Windows 7 has been out for almost a year and many customers are well on their way to rolling it out.  In this session we’ll discuss Zero Touch deployment using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and how to configure it for zero touch and to use it to easily deploy Windows 7 images.  Demo’s will include configuring the deployment environment, configuring offline installation of Windows 7 language packs and updates, configuring a new computer for PXE installation and configuring a computer for a complete refresh to Windows 7.

Date: Thursday, 30 September
Time: 2:00pm Australia (East)
Speaker: Jeff Alexander

Twitter Hashtag: #technetlive

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The BizTalk User Community in Australia & New Zealand have come together to present a community event around BizTalk Server 2010.  The event will be a Saturday event in many cities around Australia and New Zealand showcasing the new features of BizTalk Server 2010.  The day will consist of short talks about the new feature and then hands on labs to allow you first hand experience with the new features.  Biztalk Saturday website.

Perth
Saturday, October 09, 2010
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Sydney
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The agenda for the day can be found here
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Melbourne
Saturday, October 23, 2010
The agenda for the day can be found here
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Darwin
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The agenda for the day can be found here
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Brisbane
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The agenda for the day can be found here
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Adelaide
Saturday, December 04, 2010
The agenda for the day can be found here
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Canberra
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The agenda for the day can be found here
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It’s also no secret that most small businesses today do not have a dedicated IT professional on staff to manage their IT resources (which you may recall is why we originally launched the Small Business Specialist Community of partners worldwide). Small business owners and employees are focused on running their business, not managing complicated IT infrastructure.

For those reasons, we are extremely excited today to let you know that Microsoft is making its Microsoft Security Essentials available to small businesses on up to 10 PCs for FREE, beginning in early October!  By providing Microsoft Security Essentials to small businesses free of charge, Microsoft extends its commitment to help these companies save money and grow their business by offering no-cost protection from viruses, spyware and other malicious threats.

Read more about it at the Microsoft Partner SMB Community Blog