Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog : IT Pro

Tech-Ed Europe 2009 – Registration Open

mepprecht — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:04:13 GMT

9-13 November 2009, Berlin, Germany, Tech-Ed Europe 2009, will you be there?

This year, the Developer and IT Pro Tracks will be running side-by-side with a total of 19 tracks!

There are a limited number of tickets available at the early-bird price of € 995.-

Never been to Tech-Ed? It is the best time to go and get educated. 5 Days of learning and networking.

http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/

Blogs by Microsoft Switzerland

mepprecht — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:12:44 GMT

Sometimes you get so busy at work and at home, that you don’t have time to find the optimal resources you need for your daily job. Microsoft Switzerland has a number of blogs that may be of interest to you and your colleagues.

Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog (English)
http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-en
This blog. Covering aspects that a IT Professional, from system- to database administrator, needs to know about. Covers Microsoft Technologies. A German version of this blog is also available.

Schweizer IT Professional und TechNet Blog (German)
http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de
The same content as this blog, but in German.

Microsoft Switzerland Security Blog (English)http://blogs.technet.com/ms_schweiz_security_blog
A Blog covering Security, not only Microsoft centric.

Microsoft Switzerland Academic Team Blog (English)
http://blogs.msdn.com/swiss_academic_team
Information for Students and other Academics at High Schools, Universities and Technical Schools in Switzerland.

Swiss MSDN/Developer Team Blog (English)
http://blogs.msdn.com/swiss_dpe_team
Development topics; Web, RIA, .NET, Mobile, Silverlight, Azure and Partner information.

User Group Support Services – Find or Publicize an Event

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Microsoft, in partnership with community organizations Culminis, INETA and PASS offer user groups a platform to promote their groups, publicize events, and get funding for their communities: User Group Support Services.

One platform, covering Developers and IT Professionals makes finding an event worldwide very easy: http://www.ugss.codezone.com/ (Events Calendar tab)

For User Group Leads, you benefit from a Global Speakers and Sponsors Bureau, Event Management, Member Management and Meeting Content. User Group leads can register on http://www.ugss.codezone.com and quickly get benefits for their community.

New TechNet Event Calendar Web Page

mepprecht — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:20:40 GMT

Microsoft Switzerland now has a new page to show the TechNet Events/Seminars.

http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/server/de/events/default.mspx

You now have an overview all off the Swiss TechNet events, including the Content, Session Description, Date and Venue. On each link from this page, you can get detailed information about each event, including detailed information and the Live-ID enabled registration link.

I hope to meet you are more of the TechNet events.

TechDays 2009 Switzerland - Save the dates

mepprecht — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:14:21 GMT

Microsoft's TechDays Switzerland, the premier event for IT Professionals, Developers and Architects, will be held on the following dates:

1-2 April 2009 Geneva (French)
8-9 April 2009 Bern (German and English)

Sessions, speakers and exact details will be published closer to the event.

TechDays will have distinctive tracks for IT Professionals, Developers and Architects, covering topics relevant their specific job roles.
Current and future technology will be presented from overviews to deeper technical content.

Don’t miss out, reserve the dates in your calendar!

IT Pro User Group Event - Unified Communications and Virtualization Security

mepprecht — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:24:27 GMT

Subject: Unified Communications and Virtualization Security

Language: Deutsch / English

Tuesday - 2 December 2008

17:45 - 21:00

Digicomp Academy AG (Zürich)

Limmatstrasse 50

CH-8005 Zürich

Participation is free. More details and registration here.

Abstract:

Session 1

Voice und IM Lösung von Microsoft (Deutsch / German)

OCS 2007 ist die Voice und IM Lösung von Microsoft für Firmen. Die Funktionen gehen von IM über Telefonie bis zu Web Kollaboration.

Diese Session will einen Überblick über die Möglichkeiten des OCS 2007 geben. Wie auch einen Ausblick auf die kommende OCS R2 Version, welche an der VoiceCon in Amsterdam Mitte Oktober vorgestellt wurde. Zum Abschluss werden Erfahrungen und Lösungsansätze für häufige Problemen aus Projekten aufgezeigt. Diese können dann nach der Session noch weiter diskutiert werden.

Referent: Philipp Beck, OCS Spezialist, Institute for Networked Solutions HSR, Rapperswil. Er hat den Ausstellungstand der Microsoft an der Cisco Expo in Interlaken erstellt und betreut. Ebenfalls hat er bereits mehrere Projekte und PoC mit OCS und derer Integration in Cisco VoIP durchgeführt.

Session 2

Virtualization of core Microsoft Technologies (German / English)

Server or host-based virtualization is a hot topic today. But where shall you start? How do you determine what enterprise services or servers should be virtualized? Do you need to worry about the official Microsoft support policy should your critical server fail? What about virtualization security? Join in this session to learn about this and more.

Speaker: Desmond Lee (Switzerland) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, VCP, technology enthusiast, and founder of the Swiss IT Pro User Group, an independent, non-profit organization for IT Pros by IT Pros championing Microsoft technologies. He is a speaker at major international events and contributes frequently to popular publications such as mcpmag.com, Exchange and Outlook Pro VIP magazine and Windows IT Pro magazine.