Friday, August 01, 2008 12:32 PM
Alan Le Marquand
See how Windows Server 2008 was launched in Dallas
The Dallas event celebrated the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. The event brought together IT Pros and Developers to get an in-depth, up-close look at the new products and gave attendees an opportunity to meet with Microsoft Partners as well as members of the development teams who created the cutting-edge technologies. While I can’t replicate the in-person interaction in this blog, I can give you access to the sessions that were delivered there. Enjoy the videos of both the IT Pro and Developer tracks
Session Videos: IT Pro Track
- Keynote, Chris Sakolosky, Jon Roskill
- Virtualization and your Infrastructure, John Weston
- Exploring Windows Server 2008 Web and Application Technologies, John Weston
- Optimizing your IT Infrastructure with Windows Server 2008, Stephanie Doakes
- What is New in Windows Server 2008, John Weston
- Securing your IT Infrastructure with Windows Server 2008, John Weston
- Enabling Dynamic IT and Optimizing your infrastructure processes and people, Stephanie Doakes
- The Application Platform: Where IT meets business, Stephanie Doakes
- Exploring Business Intelligence and SQL Server 2008, Brad Nelson
Developer Track
US Premier Launch Dallas MSDN Event Page:
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/spotlight/event.aspx?id=101
US Premier Launch Dallas TechNet Event Page:
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/spotlight/event.aspx?id=101
About Alan Le Marquand
I've been in the IT industry since 1983, first as a developer in the UK using COBOL, which lasted about 4 years. During this time I learn the in's and out's of the Honeywell DPS6 operating system and TPS6 transaction system. This lead to a 10 year career at Honeywell, later Bull, where I became a 3rd level support engineer analysing and patching these two systems. The later years at Bull saw the industry change with the release on NT and I switched to supporting NT systems. It was during this period I become a certifed Professional and was offer a job at Microsoft. I completed my MCSE at Microsoft while working at a field presenter. The first 2 years at Microsoft was spent talking to customers about Microsoft Products and helping them deploy, maintain and use them more effectively. In 2001 I transfer from Microsoft UK to Microsoft Corp US. My time at Microsoft HQ has been with TechNet and MSDN and now the Technical Audience team. My role is to design and create the technical content you see at TechNet events and webcasts worldwide. I convert marketing speak and requirements into technical presentation that try to help IT Pros. I am the technical person on this team - even though I have a marketing title. I also run other programs for TechNet, TechNet Spotlight and TechNet Speakter tours. My side line is running and managing the teams systems, which involves administering and maintain the servers, as well as translating technical langauge into language marketeers understand and vice versa. I've now transfer back to the UK to spend more time in a field office and work closer with customers and the community in content development. A lot of my blog will be around the various books I read and review as I design things like the TechNet 24 hour webcast series.
