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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>PTA Team Blog for Belgium &amp; Luxembourg</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 5.6.583.19849 (Build: 5.6.583.19849)</generator><item><title>TechEd Europe back in Amsterdam, 26-29 June 2012</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2012/01/10/teched-europe-back-in-amsterdam-26-29-june-2012.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:08:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3474667</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3474667</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2012/01/10/teched-europe-back-in-amsterdam-26-29-june-2012.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/0830.logo_5F00_tee12_5F00_50208189.png"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="logo_tee12" border="0" alt="logo_tee12" align="right" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/3051.logo_5F00_tee12_5F00_thumb_5F00_35E01865.png" width="180" height="110" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;TechEd is for technology professionals involved in building, deploying or maintaining IT solutions using Microsoft technologies. &lt;a href="http://europe.msteched.com/"&gt;TechEd Europe&lt;/a&gt; will offer four days of more than 1,000 education opportunities and hands-on training across the full range of Microsoft products and solutions. You will learn in-depth about the latest technology trends and how you can leverage these effectively in your business. TechEd is the forum to gain the expertise, connections, and insights that will help you get the most from your existing IT investments.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;Get a subscription to TechNet: access to full versions of Microsoft software&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p&gt;When you register for &lt;a href="http://europe.msteched.com/"&gt;TechEd Europe&lt;/a&gt; you will get a subscription to TechNet! This is a great opportunity to get access to full versions of Microsoft’s OS, Application, Server and Dynamics software to evaluate and test for your organizational needs with no time bombs or feature limits. Compliment your TechEd learning experiences with access to courseware and priority support in the TechNet forums.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;Get a step up&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p&gt;By arriving a day early Monday, 25 June and registering for the special &lt;a href="http://europe.msteched.com/PreCons"&gt;Pre-Conference Seminars&lt;/a&gt; you can get in-depth training and insights on the Microsoft technologies and products that power their businesses. Each day-long seminar will be taught by industry experts, and will address specific technical topics that have been specifically chosen for our attendees.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;h3&gt;Register early and save&lt;/h3&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://register.europe.msteched.com/"&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; by 31 March 2012 and receive €300 off your conference pass. Visit the &lt;a href="http://europe.msteched.com/"&gt;conference website&lt;/a&gt; and learn more about being at the Center of IT!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Join &lt;a href="http://europe.msteched.com/"&gt;TechEd Europe&lt;/a&gt; in Amsterdam and explore the latest products, get hands-on learning opportunities and connect with industry and Microsoft experts face-to-face, without the distractions of the office.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3474667" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Lync Awareness and End-User Education Materials</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/29/lync-awareness-and-end-user-education-materials.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:32:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3456368</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3456368</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/29/lync-awareness-and-end-user-education-materials.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;We’ve recently announced the availability of brand new &lt;a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicator-help/article-title-HA102755671.aspx"&gt;Lync awareness and end-user education materials&lt;/a&gt;, including posters, table tents, stickers, and multiple quick reference cards. These kinds of materials are typically leveraged in readiness &amp;amp; adoption engagements at customers to assist with the adoption of the technology deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3456368" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category></item><item><title>SharePoint 2010 Implementers courses: Internet Sites and Enterprise Content Management</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/22/sharepoint-2010-implementers-courses-internet-sites-and-enterprise-content-management.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:35:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3454905</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3454905</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/22/sharepoint-2010-implementers-courses-internet-sites-and-enterprise-content-management.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Paul Andrew recently blogged about &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pandrew/archive/2011/08/01/sharepoint-2010-implementers-courseware.aspx"&gt;two training courses for implementing SharePoint solutions&lt;/a&gt;. Each of these courses contains 15 modules representing 5 days of instructor led training and each module includes video lessons, hands-on labs, and a quiz:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/hh126808"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SharePoint Enterprise Content Management Implementers Course&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;This course teaches implementers how to leverage features in SharePoint Server to implement an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system. ECM systems are designed to manage large amounts of content, including content in the form of documents and content in pages, wiki libraries, blog posts, and other types of non-document content. Document management is the heart of ECM. This course develops the key skills that are necessary to deploy SharePoint Server for ECM solutions at organizations of any size. &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/sharepoint/hh126807"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SharePoint for Internet Sites Implementers Course&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;This course describes how to implement and brand a SharePoint based public website using SharePoint web content management (WCM). After the course is completed, you may be able to implement a SharePoint deployment of a branded website with structured content management. You may also be able to successfully plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain an Internet site. No development experience is required, but experience with HTML and CSS is recommended. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3454905" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/ECM/">ECM</category></item><item><title>Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit for Windows Azure Platform</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/13/microsoft-assessment-and-planning-map-toolkit-for-windows-azure-platform.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:08:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3452803</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3452803</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/13/microsoft-assessment-and-planning-map-toolkit-for-windows-azure-platform.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit&lt;/a&gt; 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 detailed inventory reporting of web applications, application portfolios, and database readiness for the Windows Azure platform.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Catalog all of the applications in your environment:&lt;/strong&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;Inventory and report on web application portfolios and SQL Server database instances in your environment.