Here’s a list of the Microsoft UK TechNet events that are running between now and Christmas: 13 August 2008, London: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies 21 August 2008, Liverpool: Microsoft Virtualisation and Management Technologies 2 September 2008, Reading : TechNet: the Microsoft...

It was great to see so many enthusiastic people @ today's HeroesHappenHere Launch tour event in Cardiff. We received great questions and I was really amused by the wonderful spoof film titles the audience came up with for the IT Pros Film Club! I have posted the slides I presented on my Skydrive...

Many of you have asked me both by posting comments to my NAP post and also at the main launch event last week in Birmingham If you'd like to register and find out the exact details for the locations then browse to the Launch tour area of the HeroesHappenHere website . Note: The Keynote will not...

A friend of mine has a good degree in a non-technical subject and is considering taking a post-grad computing degree and wondering which on to go for. I'm wondering whether they actually need to do so - my gut feeling is that they'd be better off getting experience by offering to shadow someone for free...

James Senior has an interesting post that explains how you can become an early adoptor for the next exams and hence upgrade your qualification by studying for the new certifications and passing a single transistion exam. It's well worth reading more on James' site.

Click here to register for the event titled "Manage your core infrastructure from Desktop to Data centre" The event takes place on the 15 January 2008 from 9am until 5pm in London. The details of the event are as follows: A new style of launch event from Microsoft – multiple presenters demonstrating...

Thank you to those of you who spread the word about places being available on our Q2 TechNet On The Road tour - there are still some places available but we now have enough people to make the shows viable. We really didn't want to disappoint anyone by cancelling any of the sessions so it's good news...

From the 27th November to the 4th December the TechNet team plan to be back on the road in the North of England and lowlands of Scotland with the second iteration of our "TechNet of the road" tour. Once again we'll be using a handful of slides and a great deal of live demonstrations. It's all new content...

Eileen recently wrote a post titled Security for the 78 year olds which referred to an interview with Scott Charney (head of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative) who talked about his experience advising his mother on the need for security precautions - here are a couple of quotes: " I told...

It was wonderful to receive such an enthusiastic welcome at the University of Glamorgan yesterday. It's VERY rare that I get chance to speak at Universities. I thoroughly enjoyed lecturing students on the wonders of information security. The room was packed and questions abounded. The audience didn...

As Eileen mentions the UK Partner Team are on the road - follow the appropriate link below if you'd like to snap up on the last remaining seats: Wednesday 10 October 2007 - Microsoft, Cardinal Place, London Thursday 11 October 2007 - Microsoft, Thames Valley Park, Reading...

I really enjoyed the interaction from the audience and the overwhealming enthusiasm everyone showed towards both the technologies and each of us. It's the first time in many many years that a Microsoft TechNet show has visited the North East. It's always a risk running an event in a location that...

GetSafeOnline is a partnership between Government, Law Enforcement and Commerce - in excess of fifty people have volunteered our time to get out on the road for a week. Our focus is to raise the security awareness of the UK consumers so if you have a friend / relative who would like practical advice...

Following Rafal's excellent Identity Management event in Reading today many people asked when they could hear from Kim Cameron in person - as I mentioned Kim's kindly agreed to speak at our Security Summit in London on the 5th July . As is the norm with TechNet events it's free to attend (assuming you...

Browse to the Channel9 InfoCard video - it's an hour long and promises the following Nigel Watling, InfoCard Technical Evangelist, leads an in depth discussion of how InfoCard works, how it's designed (and why) and how it will evolve in the future(great Going Deep stuff!) with InfoCard chief Architect...

Click here to download all presentations as used for InfoSec 2006's Microsoft Security Academy. The content includes the following: Secure Messaging (PowerPoint document - 2.1 Mb) Secure against Malware (PowerPoint document - 4.0 Mb) Securing the Branch (PowerPoint document - 3.8 Mb) Securing Tomorrow...

The following resources make it easy for you to get to grips with Rights Management - enabling you to share more with less risk. General business and technical information - www.microsoft.com/rms - RMS 2-min flash demo – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/demos/rms.html RMS...

There's a wealth of webcasts available from TechEd Orlando - I know it's a while since the event but the shear breadth of content makes this a handy source of knowledge. Many of the topics remain highly relavent including the following: Michael Howard's "Advances in Threat Modelling" How Microsoft...

Tuesday 29th Nov- Public Key Infrastructure – tell me in plain English AND THEN deep technical how PKI works - deep technical session taking place in Reading (England) - it's free to join us - just follow the link to register Wednesday 30th Nov - British Computer Society Microsoft Security Day The...

Many of you have asked me questions about Public Key Infrastructure with regard to it's use for securing web transactions (SSL), wireless (PEAP & EAL-TLS), email (S/MIME) and Rights Management. Prior to joining Microsoft I was a security consultant for many years during which time I designed and...

Halloween Spooktacular Date: Monday 31 October 2005 Topic: Understanding and Fighting Malware: Viruses, Spyware and Rootkits Overview: On this Halloween night, join Microsofts very own Van Helsing in how to Exorcise your PC. Todays internet is fraught with peril in the form of undesirable and malicious...

Tony Blair kicked off the Get Safe Online campaign at a press launch in London this morning. Microsoft in partnership with the UK Government and a many large companies are evangelising the importance of information security to the entire UK population - at least those who watch TV, read the major newspapers...

I'm a huge fan of getting the most value from the software I already have - I always talk about this at events and in papers I write. The Microsoft Solutions for Security(MSS) team produce prescriptive guidance to show you exactly HOW to get the most from the security features built into Windows and...

Follow this link to access free webcasts from technical experts showing you how to get the maximum value from a range of Microsoft technologies including Security of course. Please give feedback to this post if there are topics you'd like us to cover or if you have suggestions how we can make this even...

IMHO many of the most interesting security labs are actually listed under "Microsoft Windows Server 2003" in the labs - these include IPSec, Group Policy and Rights Management. I've listed the available sessions for both below - just incase my earlier post didn't get your attention these labs are your...