Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog : Training

Zurich PowerShell Script Club – 3 November 2009

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:36:22 GMT

You want to learn PowerShell, but have the time of don’t know where to start?

Not to be missed! TODAY (3 November 2009) at the free PowerShell Script Club by the Swiss IT Pro User Group

Language: English

When: Tuesday - 3. November 200
17:45 - 21:00

               Small Apéro 17:45 - 18:15 Uhr and from 20:15

Where?
        Digicomp Academy AG (Zürich)
        Limmatstrasse 50
        CH-8005 Zürich
        Tel. +41 44 447 21 21

Marc van Orsouw is a Dutch but living in Switzerland and is a PowerShell MVP for the last 4 years in a row, he is best known for his blog thePowerShellGuy.com and his utilities for PowerShell as PowerTab d the PowerShell WMI explorer.

Come with your colleagues and friends!

Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009

mepprecht — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:39:09 GMT

October 19-22, 2009, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, USA

The SharePoint Conference 2009 will be the first and the best conference to get in depth training on SharePoint 2010, from upgrade and migration to the business value of new platform features and functionality. Come and get early insight into what you’ll be able to do with SharePoint 2010 and how you’ll be able to get there.

Naturally, SharePoint 2007 will also be covered by experienced experts.

http://www.mssharepointconference.com/

Swiss SQL Server Saturday - 19th September 2009 - Digicomp Academy (Zurich) - Free Event

mepprecht — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:28:00 GMT

Swiss SQL Server Saturday is an opportunity to connect with other Database and BI professionals to learn from Database, Application Development and BI experts about topics that you’ll immediately be able to put into use.

With 15 great sessions covering topics from Silverlight to Datamining, Clustering to Performance Tuning, SSIS to Gemini you’ll find that your Saturday is put to excellent use!

The event is FREE to attend, organised by the Swiss PASS Chapter and supported by Quest, Microsoft and Digicomp. To register go to http://www.sqlsaturday.ch

Swiss TechNet Seminars - Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

mepprecht — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:00 GMT

For the RTM Releases of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, we are offering the appropriate Swiss TechNet seminars. The new features and functions will be discussed and Demo’d.

Presentation language will be in German.

28 August 09	Windows 7 – alles, was Sie als IT Professional über die finale Version wissen müssen (Repeated on 6 November)
09 September 09	Windows Server 2008 R2 unter der Lupe
15 September 09	Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2
06 November 09	Windows 7 – alles, was Sie als IT Professional über die finale Version wissen müssen (Repeat of 28 August)

Free e-Learning: Windows 7

mepprecht — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:58:05 GMT

Microsoft Learning has just launched three free eLearning Clinics. Specifically targeted at audiences, you, your users and consumers can learn about Windows 7.

What’s New in Windows 7 for Consumers (1 Hour)
What’s New in Windows 7 for IT Professionals (2 Hours)
What’s New in Windows 7 for Information Workers (2 Hours)

There are also sample book chapters from upcoming MS Press books and other resources available on http://www.microsoft.com/learning/windows-7/default.mspx

Get a second chance to pass your Microsoft Certification exam

mepprecht — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT

In the real world, you might need more than one chance at certification. With Second Shot, if you do not pass any IT professional, developer, or project manager certification exam on your first try, you can retake the exam without an additional cost. Offer valid until 30 June 2009.

Also until 30 June 2009, as a part of Second Shot, we are offering a Career Assist Package. Along with enjoying the benefits of Second Shot, you can access a collection of Microsoft E-Learning courses, which provide 8 to 20 hours of online instructional content to help you master a product and prepare for a certification. This offer applies to IT professional or developer e-learning collection titles only. Does not include Microsoft Office or Windows end-user (non-IT) focused collections.

Visit the Second Shot website to see which countries it is available in and how the enroll.

TechNet Event: Security under Windows with Forefront, Internet Explorer 8 and Windows 7

mepprecht — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:44:35 GMT

Windows and Security are definitively not unknown word-pairs

With the Forefront Product family and Windows 7, you are fully armed to provide a secure Windows Desktop. This TechTalk will give the the information you need to be successful, without a lot of work, to develop and deploy you Business Security Policy and keep your desktops secure.

The focus will be on the following products:

Forefront Codename "Stirling"
Forefront Client Security v2
Forefront Threat Management Gateway
Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 SP2
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Internet Explorer 8

Naturally, many demos will be shown

Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 9:00 – 16:00
Venue: Microsoft Schweiz GmbH, Richtistrasse 3, 8304 Wallisellen
Language: German
Target Audience: IT Specialists
Presenters: Dominik Zemp, Markus Erlacher

Registration and Agenda: www.microsoft.ch/it-events

Unified Communications Ignite Trainings in Switzerland again

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:02:38 GMT

For Microsoft Partners, our CPLS Partner AddOn, is offering between March and June 2009 diverse Ignite Trainings (Level 300), covering Unified Communications.

Learn about the possibilities that OCS und Unified Messaging can present, from Planning to Installation and Maintenance. A bootcamp, that will prepare you for the Microsoft Test 70-638 will also be held. It is recommended you first attend the OCS 2007 R2 Ignite training, and then the UC Voice Ignite training.

Training will be in German.

The dates and information to the events:

OCS 2007 R2 Ignite (2 Days)
23 March 2009
25 May 2009

UC Voice Ignite (3 Days)
25 March 2009
27 May 2009

UC Competency Kit – Bootcamp (2 Days)
23 April 2009
8 June 2009

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/02/26/endlich-unified-communications-ignite-trainings-wieder-in-der-schweiz.aspx

BizTalk and SharePoint Server: Business Process Management and Optimization with the Microsoft Plattform

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Based on many requests, a Microsoft Partner training event will be presented by the Microsoft CPLS Partner AddOn. The training will focus on Business Process Management and Process Optimization in BizTalk, plus how SharePoint Components can be used to simplify the solution.

For information on the Partner training in German, see the follwoing links:

BizTalk Training 27 April 2009
BizTalk Training 15 June 2009

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/02/27/biz-talk-und-sharepoint-server-gesch-ftsprozessmanagement-und-optimierung-mit-der-microsoft-plattform.aspx

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.

Swiss TechDays 2009 – Registration Open

mepprecht — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:06:27 GMT

The Web Site and Registration is now open for Swiss TechDays 2009. http://www.techdays.ch

In Bern (German and English), 8 and 9 April, there will be 5 tracks, role specific:

IT Pro’s (2 Tracks)
Development (2 Tracks)
Architecture (1 Track)

For the IT Pro’s, Current and interesting topics like Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization, System Management, SQL Server, Access Control, ForeFront are covered by by both Microsoft and External Experts.

In Geneva (French), 1 and 2 April, there will be 3 tracks, role specific:

IT Pro’s (1 Track).
Development ( Track)
Architecture (1 Track)

So, visit, http://www.techdays.ch and register now!