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Azure Readiness Assessment &amp;amp; Capacity Assessment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Estimate the needed capacity to run your applications on the Windows Azure Platform &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Evaluate applications based on migration difficulty &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Stack rank applications in terms of migration suitability &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Obtain a TCO-ROI analysis for the application &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Helps you to plan for the migration of on-premises workloads to Windows Azure and SQL Azure &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Other MAP scenario’s:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd627342"&gt;Windows 7 &amp;amp; Internet Explorer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537573"&gt;Windows Server 2008 R2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537570"&gt;Hyper-V Consolidation&lt;/a&gt; (read how &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000002608"&gt;Banque de Luxembourg&lt;/a&gt; used MAP for their virtualization project) &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/hh324976"&gt;Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd537572"&gt;SQL Server 2008 R2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd632446"&gt;Microsoft Office 2010 &amp;amp; Office 365&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/ff807352"&gt;Software Licensing and Asset Management&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3452803" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Custom+Development/">Custom Development</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/SOA/">SOA</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Database/">Database</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Virtualization/">Virtualization</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Azure/">Azure</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Online+Services/">Online Services</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category></item><item><title>SQL Server Days 2011 Belgium: Nov 14-15</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/12/sql-server-days-2011-belgium-nov-14-15.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:52:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3452625</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3452625</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/12/sql-server-days-2011-belgium-nov-14-15.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The Belgian SQL Server User Group has announced their &lt;a href="http://www.sqlserverdays.be/"&gt;SQL Server Days 2011&lt;/a&gt; on 14 &amp;amp; 15 November. With top Belgian and international speakers, this event is not to be missed by SQL Server experts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3452625" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/BI/">BI</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Database/">Database</category></item><item><title>Free webcasts “24 Hours of PASS: Summit 2011 Preview” (7 &amp; 8 September)</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/01/free-webcasts-24-hours-of-pass-summit-2011-preview-7-amp-8-september.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:57:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3450629</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3450629</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/09/01/free-webcasts-24-hours-of-pass-summit-2011-preview-7-amp-8-september.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/fall2011/"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="sql_24hrs_of_pass" border="0" alt="sql_24hrs_of_pass" align="right" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/7651.sql_5F00_24hrs_5F00_of_5F00_pass_5F00_716495AA.png" width="137" height="56" /&gt;SQL Pass&lt;/a&gt; invites SQL Server professionals to their 24 hours webcasts series as a preview on their &lt;a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2011/"&gt;2011 summit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;From their website “&lt;a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/fall2011/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;”:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Indulge in free online SQL Server training with the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview event September 7 and 8. Join knowledgeable SQL Server experts - slated to present in-depth sessions at PASS Summit 2011 - as they preview their SQL Server session topics over these 24 free technical webcasts.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seats for this virtual event are limited and will fill up quickly so make sure you &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=lj6378f4fhf5hpdm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;register today.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;More info at &lt;a title="http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/fall2011/" href="http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/fall2011/"&gt;http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/fall2011/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=lj6378f4fhf5hpdm"&gt;register here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3450629" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/BI/">BI</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Database/">Database</category></item><item><title>Partner POC Enablement Kit Update: Desktop Virtualization with System Center and Citrix</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/23/partner-poc-enablement-kit-update-desktop-virtualization-with-system-center-and-citrix.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:46:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3448583</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3448583</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/23/partner-poc-enablement-kit-update-desktop-virtualization-with-system-center-and-citrix.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="System Center System Integrators" border="0" alt="System Center System Integrators" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/7536.system_5F00_center_5F00_si_5F00_17287644.png" width="640" height="77" /&gt;   &lt;p&gt;We are publicly announcing the release of an &lt;a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/MSDSA"&gt;update to the Desktop Virtualization with System Center and Citrix Systems Integrator Partner Enablement Kit&lt;/a&gt;. This kit provides the Virtual Images and documentation required for a consultant of a Microsoft partner and systems integrator to perform a 5-day Proof-of-Concept around Desktop Virtualization, System Center management, and Citrix interoperability. This new release updates several documents including the “Citrix XenDesktop™ Quick Proof of Concept Kit – How To for Integrated Environments for Hyper-V”.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The kit contains pre-configured virtual images and materials for a complete 5-day Proof-of-Concept, education materials to help consultants increase their expertise in System Center products, and consulting templates to help practice managers create the collateral they need for a profitable System Center practice:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;294 Presentations slides &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;173 Documentation pages &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;10 Virtual Images &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3448583" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Desktop+Deployment/">Desktop Deployment</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Virtualization/">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Free SharePoint community event by BIWUG (Sept 8th)</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/23/free-sharepoint-community-event-by-biwug-sept-8th.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:48:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3448576</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3448576</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/23/free-sharepoint-community-event-by-biwug-sept-8th.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The Belgian Information Worker User Group (&lt;a href="http://www.biwug.be/"&gt;BIWUG&lt;/a&gt;) has announced their next session about SharePoint 2010 on Thursday September 8th 2011 in Huizingen at RealDolmen.