FREE training on Windows Azure This one day deep dive class will get you up to speed on developing for Windows Azure. The class includes a trainer with deep real world experience with Windows Azure, as well as a series of labs so you can practice what you just learned. Awesome . How much does it cost...

FREE SharePoint training – Dublin 18th April (08:30 – 15:30) AvePoint is pleased to present a very special MVP workshop on Thursday, April 18 in Dublin, Ireland on Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and moving to the cloud . This workshop, organized for IT professionals, is intended to empower and train attendees...

FREE in-person event - Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 Software powers the world – without software, our life would be very different! And right now is a very exciting time to be involved in software development. Microsoft and Storm Technology will be in Dublin and Belfast with this...

Save the Date: 23rd – 26th April 2013 and fill out the poll below. This April we are joining up with Microsoft UK and taking part in their online version of TechDays . Details are still in the making, but we’ve been asked to get our asks in. If you’re interested in attending a fantastic, online event...

Microsoft Technology User Groups Ireland – System Centre Special Interest Group This week we hosted four online meetings, each covering a different aspect of System Centre Configuration Manager (SCCM). Paul Keely, our local System Centre MVP, gave us four hours of his experience and knowledge. And we...

Microsoft Technology User Groups Ireland (MTUG.ie) – SharePoint meeting in Dublin Wednesday 28th November @ 18:00 – 21:00 in the Gresham Hotel, 22-23 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 Real World Large Scale SharePoint Deployments This session will discuss the large scale deployment of the document management...

Microsoft Technology User Groups Ireland – Four presentations from the System Centre User Group Paul Keely from Infront Consulting, a local MVP is kicking off the Irish System Centre User Group (a Special Interest Group under the overall Microsoft Technology User Groups Ireland). So it’s not a week ...

The Irish Windows User Group will be running a session focusing on OCS, aka Office Communications Server. The speaker is John McCabe, a senior engineer with CDSoft. Mobile users and mobile computing have enabled a more flexible workforce but there is a challenge in enabling communications that are...

On June 12th the Windows User Group will be running a session on Exchange 2010, also known as Exchange 14. The speaker, Nathan Winters, is an Exchange MVP, consultant and author with huge experience and a growing international reputation. As you can see from the session agenda, the world of email has...

Tech Days, a joint effort between Microsoft and the IT Pro community, is bringing exceptional up-to-date technical content to Galway and Cork. Register and learn more about these evening events @ http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/technet/techdays.aspx Galway will cover Windows 7 and Client Deployment...

The countdown is on for MS Community Tech Days!... only two weeks until Galway and Cork at the time of posting this (Galway 10th and Cork 12th March). Blindingly good technical content to be caught! Learn more and register @ http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/technet/techdays.aspx . Tech Days are a...

Great news for those of you over in the mid-West of Ireland! On March 3 rd , Westpark Business Centre will host the inaugural Shannon SharePoint User Group Meeting. The breakfast event will run from 8am until 10.30am and has some terrific speakers representing both multinational technology firms and...

Your chance to see the SBS 2008 server-side setup process, learn more about the pre-requisite step of configuring your router\firewall. 6pm December 7 th , location tbc . Please register to receive updates. You must be logged in to register for this event. There is a 5euro charge for this event;...

Wahoooo!... Last night saw the inaugural meeting of the SharePoint User Group in Ireland and it got off to a flying start! The meeting took place in Sandyford in Dublin and the introdcutory topic was 'Setting up a MOSS Farm'. Stephen Cummins (local SharePoint User Group Lead and SharePoint MVP) presented...

More great speakers coming to Ireland for the SQL User Group Meetings! On November 10th, Arun Justus will hold a "Technical BI Workshop" in the Auditorium in the Atrium building at 18:00. Arun is a BI technical advisor for Microsoft in 12 countries. Registration for this event is here http://sql.mtug...

It's been on the cards for a while now...but I'm delighted to announce that, SharePoint MVP, Stephen Cummins is going to head up the Irish SharePoint User Group, which is due to have its inaugural meeting on the evening November 17th! Stephen is actually going to be the first speaker too - the opening...

Thanks to those of you who made it along the TechNet screening of Blade Runner last night - I think you'll agree that this movie is an absolute classic (extra scenes or not) and it's amazing how well it's stood the test of time!! A couple of beers were had after and it was a nice atmosphere for me to...

Bob Duffy (SQL Ranger and friend of TechNet), got a chance to pose some probing questions to SQL gurus Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal, on how they felt about their experience in rainy Ireland last week and their opinions on the best bits of SQL Server 2008. Here are some short video interviews you can...

Now the dust is settling over the Tripod in Dublin I'd love to hear some verbatims from anyone who attended the event. We had over 2000 through the doors in three sessions - there was a lot of activity in all the sessions. What did you like or didn't like about the event? Did you register for one of...

This document provides an overview of Linux IPsec solutions as well as detailed discussions on configuring IPsec-Tools for interoperability scenarios between Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 It describes the configuration and testing of IPsec interoperability scenarios performed between Linux and Windows...

The Microsoft Technology User Group in Cork is hosting an event on Windows Server 2008 (Previously known as code name "Longhorn" Server). In this session, Dave Northey will cover some of the scenarios which will make "Longhorn" server a must-have for IT organisations when it comes out later this year...

There is a great event on June 7th that MTUG.ie (Microsoft Technology User Groups in Ireland) have organised. The Irish Microsoft Technology Conference is an event by the Irish Tech Community for the Irish Tech Community. There is a brilliant line-up 18 expert tech sessions to choose from, covering a...

The Microsoft Technology User Groups (MTUG) in Galway and Limerick are putting on a session by Dave Northey on Longhorn Server. Please see more detail below - Longhorn Server Master Class Galway Date: 02 May 2007 19:30 - 21:00 Limerick Date: 03 May 2007 19:30 - 21:00 Microsoft...

Agenda: Microsoft Virtualisation Event Galway: April 10th 4pm – 7pm, Westwood House Hotel Cork: April 11th 4pm – 7pm, Maryborough House Hotel Microsoft’s Virtualisation Strategy Microsoft’s Virtualisation Products: Today Virtual PC Virtual Server SoftGrid (Clustering, Terminal Services, MOM) Microsoft...

I went to a very interesting IT security event hosted by the Irish Information Security Forum last Thursday in brooks hotel Dublin. The IISF is quite a dynamic gathering of security professionals and practitioners from a variety of organisations. I would highly recommend any IT security professional...