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TechEd Europe 2009 starts Monday, November 9th

mdingle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:55:00 GMT

On Monday, Microsoft kicks-off TechEd EMEA 2009 in Berlin, Germany. To help you track news coming from across Microsoft please visit the TechEd Global Press Room.

The TechEd Europe 2009 keynote with Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft Business Division, and Robert Wahbe, Corporate Vice President of the Server and Tools, will discuss the state of IT and the new generation of business solutions that help customers reach their full business potential. It will be streamed live at 3:30 pm CET/6:30 a.m. PDT on November 9^th here.

Immediately following the keynote, there will be an Executive Q&A. The webcast will feature Chris Capossela, Senior Vice President of the Information Worker Product Management Group, Bob Kelly, Corporate Vice President of Server and Tools Marketing and Tami Reller, Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Windows & Windows Live.

Follow the news on Twitter @TechEd_Europe or #TEE09

Tech•Ed: Microsoft Delivers New Wave of Technologies to Help Businesses Thrive in Today’s Economy

mdingle — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2009 kicked off today with announcements of new technologies that enable IT professionals and developers to help their organizations save money and improve efficiencies during difficult economic times. As part of today’s news, Microsoft Corp. announced that the company is anticipating that the next version of its client operating system, Windows 7, will be available to customers in time for the holiday shopping season. In addition, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is available today with the final product releasing to market in the same timeframe as Windows 7.

The company also announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 (formerly SQL Server ‘Kilimanjaro’) will release the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) in the second half of 2009 and on track to ship SQL Server 2008 R2 in the first half of calendar year 2010, which will include new feature Master Data Services (MDS).

Please visit the Global Tech•Ed Virtual Press Room to view the full press release, as well as the keynote live at 10am PDT/1pm EDT and for a post keynote Q&A session that will be starting at 12:30pm PDT/3:30 EDT as well.

TechEd North America 2009 Update

mdingle — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Are you a member of the press or an industry analyst? Interested in attending Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2009 (May 11-15), the preeminent annual technology education conference for IT Developers and Professionals? If so, you’ll be pleased to learn we are taking a similar approach as last year and making sure that whether you can attend in person or need to participate “virtually,” you’ll still get easy access to the news of the day.

· Attending from afar? If so, please keep an eye on our soon-to-be-enhanced Global TechEd Virtual Press Room, which will feature customer videos, spokesperson interviews, sound bites from the show floor and much, much more.

· Want to attend in person? For registration details, please contact Megan Link or the Rapid Response Team. However, please note that we are focusing heavily on digital content to help out our “virtual” attendees, so standalone activities for press and analysts on site may be limited.

Need a little more info on the top level themes of the show? Tech•Ed will kick off with a keynote address (which will be available via online video) from Microsoft’s Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President of Windows Business and Iain McDonald, General Manager of the Windows Server Division. Bill and Iain will share their insight on why they think IT is well positioned to help organizations weather the current economic storm by helping to reduce cost and improve productivity. They’ll also discuss the upcoming releases of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 14, and demonstrate how these cutting-edge technologies provide the best set of tools and resources to help organizations better manage their infrastructure, from back-end services through client-side experiences, and the network in-between.

When & Where:

May 11-15, 2009

Los Angeles Convention Center

1201 South Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, California 90015

Tech•Ed Opening Keynote

Monday, May 11, from 10:00 – 11:30 AM

For more information please visit the Tech•Ed 2009 website.

Introducing the TechEd Global Pressroom

grantkd — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:01:00 GMT

The Tech·Ed Global Pressroom on Microsoft PressPass is a new online destination for press, analysts, bloggers and the global Tech·Ed community. Featuring press materials, event information and resources, keynote videos and more, the Global Pressroom will be regularly updated with the latest news and content from worldwide Tech·Ed events throughout the year.

The Pressroom is currently live here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/teched/default.mspx .

Watch for content updates on Monday, November 3 in accordance with Day 1 of TechEd EMEA 2008 IT Pro.