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda&lt;/strong&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;       &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td valign="top" width="80"&gt;18:00-18:30&lt;/td&gt;          &lt;td valign="top"&gt;Welcome &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;        &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td valign="top" width="80"&gt;18:30-19:30&lt;/td&gt;          &lt;td valign="top"&gt;SQL Server for SharePoint Geeks (speaker: Thomas Vochten)&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;        &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td valign="top" width="80"&gt;19:30-19:45&lt;/td&gt;          &lt;td valign="top"&gt;Break&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;        &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td valign="top" width="80"&gt;19:45-20:45&lt;/td&gt;          &lt;td valign="top"&gt;Office 365 - but mainly SharePoint Online - from a technical perspective (speaker: Joris Poelmans)&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;     &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&amp;amp;cp=50.752348438486365~4.2636206024844325&amp;amp;lvl=19&amp;amp;dir=0&amp;amp;sty=a&amp;amp;rtp=adr.~pos.50.75214819644776_4.263167309160916_near%20A%20Vaucampslaan%2C%201654%20Beersel%2C%20Belgium___a_&amp;amp;mode=D&amp;amp;rtop=0~0~0~&amp;amp;form=LMLTCC"&gt;map and directions&lt;/a&gt;) RealDolmen Industriezone Zenneveld, Vaucampslaan 42, 1654 Huizingen, Belgium&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Hat tip: &lt;a href="http://jopx.blogspot.com/2011/08/next-biwug-session-september-8th-at.html"&gt;Joris Poelmans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3448576" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Collaboration/">Collaboration</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/ECM/">ECM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Database/">Database</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Online+Services/">Online Services</category></item><item><title>Free eBook: Microsoft Office 365 - Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/18/free-ebook-microsoft-office-365-connect-and-collaborate-virtually-anywhere-anytime.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:41:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3447860</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3447860</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/18/free-ebook-microsoft-office-365-connect-and-collaborate-virtually-anywhere-anytime.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2011/08/17/free-ebook-microsoft-office-365-connect-and-collaborate-virtually-anywhere-anytime.aspx"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="right" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/1537.image_5F00_4B7D6CFF.png" width="111" height="134" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Microsoft Press announced that they are offering &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/2/F/12F1FF78-73E1-4714-9A08-6A76FA3DA769/656949ebook.pdf"&gt;Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Katherine Murray, as a free eBook. You can read the full announcement at the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2011/08/17/free-ebook-microsoft-office-365-connect-and-collaborate-virtually-anywhere-anytime.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Press blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Table of contents&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Part I Finding Your Place in the Cloud&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Chapter 1 What’s Happening with the World of Work? &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 2 Getting Started with Office 365 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 3 Administering an Office 365 Account &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Part II Teamwork in the Cloud &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Chapter 4 What Your Team Can Do with Office 365 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 5 Creating Your Team Site with SharePoint Online &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 6 Posting, Sharing, and Managing Files &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 7 Adding and Managing Workflows &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 8 Working with Office 2010 Web Apps &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 9 Going Mobile with Office 365 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Part III Connecting in Real Time &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Chapter 10 Email and Organize with Office 365 &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 11 Talking It Over with Microsoft Lync &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 12 Designing Your Public Website &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Chapter 13 Integrating All Parts of Office 365 &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Appendix A Extras for Great Teams      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;While downloading the ebook, you might also be interested to watch a &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MSGFSTeam"&gt;video presentation from the Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure team&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxA1l1pQIw"&gt;This “Microsoft GFS Datacenter Tour” video&lt;/a&gt; will provide a deeper look at how Microsoft uses secure, reliable, scalable and efficient best practices to deliver over 200 cloud services to more than a billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 70 countries.It provides an understanding at how we view our end-to-end cloud strategy from an infrastructure perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3447860" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Collaboration/">Collaboration</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/ECM/">ECM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Online+Services/">Online Services</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category></item><item><title>Upcoming events by System Center User Group Belgium</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/12/upcoming-events-by-system-center-user-group-belgium.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:22:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3446666</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3446666</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/12/upcoming-events-by-system-center-user-group-belgium.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://scug.be/"&gt;System Center User Group Belgium&lt;/a&gt; is getting ready to start again after the summer holidays. If you want to get updates via e-mail from them directly, please &lt;a href="http://scug.be/user/CreateUser.aspx?ReturnUrl="&gt;sign up&lt;/a&gt;; it’s free!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://scug.be/content/Events.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;System Center Orchestrator: notes from the field&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Date: September 29, 2011 at 18:00&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Location: Microsoft, Zaventem (or online via LiveMeeting)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Join SCUG.BE for their first event after the “hot” summer months. During this event they will discuss the new System Center Orchestrator, what has changed, new integration packs and also how to migrate from Opalis 6.3.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Share this event on &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A//scorch.eventbrite.com/%3Fref%3Desfb"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=http%3A//scorch.eventbrite.com/%3Fref%3Destw"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://systemcenterday11-eorg.eventbrite.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;System Center Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Save the date: November 3, 2011&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Location: Living Tomorrow, Vilvoorde&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;After the great success of last year, SCUG.BE is preparing for a new edition of this event.&amp;#160; With the upcoming releases of all 2012 products of the suite and in particular the SCCM 2012 release this is a &amp;quot;must-be&amp;quot; for everybody who works with the System Center Suite. For this occasion they have some top international speakers like Wally Mead, 4 Belgium System Center MVP's and other System Center Experts and that's why the event will also be held in a &lt;a href="http://events.livingtomorrow.be/"&gt;special place&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This event will also be your opportunity to socialize with fellow System Center administrators and consultants and exchange knowledge, meet with one of the most popular Microsoft speakers of all time and have a nice lunch with the 4 Belgian System Center MVP's and a System Center product manager!