With more technical learning opportunities than any other event on the Australian IT calendar, Tech•Ed 2010 is a must for informed and ambitious IT Professionals. The rapid acceleration of cloud and mobile technologies promises to transform the IT industry. Tech·Ed 2010 is an opportunity to immerse yourself in technologies that will have a transformative effect on business, with hundreds of IT learning opportunities to help enhance your skills, perspective and knowledge. At Microsoft’s largest annual technology event, engage with Microsoft innovators, 3rd party experts and thousands of your IT industry peers. Learn With a massive spectrum of content, Tech•Ed 2010 offers more technical learning opportunities than any other Australian IT conference, complimented by Voice of the Customer Sessions that detail customer evidence of cutting edge IT solutions and the capability they deliver.
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The Tech Ed Australia 2010 Call for Topics tool is open until 12 June, so now’s the time to submit that great idea for a session.
All the way through the process you’ll be able to review your submission and track its status.
Just remember, this is only the second time we’ve opened up the Call for Topics publically like this and we’re likely to receive many more proposals than we’ve got slots to fill, so please don’t be disappointed if your submission isn’t selected.
Take Part in the world’s first office mayor meetup to celebrate the launch of Microsoft Office 2010 WHAT: Microsoft is hosting the world’s first office mayor meet up for Foursquare users -Join us for a chance to win a copy of Office Home & Business 2010 valued at AU $379 RRP. -110 copies of Office Home & Business 2010 up for grabs -Take part in a social networking first -Opportunities for winners to also win a copy of Office 2010 Professional -T-shirt give aways for the first 300 attendees WHERE/WHEN: Martin Place, Amphitheatre area, Sydney CBD 15 June 2010 12:10pm – 1:10pm Hashtag: #OfficeMayor HOW: -Be a Foursquare Mayor of your office, business, home or school (or wherever you do your work!) -Show up at Martin Place Amphitheatre area and look for the Microsoft Office 2010 signs -Be one of the first 110 mayors to check in on Foursquare at the Office 2010 Mayor Meetup -Leave a message when you check in saying why you want to win a copy of Office 2010
WATCH THIS SPACE: Microsoft Australia on Twitter: http://twitter.com/msau Office Mayor Meetup on Foursquare: http://foursquare.com/venue/4524194 Office Mayor Meetup on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119884928053554&ref=mf If it rains: Don’t worry, we’ve got that covered – and we’ll have you covered too at a nearby indoor venue. NSW Permit No: LTPS-10-0548 Terms & Conditions
Interact with the track owners for Tech•Ed 2010 Australia this year, give them your ideas and suggestions to help them shape a great Tech•Ed! Discussion forum links Architecture Cloud Computing and Online Services Data Platform and BI Developer Tools, Languages and Frameworks Dynamics Management Office and SharePoint Security, Identity and Access Unified Communications Virtualisation Voice of the Customer Web Platform Windows Client Windows Phone Windows Server
This is the book for IT professionals who want to learn more about the latest Microsoft virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, and Microsoft’s private and public cloud computing platforms including Windows Azure. The primary target audience for this book is IT administrators, implementers, and decision makers of large and mid-sized organizations who want to learn about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions based on these technologies. The book assumes that you are familiar with core Windows Server technologies and how to implement an Active Directory Domain Services infrastructure. The book also assumes you have experience working with the latest client and server versions of Windows, namely Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Finally, the book assumes you are already familiar with earlier Microsoft virtualization products such as Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. You can now download Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions, From the Desktop to the Datacenter in XPS format here and in PDF format here.
Announced at TechEd North America: “Public beta of service pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 coming by end of July. The new virtualization tools in SP1 will help Windows Server 2008 R2 users prepare for cloud computing, Remote FX provides rich 3-D graphical experience for remote users, and Dynamic Memory enables more control to adjust memory usage without sacrificing performance. The service pack also will include a series of incremental updates, previously delivered through Windows Update, for both Windows Server and Windows 7 users.” Here are some videos of some of the new features in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 – Dynamic Memory and RemoteFX
A friendly reminder for our first Live Meeting this Friday for Microsoft Cloud Services month in June. Windows Azure and the IT Pro Discussion Friday 4 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East) Speaker Change – Jorke Odolphi, Web Platform Architect Evangelist Microsoft Australia Do cloud services make the IT Pro obsolete? Join us in this informative session to discuss the role of IT Pros with regard to Windows Azure. Discover what’s changed and what hasn’t for the IT Professional including how to manage services in the new cloud environment and what tools are available to help manage the application lifecycle. Register today