VMworld 2006 was, by all accounts, a huge success. And with over 7000 virtualization fans flooding the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 7-9, how could it be anything but a huge success. In spite of the strong numbers in attendance, it just wasn't in the cards for the entire virtualization army to make the journey. For those of you that couldn't make the trip, relax! VMware is offering up the next best t VMworld 2006 was, by all accounts, a huge success. And with over 7000 virtualization fans flooding the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 7-9, how could it be anything but a huge success. In spite of the strong numbers in attendance, it just wasn’t in the cards for the entire virtualization army to make the journey. For those of you that couldn’t make the trip, relax! VMware is offering up the next best thing to being there. The VMware Technology Network (VMTN) has posted a number of general sessions, technical sessions and lab sessions for your viewing pleasure. The selections highlight the breadth and depth of the technical sessions presented at the event and offer webcasts, podcasts, presentation material, lab manuals and sample scripts. Example sessions include: ADC0134: Scaling Virtual Infrastructure: Planning for Growth, High Availability, and Rapid Provisioning ADC0135: Choosing and Architecting Storage for Your Environment ADC4439: Large, High Density VMware ESX Server Platforms BCT0107: VMware ESX Server as a Foundation for High Availability and Disaster Recovery for the Microsoft Server Platform BCT4539: VMware Consolidated Backup Technology: Today and Future BCT9552: VMware Infrastructure 3 Capabilities for Improving Disaster Recovery DVT0075: Managing the Virtualized Enterprise DVT4696: VMware Server Tips & Tricks DVT9699: VMware Server Snapshot Portability Using the Open Virtual Machine Disk Format Specification MDC9694: Troubleshooting VMware ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter 2 MED4116: VDI: A New Strategy for Managing User Environments and more… VMware also includes a number of lab sessions as well that covered such topics as VMware Consolidated Backup, VDI, Performance Troubleshooting, Securing and Monitoring VI3, Programming and more.Whether you made it to VMworld 2006 or not, I invite you to check out these presentations. You can find the complete list, here. Software Development