&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;The agenda is not yet fully set but you can already &lt;a href="http://systemcenterday11-eorg.eventbrite.com/"&gt;register&lt;/a&gt; for it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1995706211/eorg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;System Center Cafe tour&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Save the date: December 1, 2011&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Did you just read this correct? Did you just saw the word cafe? Yes you did. This year, SCUG.BE is starting something else... They are going to do a ASK THE EXPERTS panel, but not as you know it.&amp;#160; They will be in a bar, enjoying a nice Belgian beer and you are all free to come up and ask them your toughest questions.&amp;#160; First stop of this tour will be a bar in Zaventem. More info on the hour and bar will follow. This is an opportunity you can't miss. All our Belgian System Center MVP's will be there!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3446666" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Management/">Management</category></item><item><title>Dive into the Summer with the newest Microsoft technologies</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/10/dive-into-the-summer-with-the-newest-microsoft-technologies.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:21:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3446222</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3446222</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/08/10/dive-into-the-summer-with-the-newest-microsoft-technologies.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td width="570"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;News from the MSDN Belux &amp;amp; TechNet Belux teams…&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="Dive into the Summer with the newest Microsoft technologies" src="http://www.microsoft.com/belux/summer/2011/mail/img/header.jpg" width="503" height="217" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="1"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.microsoft.com/belux/summer/2011/mail/img/pxG.jpg" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="30"&gt;         &lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.microsoft.com/belux/summer/2011/mail/img/pxW.jpg" width="30" height="1" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td width="508"&gt;         &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;             &lt;tr&gt;               &lt;td&gt;                 &lt;p&gt;                   &lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;p&gt;After a short introductory video, the MSDN and TechNet Belgium &amp;amp; Luxembourg teams tell you everything you need to know about a topic of interest to you. It's quite simple: you define how much time you want to spend on it: half an hour, half a day or a full day.                    &lt;br /&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;Each topic page features a 1 question quiz: please do participate and&amp;#160; try your luck, because you could easily win one of the many prizes on offer!                     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;               &lt;/td&gt;             &lt;/tr&gt;           &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;          &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;             &lt;tr&gt;               &lt;td valign="top" width="253"&gt;                 &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;                     &lt;tr&gt;                       &lt;td valign="top" width="152"&gt;                         &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;                             &lt;tr&gt;                               &lt;td width="152"&gt;                                 &lt;p&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.microsoft.com/belux/summer/2011/mail/img/top.jpg" width="152" height="16" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Microsoft IT Showcase video" border="0" alt="Microsoft IT Showcase video" align="right" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/6470.Microsoft_2D00_IT_2D00_Showcase_2D00_video_5F00_0535A6BD.jpg" width="109" height="99" /&gt;Microsoft IT Showcase&lt;/a&gt; released new &lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/it-showcase.aspx"&gt;videos&lt;/a&gt; on different topics over the past months. These videos explain best practices and experiences from Microsoft IT that give a unique, inside view into how Microsoft plans for, deploys, and manages its own enterprise solutions.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/how-microsoft-it-is-moving-to-the-cloud-to-meet-and-exceed-the-needs-of-the-business.aspx"&gt;How Microsoft IT is Moving to the Cloud to Meet and Exceed the Needs of the Business&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/how-microsoft-it-deployed-internet-explorer-9-at-microsoft.aspx"&gt;How Microsoft IT Deployed Internet Explorer 9 at Microsoft&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/business-insight-improving-financial-reporting-discoverability.aspx"&gt;Consolidating and Sharing Business Intelligence Reports for Finance&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/how-microsoft-monitors-more-efficiently-with-system-center-operations-manager-2007-r2.aspx"&gt;Microsoft Monitors 12,000 URLs More Efficiently with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/how-microsoft-deployed-windows-phone-7-in-the-enterprise.aspx"&gt;How Microsoft Deployed Windows Phone 7 in the Enterprise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/microsoft-it-uses-file-classification-infrastructure-to-help-secure-personally-identifiable-information.aspx"&gt;Microsoft IT Uses File Classification Infrastructure to Help Secure Personally Identifiable Information&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/managing-client-data-backup-storage-and-management-at-microsoft.aspx"&gt;Managing Client Data Backup, Storage and Management at Microsoft&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/edge/how-microsoft-it-does-enterprise-architecture.aspx"&gt;How Microsoft IT Does Enterprise Architecture&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/edge/testing-application-compatibility-for-ie9-at-microsoft.aspx"&gt;Testing Application Compatibility for IE9 at Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/edge/using-the-security-development-lifecycle-best-practices-at-microsoft.aspx"&gt;Using the Security Development Lifecycle Best Practices at Microsoft&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/supporting-innovation-at-microsoft-through-improved-wireless-standards-and-practices"&gt;Supporting Innovation at Microsoft Through Improved Wireless Standards and Practices&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3445684" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/BI/">BI</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Desktop+Deployment/">Desktop Deployment</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Management/">Management</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Mobility/">Mobility</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Online+Services/">Online Services</category></item><item><title>Office 365 @ TechEd 2011 Greatest Hits</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/20/office-365-teched-2011-greatest-hits.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:34:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3436347</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3436347</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/20/office-365-teched-2011-greatest-hits.