European MIIS User Group Meeting - Reading, 17th June

jhoward — Mon, 09 May 2005 13:23:00 GMT

There are two events in one on 17th June at the Microsoft offices in Thames Valley Park, Reading under the banner of the "European MIIS User Group Meeting". One track is for MIIS, and the second track is for Identity Management. Both are free to attend.

Here's the summary and registration links:

This year the Identity team at Microsoft has joined forces with TechNet to put on this free event. It is intended for User Group members, IT architects and security specialists and will feature two tracks covering MIIS 2003 and other hot topics in Identity Management. Track 1 will look at MIIS specifically; including functionality, implementation and best practices for deployment. Track 2 will explore Identity Management beyond the Microsoft environment through federation, as well as other Microsoft and partner technologies. There will also be updates on Microsoft’s roadmap for Identity.

Registration is separate for the two tracks but the intention is, once there you won’t necessarily be tied into the track you’ve registered for if something on the other agenda appeals to you. So there’s no need to register for both – just the one that is your primary interest.

Here's the links to register for the MIIS track and Register for the Identity Identity Management track

Small Business Server (SBS2003) Webcasts and User Group

jhoward — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 04:09:00 GMT

Small Business Server (SBS2003) is a really great product for (unsurprisingly) small and medium businesses to operate a one-stop server shop comprising most of the major server components from Microsoft. For example, email, firewall, remote access, collaboration and database. The really great thing about SBS is the way in which everything ties together through wizards and simple interfaces without the need to understand in depth what is going on under the covers - a bit like "computing for mere mortals". In the UK, there is a very effective user group run by Scott McKenzie out of Edinburgh which provides real local value - if you thinking about how to run a simple IT solution, I would recommend going along to one of Scotts meetings or dropping him a line.

The reason for this post is to highlight some of the webcasts which are available for SBS which provide excellent information if you are considering evaluating how SBS can assist your organisation. For more detailed information about SBS, take a look at the SBS home page on microsoft.com.

John Howard - Senior Program Manager in the Hyper-V team at Microsoft : User Groups

European MIIS User Group Meeting - Reading, 17th June

Small Business Server (SBS2003) Webcasts and User Group