Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog : User Group

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!

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 IT Pro User Group – Virtualization (VMware and Microsoft)

mepprecht — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:17:29 GMT

Subject: Virtualization - What's New (VMware / Microsoft)

Language: German
When:       Tuesday 7 July 2009, 17:45 - 21:00
                (Small Apéro 17:45 - 18:15)

Where:      Digicomp Academy AG (Zürich)
                Limmatstrasse 50
                CH-8005 Zürich

Registration here

Session #1: Hyper-V v2.0 - Was ist Neu?

Der Hyper-V V 2.0 in Windows Server 2008 R2 beinhaltet viele Neuerungen für die Virtualisierung. Mittels Live Migration, also dem Verschieben von Virtuellen Maschinen auf andere Hosts im laufenden Betrieb und ohne Unterbrechung, wird der Hyper-V nun in der Lage sein weitere neue Data Center Szenarien zu unterstützen.

Session #2: Update VMware vSphere 4

Manage Virtualized Services (Cloud): Wie überwache ich die Performance und Verfügbarkeit von Applikationen in der virtuellen Infrastruktur und wie flexibel kann ch auf sich ändernde Bedürfnisse reagieren?

Swiss IT Pro User Group- Exchange Server 2010 E14 (Beta) Roadshow

mepprecht — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:54:00 GMT

Subject: Exchange Server 2010 "E14" (Beta) Roadshow

Language: German / English
Speaker: Dejan Foro, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Exchange (MVP)

When:       Tuesday 2 June 2009, 17:45 - 21:00
                (Small Apéro 17:45 - 18:15)

Where:      Digicomp Academy AG (Zürich)
                Limmatstrasse 50
                CH-8005 Zürich

To Register, e-mail to info (at) swissitpro (dot) ch

SQL Server User Group Meeting - Zurich

mepprecht — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:47:14 GMT

The Swiss Chapter of PASS is holding a meeting on Tuesday 5 May in Zurich. If you can’t get to Zurich, the sessions are also available via LiveMeeting

Language: English

Session 1: [18:00 – 19:15]
Eliminate SQL Server Downtime – Even for maintenance
No enterprise can afford to be down. Whether private or public, Fortune 100 or startup, the objective is the same: keep the business running, your customers and partners depend on it.
Presenter: David Tung (Solutions Architect, xkoto, Inc)

Session 2: [19:30 – 21:00]
Designing Effective Aggregations in Analysis Services 2008
Building aggregations is one of the most important ways of improving query performance in Analysis Services, but simply running the Aggregation Design Wizard doesn't always result in useful aggregations being built.
Presenter: Chris Webb (Crossjoin Consulting)

Registration and further information on http://www.sqlpass.ch

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.

Swiss SQL Server User Group: Swiss PASS Chapter – New website!

mepprecht — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:39:56 GMT

PASS Switzerland has launched a new web site to keep you informed of upcoming events and what is happening in the Community. Interact with you fellow Swiss SQL Server users, and have a say what goes on.

You can become a member for free and it is an official chapter of the world-wide SQL PASS (PASS = Professional Association of SQL Server ). So, if you are a DBA, Developer, or just a IT Professional that uses SQL Server, it is the user group for you.

So get on over to the Swiss PASS chapter here: http://www.sqlpass.ch

Thanks to Charley Hanania for his effort towards the Community, and in getting SQL PASS on it’s feet in Switzerland.

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.