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://office365.com"&gt;&lt;img title="Microsoft Office 365" border="0" alt="Microsoft Office 365" align="right" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-68-67-metablogapi/3566.ofc365_5F00_h_5F00_rgb_5F00_60E59876.png" width="240" height="77" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Some great sessions on Office 365 from TechEd 2011 North America: &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Overview      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP212"&gt;Microsoft Office 365: The Future of Productivity&lt;/a&gt;, Eron Kelly &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP210"&gt;Microsoft SharePoint Online Overview&lt;/a&gt;, Mark Kashman &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/EXL202"&gt;Microsoft Lync 2010: In the Cloud&lt;/a&gt;, Ziv Fass &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Developer      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/FDN02"&gt;Collaboration in the Cloud with SharePoint: A New World of Productivity&lt;/a&gt;, Eron Kelly &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP305"&gt;Developing Collaboration Solutions in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online&lt;/a&gt;, Chris Mayo &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP306"&gt;Developing Powerful Workflows in the Cloud with Microsoft SharePoint Online&lt;/a&gt;, Chris Mayo &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP206"&gt;Exploring the Office Developer Story in Microsoft Office 365&lt;/a&gt;, Tanuj Bansal &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/EXL303"&gt;Four Ways to Leverage the Microsoft Lync 2010 Client APIs in Your Applications&lt;/a&gt;, Marcello Farjalla &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/EXL324"&gt;Top 10 Insights on Development of Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 against Microsoft Office 365&lt;/a&gt;, Albert Kooiman &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;IT Pro      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP216"&gt;Microsoft Office 365: Deployment Overview&lt;/a&gt;, Zach Beers &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP213"&gt;What Do Existing BPOS Customers Need to Do to Prepare for Microsoft Office 365?&lt;/a&gt;, Michael O'Neill &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP215"&gt;Microsoft Office 365: Identity and Access Solutions&lt;/a&gt;, Ross Adams &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP325"&gt;Microsoft Office 365: Directory Synchronization&lt;/a&gt;, Jono Luk &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/OSP219"&gt;Deploying Microsoft Office Professional Plus Subscription&lt;/a&gt;, Brian Shiers &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/EXL310"&gt;Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365: Simple Migration Live!&lt;/a&gt;, Ram Poomalinga &lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Office 365 Training Course on MSDN: &lt;/b&gt;The course includes 7 sessions, over 10 hours of video, and 16 labs as both an &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=E731BF34-FF5C-444E-9AD8-962D804B4D6A&amp;amp;displaylang=en"&gt;offline training kit&lt;/a&gt; as well as an &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/gg153540.aspx"&gt;online training course on MSDN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Getting Your Own Office 365 Beta Account: &lt;/b&gt;Sign up at &lt;a href="http://office365.com/"&gt;http://office365.com&lt;/a&gt; to get access to the Beta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3436347" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Collaboration/">Collaboration</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/ECM/">ECM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Online+Services/">Online Services</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category></item><item><title>Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 1 Available</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/20/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2012-beta-1-available.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:22:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3436345</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3436345</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/20/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2012-beta-1-available.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The next version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - version 2012 - is available for beta download since a few weeks. To participate, register for &lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=217606"&gt;MDT 2012 Beta 1&lt;/a&gt; at Microsoft Connect. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 rides the next wave of System Center releases with support for System Center Configuration Manager 2012. For Lite Touch installations, MDT 2012 improves the overall client-side user experience, while also providing behind-the-scenes enhancements for partitioning, UEFI, and user state migration. These features, combined with many small enhancements, bug fixes, and a smooth and simple upgrade process, make MDT 2012 Beta 1 more reliable and flexible than ever.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Key benefits include:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Fully leverages the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Improved Lite Touch user experience and functionality&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;A smooth and simple upgrade process for all existing MDT users&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New features include:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;For System Center Configuration Manager customers:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Support for Configuration Manager 2012 (while still supporting Configuration Manager 2007)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;For Lite Touch Installation: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;More flexible partitioning&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Enhanced client-side user experience&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Integrated UEFI deployment capabilities&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;New “Deploy to VHD” scenario&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;For all customers:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Improved user state migration process&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Many small enhancements and bug fixes&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tell the MDT team what you think!&lt;/b&gt; To participate in the MDT 2012 Beta 1 program, download and test the tool in your environment and then provide timely feedback and suggestions to our development team. MDT 2012 Beta 1 runs through August 2011. Please submit your feedback through Connect and direct any support questions you may have to &lt;a href="mailto:satfdbk@microsoft.com?subject=MDT%202012%20Beta%201"&gt;satfdbk@microsoft.com&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you for taking the time to help improve the MDT product feature and functions.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Next steps: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=217606"&gt;Join MDT 2012 Beta 1&lt;/a&gt; and tell the MDT team what you think!&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Help spread the word – &lt;a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=217606"&gt;share the beta invitation link with your friends&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;Send your comments to the &lt;a href="mailto:SATfdbk@microsoft.com"&gt;MDT Team&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mdt"&gt;Learn more&lt;/a&gt; about the MDT.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Get the latest tips from Microsoft Solution Accelerators—in 140 characters or less! Follow the team on Twitter: &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/mssolutionaccel"&gt;@MSSolutionAccel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3436345" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Desktop+Deployment/">Desktop Deployment</category></item><item><title>Lync Server 2010 VHD available for download</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/15/lync-server-2010-vhd-available-for-download.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:21:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3435517</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3435517</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/15/lync-server-2010-vhd-available-for-download.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The “&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26217"&gt;VHD Test Drive - Lync Server 2010&lt;/a&gt;” download comes as a pre-configured set of VHD's and enables you to fully evaluate Microsoft Lync Server 2010.