When: Thursday 25th March 2010, doors open 6:00pm, meeting starts 6:30pm

Where: UWE (University of the West of England), Frenchay, Bristol (see FAQ for directions and a map) - Room 2q49

What: Hyper-V For Developers

Who: Liam Westley, consultant, top DDD speaker, developer's developer and jolly good chap.

Why: Because Liam knows virtualization and no matter what you think you know about virtualization you'll be sure to learn something (or a lot) new.

How do I sign up for this meeting: Log in to the site, go to the Meetings page and on the top right hand side you will see a box "Register For A Meeting". Select the month in the drop down and then click on the Register link.

Abstract:
For those new to virtualisation we'll provide an overview of virtualisation and the desktop products currently available for developers. Then we'll explain the differences between those products and Hyper-V and examine the two products for running Hyper-V; Hyper-V Server R2 (free) and Windows Server 2008 R2 (semi-free). Finally we'll demonstrate automation of Hyper-V using the PowerShell library available on CodePlex so that you can automate your testing and integrate Hyper-V in your continuous integration server. At the end of the session you'll have a greater understanding of the Hyper-V architecture, whether it is suitable for you and how to automate Hyper-V for development tasks.

Bio:
Liam Westley is a consultant, runs his own company Tiger Computer Services Ltd, and specialises in software for Broadcast Television although he recently diversified into software for the NHS. His Niagara SMS moderation system has been used by QVC UK for the last four years to display SMS messages from viewers, live, on screen. Recently Liam completed a new ticketing system for Hat Trick Productions which is now providing e-tickets to shows such as Have I Got New For You, The Armstrong and Miller Show and It's Only A Theory. Liam has worked for chellomedia, GMTV, BSkyB, SmashedAtom and Original Thinking Group. In his time he created the first in house weather system for Sky News using Visual Basic 1.0, acted as architect for two general election systems, project managed the launch of the GMTV web site, was key to delivering the first interactive television chat service in the UK for BSkyB and helped launch the first live shopping channels in the Netherlands. You can find out more at http://www.tigernews.co.uk, or follow Liam on Twitter @westleyl.