State of the Union: OpenStack and Microsoft Windows

In June we have Peter Pouliot of Microsoft joining us and Peter will provide a high level overview of the Icehouse release for Hyper-V and other Microsoft technologies.

The key areas of discussion will focus on the following:
• What is available for integration within OpenStack as of the IceHouse release.
• Recent updates for Windows Technologies in Nova, Cinder, and Neutron projects
• An overview of the Hyper-V CI process including sneak peeks into upcoming infrastructure changes for Juno/K Releases
• Technology additions to support Windows within the OpenStack ecosystem.
• Summit Debrief and Juno Planning Outlined.

Peter's bio: I am currently responsible for the OpenStack integration with Microsoft's Windows and Virtualization platform Hyper-V. Additionaly I am the Architect for of the the Hyper-V Ci infrastructure. My tenure at Microsoft began in March 2012 with a task of organizing community members to restore and maintain Hyper-V intgration within OpenStack. Our team was successful in restoring the Hyper-V functionality to OpenStack in time for the Folsom release. I currently act as the OpenStack subject matter expert within Microsoft as well as the evangelist for OpenStack awareness and adoption of OpenStack within Microsoft and the external OpenSource Community. Prior to Microsoft I worked for Ximian (Gnome,Evolution,Red Carpet) and through acquisition for Novell in the Joint Interoperabilty Lab with Microsoft.

Reminders:

A light dinner and soft drinks will be provided ~ 6:30pm courtesy of Microsoft, and we will kick off the sessions ~ 7:00pm.

If you are interested in giving a Lightening Talk shoot us a note with a topic or just come to the session ready to speak!

• DON'T FORGET - for security reasons, the NERD center requires atendees to show a government issued photo ID in order to gain access into the building. Best option for parking is the NERD center parking garage which charges a flat rate after 4pm.