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Microsoft Lync Server 2010 combined with Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 delivers a fresh, intuitive user experience that brings together the different ways people communicate and collaborate in a single user interface. This unified experience facilitates rapid user adoption, while the ability to support a full range of communications from a single platform reduces both capital and operational costs.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26217"&gt;Download this fully configured virtual machine set of the latest release to evaluate Microsoft Lync Server 2010&lt;/a&gt;, and discover the full power of the Microsoft Business Productivity Platform. This VHD set enables real-time communications and collaboration using presence, instant messaging, enterprise voice and video, conferencing and application sharing, as well as features like Unified Messaging and Skill Search powered by Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1a40bc49-91e3-49c9-a47d-12adec4980a4" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Lync" rel="tag"&gt;Lync&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/UC" rel="tag"&gt;UC&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/VHD" rel="tag"&gt;VHD&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Test+Drive" rel="tag"&gt;Test Drive&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/evaluation" rel="tag"&gt;evaluation&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/unified+communications" rel="tag"&gt;unified communications&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/trial" rel="tag"&gt;trial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3435517" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category></item><item><title>Evolution of the Unified Communications Competency</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/14/evolution-of-the-unified-communications-competency.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:26:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3435427</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3435427</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/06/14/evolution-of-the-unified-communications-competency.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;A few weeks ago, &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/hameroff/archive/2011/05/25/announcing-the-evolution-of-the-unified-communications-competency.aspx"&gt;Ian Hameroff announced on his Exchange Partner Marketing blog &lt;/a&gt;that the &lt;a href="http://partner.microsoft.com/global/40124646"&gt;Unified Communication competency in the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN)&lt;/a&gt; will split to become the Messaging competency and the Communications competency in October 2011. The Messaging competency is for solutions partners who want to broaden their business portfolios to sell, deploy, and support Microsoft Exchange and solutions built on the Exchange platform. The Communications competency is for solutions partners who want to broaden their business portfolios to sell, deploy, and support Microsoft Lync or to build products and solutions on or interoperable with the Lync platform.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Read more about it on &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/hameroff/archive/2011/05/25/announcing-the-evolution-of-the-unified-communications-competency.aspx"&gt;Ian’s blog post&lt;/a&gt; or visit the &lt;a href="http://partner.microsoft.com/global/40124646"&gt;UC Competency page on MPN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3435427" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category></item><item><title>Microsoft Lync 2010 Training available for download</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/05/19/microsoft-lync-2010-training-available-for-download.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 07:54:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3430278</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3430278</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/05/19/microsoft-lync-2010-training-available-for-download.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=81735ae1-066f-4348-80e1-60caf53d2b4f"&gt;Lync Training Download Package&lt;/a&gt; contains all of the available training and user education resources for Lync. The training strategy and resources that offer the best return on investment vary depending on the user profile and the product features deployed in your organization. The Lync Training Plans workbook included with this download package helps you understand the available user education and training resources and recommendations for use so that you can make informed decisions about training strategies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3430278" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category></item><item><title>Time Management: Use PowerPivot to Analyze Your Exchange Calendar</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/05/06/time-management-use-powerpivot-to-analyze-your-exchange-calendar.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:53:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3427209</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3427209</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/05/06/time-management-use-powerpivot-to-analyze-your-exchange-calendar.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bi/archive/2011/04/26/conquer-your-calendar-use-powerpivot-to-analyze-your-time.aspx"&gt;BizIntelligence.TV&lt;/a&gt; blog: &lt;em&gt;“Calendar Analytics is a time management application that pulls information from Exchange and visualizes that data in a very easy to use Excel dashboard.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bi/archive/2011/04/26/conquer-your-calendar-use-powerpivot-to-analyze-your-time.aspx"&gt;Read more about it&lt;/a&gt; or watch the video:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iT6OX0ZNanA" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3427209" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/BI/">BI</category></item><item><title>MSDN Belux webcasts on SQL Server self-service BI, FAST Search Server 2010 and Windows Azure</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/05/06/msdn-belux-webcasts-on-sql-server-self-service-bi-fast-search-server-2010-and-windows-azure.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:45:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3427206</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3427206</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/05/06/msdn-belux-webcasts-on-sql-server-self-service-bi-fast-search-server-2010-and-windows-azure.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032485813&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" target="_blank"&gt;May 10, 2011: SQL Server self-service BI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;In this fast paced and ever changing world, insight in your company’s data becomes more and more crucial to stay ahead. Power users need this insight in data now, not in the next week or month. Due to this trend, BI has to evolve into a more mobile, quick and personal approach. Microsoft addresses this need for self-service BI for Power Users with Report Builder 3.0 and PowerPivot. This session gives you a quick overview of the SQL Server BI stack and introduces you to the concepts of self-service BI.     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;Luc Lemaire&lt;/strong&gt; is a Senior Architect at Ordina Belgium. During his 20 year career in IT he advised and assisted many companies with the introduction and optimization of new technology. As an MCT, MCSE and certified MCDBA since SQL Server 6.5 Luc knows the ins and outs of IT infrastructure and IT projects. He currently focuses on the Microsoft SQL Server stack and managing the life cycle of reporting and BI projects. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timing        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;14:00 – 15:30       &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;Attend this webcast and get a &lt;strong&gt;FREE &amp;quot;I have IT in my DNA&amp;quot; T-shirt&lt;/strong&gt;!       &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032485813&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Register now" border="0" alt="Register now" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/2337.registernow_5F00_0160B20E.png" width="142" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032486310&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" target="_blank"&gt;May 24, 2011: FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint: a developers walkthrough&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint extends the SharePoint search functionality and provides an exceptional search experience by incorporating features such as an extensible content processing pipeline, contextual search, extensible relevance models and an advanced query language. This session will introduce the FAST search platform from a developers perspective and will explore the different functionalities as well as talk about common developer tasks around Fast Search 2010 for SharePoint 2010 such as:     &lt;br /&gt;- Configuration and extension of the FAST search webpart     &lt;br /&gt;- Extending the content processing pipeline     &lt;br /&gt;- Building search applications using the SharePoint object model combined with the capabilities of the FAST Query Language (FQL).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joris Poelmans&lt;/strong&gt; works as ECM unit manager and SharePoint principal architect at RealDolmen (&lt;a href="http://www.realdolmen.com/"&gt;www.realdolmen.com&lt;/a&gt;), a leading Belgian IT services company and Microsoft Gold Partner. His main competence area is Information Worker solutions, where he currently focuses on the SharePoint 2010 Products and Technologies platform. In October 2005, he was given the Microsoft MVP award for Windows SharePoint Services. He is also president of the Belgian Information Worker User Group (&lt;a href="http://www.biwug.be/"&gt;www.biwug.be&lt;/a&gt;) which regularly organizes sessions about the SharePoint platform in general. He can be contacted through his blog at &lt;a href="http://jopx.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://jopx.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timing      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;14:00 – 15:30     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Attend this webcast and get a &lt;strong&gt;FREE &amp;quot;Cloud Continuum&amp;quot; T-shirt&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032486310&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Register now" border="0" alt="Register now" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/5481.registernow_5F00_244173BE.png" width="142" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032485835&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" target="_blank"&gt;June 7, 2011: Integration as a service - Creating hybrid solutions with the Windows Azure Platform&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="4" face="Arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;There are plenty of business drivers for enterprises to consider a move the cloud, but at the same time there are plenty of reasons as well why these enterprises will not be able to move their entire stack in the short term. At least for the next ten years hybrid systems will be the defacto standard way of implementing cloud based systems in the corporate world. In this session I will show you around the different services, offered by the Windows Azure Platform, that ensure a seamless integration between cloud and on-premises resources.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yves Goeleven&lt;/strong&gt; is a Windows Azure MVP and Solution Architect for Capgemini Belgium. His main focus is on the implementation of enterprise grade solutions on the Microsoft’s platform in corporate environments, based on both custom software development practices as well as platform services offered by Microsoft, including for example the Windows Azure Platform and xRM.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timing      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;14:00 – 15:30     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Attend this webcast and get a &lt;strong&gt;FREE Windows Azure hat&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032485835&amp;amp;Culture=en-US" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Register now" border="0" alt="Register now" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/2744.registernow_5F00_22FCDADF.png" width="142" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3427206" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/BI/">BI</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Custom+Development/">Custom Development</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Search/">Search</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Azure/">Azure</category></item><item><title>Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 SP1 RTM</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/10/windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-7-sp1-rtm.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:15:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3386479</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3386479</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/10/windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-7-sp1-rtm.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Michael Kleef announced the &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2011/02/09/windows-server-2008-r2-and-windows-7-sp1-releases-to-manufacturing-today.aspx"&gt;RTM of Service Pack 1 for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7&lt;/a&gt;: “SP1 will be made generally available for download on February 22.“&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3386479" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Desktop+Deployment/">Desktop Deployment</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Virtualization/">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>System Center Management Pack catalog</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/06/system-center-management-pack-catalog.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:13:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3385277</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3385277</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/06/system-center-management-pack-catalog.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for information on the different Management Packs that are currently available for the different products in the System Center suite, check out the list of &lt;a href="http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/systemcenter"&gt;System Center Management Packs on Microsoft Pinpoint&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3385277" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Management/">Management</category></item><item><title>How Microsoft IT Deployed FAST Search for SharePoint 2010</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/04/how-microsoft-it-deployed-fast-search-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:56:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3385033</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3385033</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/04/how-microsoft-it-deployed-fast-search-for-sharepoint-2010.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="msit_showcase" border="0" alt="msit_showcase" align="right" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/0702.msit_5F00_showcase_5F00_46CACB4C.jpg" width="98" height="74" /&gt;As part of its migration to SharePoint 2010, Microsoft IT recently deployed FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 and the enterprise search service for its hosted environments. The goal was to provide an experience that is more efficient and effective for its end users. &lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/customizing-the-user-experience-with-fast-search.aspx"&gt;This video&lt;/a&gt; will cover some aspects about the implementation and support of the enterprise search farm, as well as the wins and benefits that FAST Search for SharePoint has provided not only to end-users, but also to MSIT.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/customizing-the-user-experience-with-fast-search.aspx"&gt;Check out the video case study.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3385033" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Search/">Search</category></item><item><title>Unified Communications case study from Microsoft IT</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/04/unified-communications-case-study-from-microsoft-it.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:26:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3385023</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3385023</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/02/04/unified-communications-case-study-from-microsoft-it.