The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an agentless inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations - including the Windows Azure Platform. It gets your cloud migration planning process going with automated discovery and...

The Belgian SQL Server User Group has announced their SQL Server Days 2011 on 14 & 15 November. With top Belgian and international speakers, this event is not to be missed by SQL Server experts.

SQL Pass invites SQL Server professionals to their 24 hours webcasts series as a preview on their 2011 summit . From their website “ 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview ”: Indulge in free online SQL Server training with the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview event September 7 and 8. Join knowledgeable...

The Belgian Information Worker User Group ( BIWUG ) has announced their next session about SharePoint 2010 on Thursday September 8th 2011 in Huizingen at RealDolmen. Agenda 18:00-18:30 Welcome 18:30-19:30 SQL Server for SharePoint Geeks (speaker: Thomas Vochten) 19:30-19:45 Break 19:45-20:45 Office 365...

News from the MSDN Belux & TechNet Belux teams… Make the most of your summer: this quieter part of the year means there's time to spend on something that really interests you. Stay tuned on the very latest Microsoft technologies for developers, IT professionals, architects and ISVs. After a short...

The Microsoft Certified Masters Program for Microsoft SQL Server provides the most experienced and talented IT Professionals with worldwide validation and recognition of their deep technical expertise in SQL Server.  The SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master program has been re-launched in...

The session recordings of TechEd Europe 2010 are now available online . Here are already the top 10 best rated sessions of TechEd Online, but you’ll find many more on the website: The Case of the Unexplained, 2010: Troubleshooting with Mark Russinovich Useful Hacker Techniques: Which Part of Hackers...

Case study available in Dutch and French: Belgacom kiest Microsoft SQL Server voor kritieke applicaties en beheer van databases Bij telecombedrijf Belgacom ondersteunt Microsoft SQL Server steeds meer omgevingen, databases, gebruikers en applicaties. Het beheer gebeurt zo veel mogelijk centraal in het...

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is an agentless tool designed to simplify and streamline the IT infrastructure planning process across multiple scenarios through network-wide automated discovery and assessments. This Solution Accelerator performs an inventory of heterogeneous...

Even though it’s summer, the MSDN and TechNet teams are not relaxing on a sunny beach. Instead they are providing you some nice learning materials to sharpen your technical skills. And it doesn’t have to take a lot of your time; they start with info that can be digested in a few minutes already… The...

Community Day is back with the Fourth Edition of the biggest community event in Belgium! No less than 14 Microsoft user groups combine their efforts to organize this unique knowledge-sharing and networking event . With so many new Microsoft product and technology releases, the content of this Community...

  Mike Ganotti , the Social Media Samurai that regularly goes on Productivity Adventures , created a series of informational and fun videos on Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010: Office Web Applications “Comprised of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, Microsoft Office Web Applications...

CODit invited Jon Flanders to give a deep-dive training on Windows Server AppFabric (code name "Dublin") and Workflow 4.0 Services. Hands-on labs will be part of the training.  The training, scheduled at June 15th – 18th, will provide a detailed overview of Windows Server AppFabric, AppFabric...

TechEd Europe announced on Twitter that the conference will be held in Berlin 8-12 November 2010 . Register before 5 July and save 500 EUR. Join the mailing list to get the latest news and get informed when registration opens. Technorati Tags: teched , teched europe , tee10 , berlin

Microsoft Press publishes another free e-book: "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2" by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner . The authors' purpose in "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2" is to point out both the new and the improved in the latest version of SQL Server. As you read this book, you...

SQL Server and BI professionals will gather from 21 till 23 April 2010 in Neuss (Germany) for the SQL PASS European Conference . PASS European Conference 2010 is Europe's premier conference for SQL Server technical education and business networking. Meet top SQL Server experts from Europe and around...

Microsoft’s Chief Information Officer Tony Scott talks about critical trends facing the IT industry in 2010, including cloud computing, virtualization, and the ongoing need to reduce costs and improve efficiency. More insights on how Microsoft Does IT at http://www.microsoft.com/itshowcase . You can...

  In an ideal world, when you get a request to answer a question like, “How did the blue version of our product perform in these regions over this period?” you can just open Excel, drag a few items onto a blank sheet and get the answer. If you are in a small business you probably can do this today...

Dutch sessions: (for French sessions, see below) Beste praktijken voor de installatie van OpsMgr R2, informatie uit de praktijk (12 januari) Neem deel aan deze infosessie over de uitrolling van OpsMgr 2007 R2, waarin we bespreken wat er wel en niet werkte bij de uitrolling van OpsMgr 2007 R2 in...

Presenters: Suzanne Morgan, Microsoft Senior Program Manager, Lindsey Allen, Principal Program Manager.  This webcast focuses on virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server using Microsoft solutions and cover the benefits of using Microsoft virtualization technologies instead of technologies from key competitors...

As a partner of Microsoft you are entitled to use different types of pre-sales support. Think about : Ref. Cases, Technical Advisory Services, Technical Sales Assistance, Looking for a Presentation , … Reference Cases : In General Cases in Belgium : http://www.microsoft.be/cases Cases Worldwide : www...

On Thursday December 3rd, 2009, the Belgian SQL Server User Group (SQLUG.BE) and Microsoft are teaming up to organize the second edition of the Belgian SQL Server Day in Mechelen. With a strong set of sessions and speakers, the opportunity to connect with over 250 of your peers and the first sneak preview...

Welcome to this new blog targeted at  Microsoft partners in Belgium. Goal of this blog is to distribute all partner related readiness information on Microsoft products.