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Debbie Ireland

Managing Director

ShareThePoint

5th Annual NZ SharePoint Conference to feature insight into Microsoft’s latest innovation and product roadmap.

The 2013 New Zealand SharePoint Conference is coming up fast and will be held at the Langham Hotel, on the 16th and 17th of April in Auckland.

After a frenetic 6 months of Microsoft product launches, the first morning of the event is dedicated to a keynote themed “The Microsoft New Wave of Innovation”. This is to be presented by Microsoft directors Richard Riley and Alexander Oddoz-Mazet who will share the future vision and promises to be a major highlight.

Local Microsoft experts Zaid Alkadhi and Paul Dolley, will also demonstrate some of the amazing new features in the Office suite and the latest technology in Microsoft’s unified communications platform, Lync.

Of course, this session is only the beginning of what is in store. An excellent array of case studies will be delivered. Speakers spanning a range of industries from Education to Utilities, from Tourism to Insurance, show how SharePoint has been used to solve a wide range of business challenges.

Are you ever tasked with managing records in your organisation? Or perhaps you are after how to make more from what you have and do more with less? The business track specialises in anything from process automation to information visualisation.

More techy? Are you the Infrastructure Expert? Or Reluctant Admin? Look out for sessions from top ranking USA speakers Michael Noel and Dan Holme on Ultimate Best Practices. For developers, deep dive into any of the subject areas from writing testable code, AGILE, TFS, Custom Branding and the new 2013 Apps model!

Looking to extend SharePoint - attend a series of demonstrations, focused around work streams. The conference is fortunate to attract world renowned speakers. It is a once in a year opportunity to get face to face with these people and talk through your own experiences and issues. Connect with us before the event using SharePoint 2013 Live! Register Now!

Win an Xbox 360 Prize Pack including - Kinect, Forza Horizon and Halo 4!

Attendees who complete at least one lab at our Windows Azure IT Pro Camps will go into the draw to win an Xbox 360 Prize Pack, including: 250GB Console, Kinect, Halo 4 and Forza Horizon!

Try Office 365 ProPlus: Learn how new telemetry tools can speed up testing and deployment

Office 365 ProPlus uses several technologies to deliver new user and administrative experiences to support Office as a service, and geo-redundancy for maximized uptime. This is the full evaluation version of Office - not just web apps. You will be able to try Office 365 ProPlus applications and manage up to 25 users!

Office delivered: See what's new for IT and get the trial

Office Professional Plus 2013 is the future of productivity. Office Professional Plus 2013 includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and Lync. Installation and deployment videos, white papers, and library articles are available now with your free evaluation.

New MVA and Jump Start content for IT Pros

New MVA courses and Jump Start content are now available here, specifically around Windows Server, Hyper-V and System Center.

7digital Music Store

Shop for new music with 7digital. Choose from over 20 million high quality tracks in our store; buy, download, sync and listen to your music on the go.

Jelly Jigsaw

This is a modern-day, digital twist on a classic toy that is fun for all the family. Puzzle pieces move and feel like real jelly! Complete pre-designed puzzles or for even more fun, make puzzles from your own photos and the webcam. The free Lite version gives you six puzzles to complete with three difficulty levels.

Microsoft IT Camps – Windows 8 for IT Professionals

March 14 in Wellington. March 13 and March 18 in Christchurch (all other Camps are fully booked!)
Microsoft IT Camps are no-cost, hands-on technical training events for IT professionals led by Microsoft experts. Learn about the new features and capabilities of Windows 8 that make migration, deployment, and management of tomorrow’s environments easier for IT while improving the end-user experience.

Webinar: TechNet LIVE: Windows Azure Overview for IT Professionals

March 15 from 1:00pm - 2:30pm (N.Z. Time)
A lot of customers are aware of the cloud but are often asking WHY Cloud? In this session we will go through the reasons to consider cloud computing and then discuss Microsoft’s offerings in the Private Cloud and Public Cloud areas.

Microsoft IT Camps – Windows Azure for IT Professionals

March 26th in Auckland and April 8th in Christchurch
To learn more about our Infrastructure as a Service platform, we invite all IT Professionals to join local Microsoft experts as they introduce you to the Microsoft cloud platform, dive deep into Windows Azure Virtual Machines, and help walk you through hands-on demonstrations of the power of IaaS on the Windows Azure platform.

SharePoint Conference

April 16-17th in Auckland.
Come to connect with peers, learn from world renowned experts and engage in the wider SharePoint community.

Auckland Windows Infrastructure User Group Meeting

19th March in Auckland.
Marty Pine, who recently swtiched from Google to Office 365, will go through how he solely managed this transition, along with why he made the switch to Office 365.

Get a second shot at Microsoft Certification for free

Prove that you have the knowledge and skills in the most current and specialized technologies and solutions by earning a Microsoft Certification. Passing the exams needed to demonstrate those skills can be tough, but for a limited time, you’ll get a free second chance to succeed.

Microsoft’s Certifications Reinvented for the Cloud

Cloud-related IT jobs will grow at 32 percent per year to more than 2.3 million in Asia Pacific by the end of 2015. In anticipation of the technology evolution to the cloud, Microsoft recently announced that it has reinvented certifications specifically for the cloud, including the forthcoming certifications in Windows 8, which have cloud-computing focus areas.

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