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/7674.image_5F00_23FD7B15.png"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="right" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/0576.image_5F00_thumb_5F00_41FB8909.png" width="198" height="101" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Microsoft IT used a business value framework developed by Forrester Research to more precisely measure the overall business impact and the return on investment of unified communications at Microsoft. The analysis showed that the UC solution was generating an ROI of 250 percent by enabling employees to save more than $218 million annually.&amp;#160; Based on the outcome of this analysis, Microsoft will continue to use this methodology to justify investments in UC technology. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/business/success/Stories.aspx?StoryID=252"&gt;Success story video (with Tony Scott, CIO at Microsoft Corp and others)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7ef41c8e-d944-424c-976e-21d825a91862"&gt;Download the document&lt;/a&gt; (dated November 2010 at the moment of posting) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3385023" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category></item><item><title>TechDays 2011: Early Bird Pricing Extended Until 28 February 2011</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/01/24/techdays-2011-early-bird-pricing-extended-until-28-february-2011.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:19:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3382033</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3382033</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/01/24/techdays-2011-early-bird-pricing-extended-until-28-february-2011.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techdays.be"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="extendedEB" border="0" alt="extendedEB" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/7331.extendedEB_5F00_3FED87E6.jpg" width="87" height="88" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://www.techdays.be"&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="techdaysbannerEB" border="0" alt="techdaysbannerEB" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/2134.techdaysbannerEB_5F00_1D49496B.jpg" width="353" height="89" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techdays.be" target="_blank"&gt;Register now&lt;/a&gt; with extended Early Bird pricing         &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Discover new technologies and increase your knowledge about current technologies on April 26, 27 and 28 at Metropolis, Antwerp. Do you want to attend at a discounted price? We have good news for you: &lt;strong&gt;the Early Bird pricing period has been extended until February 28, 2011&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.techdays.be" target="_blank"&gt;Register now and save up to €125 (actual saving depends on the “package” you order)!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why you should not miss this year's TechDays&lt;/strong&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;TechDays 2011 delivers more than 80 technical sessions presented by top national and international speakers. The 3-day conference covers overview to very technical sessions on .NET language, framework and tools evolutions including &lt;strong&gt;C# and Visual Basic futures, WCF, parallel programming, development practices, OData, VSTS&lt;/strong&gt;, ...; new web and client development techniques and technologies like &lt;strong&gt;ASP.NET MVC 3, HTML5, MVVM, Silverlight 5, Windows Phone 7, XNA&lt;/strong&gt;, etc; and of course the newest stuff covering the Cloud with the &lt;strong&gt;Windows Azure Platform&lt;/strong&gt;.       &lt;br /&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;Further you can expect how to learn to &lt;strong&gt;write PowerShell scripts&lt;/strong&gt;, how to lockdown your pc infrastructure with &lt;strong&gt;Applocker and Group Policies&lt;/strong&gt;, how to build &lt;strong&gt;high available virtualization infrastructure&lt;/strong&gt;, what &lt;strong&gt;VDI&lt;/strong&gt; is and what the impact will be on your infrastructure. Finally you will also discover the &lt;strong&gt;vnext versions&lt;/strong&gt; of some of the &lt;strong&gt;System Center product&lt;/strong&gt; and the future of &lt;strong&gt;SQL Server&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deep dives&lt;/strong&gt;       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;On April 28th we are organizing different deep dives. Deep dives are full day post-conference workshops delivered by industry experts.      &lt;br /&gt;This year's Deep Dives are focused on &lt;strong&gt;Application Lifecycle Management&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;strong&gt;Cloud&lt;/strong&gt; (Windows Azure Platform), &lt;strong&gt;Direct Access&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Virtual Desktop Infrastructure&lt;/strong&gt;.       &lt;br /&gt;For the ALM Deep Dive we can also confirm that some of the speakers are &lt;strong&gt;Visual Studio ALM Rangers&lt;/strong&gt; (check out &lt;a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ee358786.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; if you don't know what the Rangers are).      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Top speakers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Even more top speakers have been confirmed, out of which we can give you a few names including &lt;strong&gt;Vittorio Bertocci&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Glenn Block&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Brian Keller&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Rob Miles&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Ingo Rammer&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Clemens Vasters&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Don Jones&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Dan Holme&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Jeremy Moskowitz&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Dandy Weyn&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;John Craddock&lt;/strong&gt; and many more…       &lt;br /&gt;Keep an eye on the &lt;a href="http://www.techdays.be" target="_blank"&gt;TechDays website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt; as we will continuously announcing confirmed speakers and sessions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.techdays.be" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="Save your seats for TechDays 2011!" src="http://msbe115.tdwin.be/mail/v2/img/btn_saveSeats.gif" width="235" height="58" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3382033" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Security/">Security</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Desktop+Deployment/">Desktop Deployment</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Management/">Management</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Virtualization/">Virtualization</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/ALM/">ALM</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Azure/">Azure</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Online+Services/">Online Services</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category></item><item><title>Developing App for Monitoring Lync’s Response Group Queue</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/01/19/developing-app-for-monitoring-lync-response-group-queue.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:19:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3381246</guid><dc:creator>Tom Mertens</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3381246</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/2011/01/19/developing-app-for-monitoring-lync-response-group-queue.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ucprofessional.blogspot.com/"&gt;Frederik Lefevre&lt;/a&gt; wrote a post on how he could &lt;a href="http://ucprofessional.blogspot.com/2011/01/response-group-queue-monitoring.html"&gt;easily create a Response Group Service queue monitoring application&lt;/a&gt; using queries on the databases used by Lync .&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Rgs_Queue_Monitoring" border="0" alt="Monitoring Lync&amp;#39;s Response Group Queue" src="http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-79-75-metablogapi/7206.Rgs_5F00_Queue_5F00_Monitoring_5F00_23650F7F.png" width="442" height="318" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3381246" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/belpta/archive/tags/UC/">UC</category></item></channel></rss>