So first things first; there are lots of awesome sessions at VMworld and please check for yourself which EUC sessions you might find interesting. But if you need help picking and choosing the right sessions you can use this “my favourites” list I’ve created for you.
Must-go-see
There is one absolute must-go-see session and it’s the Showcase Keynote Digital Workspace
- Tuesday 6th November, 17:00 – 18:00
- Registration Link: https://my.vmworld.com/widget/vmware/vmworld18eu/eucatalog?search=dw3727ke
The EUC keynote challenge:
I am challenging you! snap a selfie at the keynote to prove you were there and tweet it to me at @huibdijkstra I will award the three best selfies with an #airguitar one that isn’t invisible… #cliffhanger
My favourites:
You can register for these sessions using this link: https://my.vmworld.com/widget/vmware/vmworld18eu/eucatalog?search.digitalworkspace=15230375992840022moF&search.digitalworkspace=15230375992840032OOb&search.digitalworkspace=15230375992840042qPS
| Date | Time | Session ID | Title | Speakers | Why? |
| 2018-11-08 | 09:00:00 | ACC2162PE | Drive Workspace-as-a-Service and Security Transformation with Workspace ONE | TJ Vatsa, Principal Architect- Global Professional Services, VMware
Shawn Bass, VP, CTO – EUC, VMware John Drummond, Sr. Director of Information Systems, VMware Andrew Levy, Sr. Director, Product Management, VMware |
Combining these speakers should generate some real fireworks. Oh and they had me at; “no fluff and real stuff” in their description! |
| 2018-11-07 | 11:00:00 | ACC2892BE | Learn What’s New with Workspace ONE and how to Embrace a Digital Workspace! | Spencer Pitts, Chief Technologist, Digital Workspace, VMware
Ashka Vakil, Product Line Manager, VMware |
Learn what’s new with Workspace ONE |
| 2018-11-06 | 12:30:00 | END2713BE | Co-manage Workspace ONE + SCCM : Get to Windows 10 Modern Management Faster | Oliver Forder, Principal EUC specialist, VMware
Aaron Black, EUC Product Manager, VMware – Horizon |
This is a “hot” topic everywhere! how awesome is it to combine the old with the new? |
| 2018-11-07 | 17:00:00 | END2766BE | First Look at New Dell and VMware Developments That Optimize PC Management | Tim Evans, EUC Specialist – Dell EMEA, VMware
Andy Philp, EMEA Solution Product Marketing – Empower Digital Workspaces, VMware |
Who would have thought; VMware and Dell are doing really cool things together on PC management? oh and this could end-up also being a real money saver.. so sign-up! |
| 2018-11-07 | 15:30:00 | END2866BE | Transforming Windows 10 Management: What Every Decision Maker Needs to Know | Oliver Forder, Principal EUC specialist, VMware | Learn how to decide on what to put into your business case for w10 |
| 2018-11-08 | 12:00:00 | END2912BE | Workspace ONE Intelligence Mobile and Desktop Operations | Andrew Levy, Sr. Director, Product Management, VMware
Peter Björk, Principal Systems Engineer, VMware |
WSONE Intelligence is one of the newest and coolest things within EUC today |
| 2018-11-08 | 12:00:00 | END2962BE | Deep Dive Into New Android Enterprise Personas and Deployment Methods | Matthew Bailey, Systems Engineer, VMware | Matthew is a star when it comes to Android, and I think Android Enterprise is extremely cool! |
| 2018-11-07 | 11:00:00 | END2966BE | Expanding AirWatch to UEM for macOS Modern Management | Oliver Forder, Principal EUC specialist, VMware
Tim Evans, Technical Trainer, VMware |
OSX claiming its place within the office, soon you to will need to start managing OSX, or you already are.. excellent session to learn more about OSX management. |
| 2018-11-07 | 17:00:00 | END2978PE | How AirWatch Customers Are Moving Beyond Mobile to UEM across all Devices | Spencer Pitts, Chief Technologist, Digital Workspace, VMware
Hendrik Harder, Senior Manager IT Infrastructure / Mobile IT, Siemens AG Lionel Cremel, Head of Real Time Collaboration, AIRBUS |
