Meeting Jeff Wettlaufer
The crushing disappointment of not making it to MMS this year (due to plate tectonics) was soothed slightly last week by the Best of MMS UK event held at Microsoft’s London offices in Cardinal Place. As well as a chance to see some of the content delivered at MMS (including plenty of demos using Configuration Manager v.Next and Virtual Machine Manager v.Next) it was also a good opportunity to meet up with some former colleagues and some new associates and to swap stories over a beer or two.
It was also a chance to catch up with Jeff Wettlaufer, a Senior Technical Product Manager in the Microsoft System Center division. Jeff’s always interested on the view from the trenches and was kind enough to interview me and Carl from Orinoko about our recent experiences with Windows 7 and System Center. Whether the interview ever sees the light of day, who knows… we’re not exactly well rehearsed in these things so are mainly tongue-tied for the whole thing, but it really did happen:
Wow what a great looking bunch of guys. I’d love to fettle the guy on the right