64 Bit: The Final Frontier – Slides From my Presentation at PubForum

64-Bit Windows (X64)
Published Jun 10, 2010 Updated Oct 26, 2010

Only a few days ago I attended PubForum in Frankfurt - a weekend well spent! I had an altogether good time and very much enjoyed meeting so many great people. I also presented on the topic of migrating to 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 and XenApp 6, a task not to be taken lightly. For anyone interested, here is the slide deck I used.

Helge Klein - x64 - Final frontier - 1

Download the slide deck here.

Presentation PubForum Slide Deck X64

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