Ready Summit presentation

The Ready Summit tour wrapped up last week with our final event in Canberra (thankfully I didn't fall asleep during the UC session - find out why at the end of this post).  Thousands of people attended and learnt about our latest technologies, and overall the tour was a huge success.

My presentation is now available for download at http://download.microsoft.com/documents/australia/PRBPOST/GettingStartedwithMSExchangeServer2007.ppt

And to answer some of the most commonly asked questions ...

• Pre-register to download the trial edition of Exchange 2007 at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=5789595
• Download a Virtual Server/PC VHD file with Exchange 2007 (and LCS 2005) pre-configured at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6E6501F6-481A-4117-BC22-C745400BCDA0&displaylang=en
• Find out about IP/PBX and PBX support in Unified Messaging at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/e2k7help/2516dac1-dfdc-47eb-8e6f-18b1537a57b2.mspx
• Learn more about migrating from Exchange 2003 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/e2k7help/e0fa9711-1347-464f-81be-d62f34bb0257.mspx
• Find out more about licensing and the differences between versions at http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/editions.mspx
• Try out a Virtual Lab at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/virtuallab/default.mspx

So why was I lucky to be awake?  Catching the red-eye from Darwin to Sydney overnight, with a connecting flight to Canberra at 7:40am can do strange things to you.  My flight was actually diverted to Canberra due to early-morning fog in Sydney, and Qantas were nice enough to let me off the plane and unload my luggage there, so it actually wasn't too terrible.  However I do agree with Mitch Denny that it is possible to get jet-lag on a domestic flight.