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Monday, October 19, 2009 8:53 AM
TechNet & MSDN Events Present: Highlights from “the New Efficiency” Launch
Join us as we explore how Windows® 7, Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Exchange Server® 2010 deliver on the new efficiency where cost savings, productivity and innovations come together. At this free event we’ll cover the “best of” content and deliver highlights
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Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:10 AM
Join TechNet and MSDN Events for a Live Webcast on September 29th to explore Windows Azure™–
As some you have attended the live evnets for Azure this quarter, we have a webcast going on next week, click the links to register! TechNet Events Present: Real World Azure Come spend a morning with us on September 29th to explore Windows Azure™
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:34 AM
SQL Azure Migration Wizard
As some of you know for the events this quarter we are talking about Azure and the power behind cloud computing. If you want to attend, see my previous post: TechNet and MSDN Events: Get Real into IT with Azure and Microsoft IT! Well one of my teammates
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Monday, July 20, 2009 3:56 PM
TechNet and MSDN Events: Get Real into IT with Azure and Microsoft IT!
Good afternoon we are getting ready to hit the road again, We have a great event set for the next few months, to talk about the elephant in the room: What is Windows Azure™? When should I use it? How does it apply to my job? We are going to spend some
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:14 AM
IT Pro’s are Thriving, and Developers Thrive now as well!
As I announced a few weeks back, we have a great program fro IT Pros called Thrive. You can see the interview I did with Julie here: Interview: Thriving as an IT Pro a chat with Julie-Anne Arsenault Well last week Microsoft launched Thrive for Developers
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:08 AM
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 GA and RTM dates announced
TAIPEI, Taiwan — June 3, 2009 — The company is confident with the progress made with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and that as a result, Microsoft will deliver Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code to partners in the second half of July. Windows
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:18 AM
Unleashed Events, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Detroit Q/A from the events
Good morning everyone. I finally got a little time off the road to post the Q/A from the live events I have done over the last few weeks. Please let me know if I have missed any or if you have any additional comments, I am sure I probably
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Monday, May 18, 2009 10:41 AM
Interop Road Show Screencasts
As some of you know I have been delivering road shows across the country. We even did a simulcast with a webcast from the Downers Grove event. This event we did a great job, although the demo videos may not have been the best quality, but
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:33 AM
Attention: Columbus, OH and Los Angeles, CA: Interop Roadshow events just added, sign up now!
We recently just added two cities to the road show tour: Columbus and LA just got added for June 23rd and June 25th respectively. Here are the registration links: Columbus Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:30 AM - Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:30 PM Eastern
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:05 PM
Still accepting entries for the Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest: Only 15 days left!!!!!!
It is crunch time folks there are only 15 days left in the Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest . We are still accepting entries into the contest! For the original post and more about the contest take a look here: Announcement: Windows 7 Rocks Screencast
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Monday, April 13, 2009 8:22 AM
Windows Client Road Show Featuring Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
Spring brings not only rain and flowers (you know, April shows and May flowers), it also brings our spring technical events. And this time our technical events are taking on a slightly different form. Okay, to be completely honest, we are still calling
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:05 AM
Continue the Quest now: Server Quest II
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Friday, April 03, 2009 1:14 PM
TechNet Events Unleashed: Registration Now Open!
Well I am hitting the road again this time heading back to Ohio, Michigan, and Tennessee! We are bring a great set of content, and you can see the list of the sessions below. It will be a lot in two hours but expect lots of demos, fun and
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:17 AM
Interop Road Show – registration now open
Is your IT Infrastructure fully dedicated to just one technology solution? Chances are you work in a heterogeneous environment that includes a variety of technologies from Microsoft®, Linux, MySQL and Apple. Integration becomes vital in order for your
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Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:00 PM
Announcement: Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest: Now Accepting Applications!
Alright Keith and I are at it again and this time we want to give away the cool stuff like a: Lenovo T61P ! Okay do I have your attention now? As some of you may recall we had a contest last time just for the MVP’s and a lot of you wanted in on
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