From: activedir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:activedir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:27 PM To: activedir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Quick poll for TEC 2010 session re: VDI Greetings all, I was hoping you could provide me with your opinions regarding a debate we've been having internally about a proposed virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) session for TEC in LA. The debate centers around whether VDI is a relevant or interesting topic for the TEC directory and identity audience. One side of the debate: The session isn't relevant because AD and identity engineers/architects aren't generally tasked with virtualization projects, and if they are, they are generally server and DC virtualization projects. Desktop projects don't usually land on the AD/Identity guys lap. The other side of the debate: AD and identity engineers/architects are becoming multi-roled in light of today's economics, and given virtualization's huge traction, VDI would be an interesting and relevant topic to the TEC directory and identity attendees. My questions to you: Would you be interested in attending a VDI session at TEC? See you in LA. -gil

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