Plumbing & Wiring in a Microsoft World : Training

Deployment and MDOP - Training for Technical Professionals

infoz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:29:00 GMT

Looks like the folks at the Partner Academy have come up with a winning format for some technical training: an in-depth multi-week asynchronous delivery, as described below:

Register now! This Partner Academy class is specifically designed for technical audiences and covers the technical and business aspects of optimizing the desktop with Windows Vista and the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack including its architecture, configuration, deployment, and ongoing management. You will get valuable hands-on experience as well as a business value perspective.

The registration link in the Partner Learning Center is:

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/details.aspx?publisher=12&delivery=252533

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H1 2008 Aussie Partner Readiness Schedule - Infrastructure Highlights

infoz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:53:00 GMT

Just a quick heads up on some of the partner readiness training planned for Jan-June 2008. I've plucked the following out as of most interest to all the infrastructure specialists...

Microsoft Deployment Airlift (Including SoftGrid, VISTA and Windows Server 2008) (The new BDD...)

System Center: Virtual Machines Manager, Configuration Manager, Data Protection Manager

Office Communication Server & Unified Comms

Windows Server 2008 : IT Pro

These heavily subsidised courses are running across various state capitals in the next 6 months or so (check links for dates, locations and registration info).

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Three Steps to Certification for MS Partners

infoz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:15:06 GMT

Get the lowdown on how Partner Skills Plus can help you achieve the latest certifications with this 2 page download - a great way to help you understand the new generation of certifications from Microsoft and how to save money on training and certification. Highlights include:

60% savings on Exam Coach
45% savings on MS Press Books
35% savings on MS E-Learning courses
Free practice tests (selected exams only)
32% savings on new generation MS exams

There's also a host of useful links to further information in this pdf. [RH]

System Center Partner Airlift for Aussie Partners

infoz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:09:47 GMT

Register here for heavily subsidised, level 300 training for Australian partners, covering System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2007. Melbourne and Sydney only at this stage.

As three of the four pillars of the Server Management Suite - Enterprise, it's essential that partners get up to speed on the new launch of System Center products - there will be some fantastic opportunities for partners to deliver comprehensive data centre management solutions to customers, especially where virtualisation is involved.... [RH]

3-day Forefront technical training for Aussie partners

infoz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:39:26 GMT

A great opportunity to pick up some heavily subsidised Forefront training in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Focusing on IAG and ISA 2006 as well as Forefront Client Security and Forefront Security for Exchange Server 2007, these courses are designed to give your technical team a kick start so that you can take advantage of the fantastic opportunities offered by our latest security offerings (especially when combined with the incentives of up to 30% provided by the Security Software Advisor program).

Course details and registration here. [RH]

Forefront - online sales training (MS partners only)

infoz — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:13:00 GMT

More in-depth Forefront training courses available to MS partners only via the Partner Learning Centre - you'll need to have tour MS Passport ID associated with your company's MS Partner ID to gain access to the following tech overview and sales courses:

Technical Overview of Forefront Client Security

Understanding Sales Opportunities for Forefront Client Security

Competitive Advantages of Microsoft Forefront Client Security

Identifying Sales Opportunities for Forefront Security

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Forefront Online Training - Free!

infoz — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:50:00 GMT

Interested in finding out more about Forefront Client and Server Security??

Three online training clinics have recently been made available, free of charge, for those interested in understanding how to deploy, manage and maintain Forefront. Running at 2 hours each (approx.), they're an ideal way to get up to speed with Forefront and for Microsoft partners, a great way to begin the development of your Security competency.

Deploying Microsoft Forefront Client Security

Managing and Troubleshooting Operations in Microsoft Forefront Client Security

Deploying Microsoft Forefront Server Security Products

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