Learn from customers who turner their Workspace ONE volume to 111% |
| 2018-11-07 | 17:00:00 | END3460BE | Deep Dive Into What’s New with Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management | Roger Deane, Director, Technical Marketing, VMware
Shardul Navare, Senior Tech Marketing Architect, VMware |
I’ve watched the US recordings of this session with my jaw on the floor. Don’t argue with me on this one,… just go! |
| 2018-11-08 | 09:00:00 | END3572BE | Industry 4.0: How Rugged and Workplace IoT Are Transforming Supply Chains | Matthew Bailey, Systems Engineer, VMware
Cesar Picasso, VMware |
We’re aligning more and more “things” to EUC, so learning how to manage and make an impact on your business could prove to be quite useful |
| 2018-11-07 | 14:00:00 | WIN1717BE | Design Deep Dive: Cloud Burst with Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud Powered by AWS | TJ Vatsa, Principal Architect- Global Professional Services, VMware
Hilko Lantinga, Senior EUC Architect, VMware |
Two and a half words: automated burst-out |
| 2018-11-05 | 17:00:00 | WIN1824QE | How to Deploy a Desktop Solution in One Hour with Horizon Cloud on Azure | Dennis Sigmond, IT Architect, Login Consultants | Login Consultants is a very knowledgeable partner when it comes to HCOA and Dennis is one of their best architects… this should be an awesome session |
| 2018-11-06 | 14:00:00 | WIN2006BE | Optimizing VMware Horizon and NVIDIA vGPU for the Best VDI User Experience | Kiran Rao, Director, Product Management, VMware
Erik Bohnhorst, Professional Visualization Performance Engineering Manager, NVIDIA |
vGPU is one of those things which made VDI mature. So make sure your knowledge is up to date on this topic.
Oh and also go to this session so you can later ask Johan van Amersfoort how to run an F1 simulator on Horizon. |
| 2018-11-07 | 11:00:00 | WIN2537BE | What’s New in Horizon 7 | Graeme Gordon, Senior Staff EUC Architect, VMware
Jim Yanik, Senior Manager, EUC Technical Marketing, VMware |
You just know when Graeme and Jim storm the stage together that you are going to learn new stuff. Horizon 7 is going very, very strong so join this session to learn and see for yourself! |
| 2018-11-07 | 15:30:00 | WIN3048BE | What’s New with Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure | Shikha Mittal, Director, Product Management, VMware
Felix Block, Lead EUC SE – EMEA, VMware |
Learn how Microsoft and VMware are delivering a scalable desktop service across the world! |
| 2018-11-07 | 17:00:00 | WIN3213BE | Leverage Intelligence and Monitoring for Virtual Desktops and Apps | Kiran Rao, Director, Product Management, VMware
Scott Kelley, Director Product Management, VMware |
This is a game changer.. I am going to this one myself |
| 2018-11-06 | 11:00:00 | WIN3451BE | Architecting Horizon 7 Enterprise: The Official Reference Architecture | Graeme Gordon, Senior Staff EUC Architect, VMware | Graeme is a rockstar and if you are an architect or consultant this is a session not to miss! |
| 2018-11-06 | 12:30:00 | WIN3486BE | Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS: What You Need to Know | Hilko Lantinga, Senior EUC Architect, VMware
Andrew Kloman, Partner Solutions Architect, Amazon |
Again… Two and a half words: automated burst-out |
| 2018-11-07 | 12:30:00 | WIN3492BE | JMP: The Easy Button for Delivering and Managing Virtual Desktops and Apps | Barak Nissim, Digital Workspace Practice, EMEA, VMware
Age Roskam, consultant at Login Consultants |
The combination of instant clones, AppStacks and User Environment Management is still in my personal opinion the best EUC solution on the market today + Both Barak and Age are extremely knowledgable on this topic so should turn out to be a great session |
| 2018-11-07 | 12:30:00 | WIN3535BE | Is VDI Dead? | Brian Madden, Lead Field Technologist, EUC Office of the CTO, VMware | I don’t know why…. just go because I told you so! |
