Windows Firestarter   (there is also a Developer focused Silverlight Firestarter event same day/same link) Thursday, Sept 18, 2009 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific Time Microsoft Conference Center/ Bldg. 33 1st Floor, Cascade Room, 16070 NE 36th Way Redmond, WA 98052 – USA We have now locked down the speakers for all of the sessions! 8:00 am - 9:30 am Introducing Window 7 - What's New Stephen Rose 9:30 am -9:45 am Break   9:45 am - 11:00 am Windows 7 - Diving Deeper – Direct Access and RAS Features

Windows Firestarter   (there is also a Developer focused Silverlight Firestarter event same day/same link) Thursday, Sept 18, 2009 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific Time Microsoft Conference Center/ Bldg. 33 1st Floor, Cascade Room, 16070 NE 36th Way Redmond, WA 98052 – USA I would love to see people from the the greater Redmond area at this event. There is some great content being delivered and this is a great networking opportunity for all that attend. If you don’t feel like driving from Cooperstown,

(Actually…..we are really in Tigard, OR) Another great Angelbeat event today!  The event is still going on and I have already delivered my presentation. I am now listening to a Juniper Networks presenter talk about network infrastructure and simplifying network topology and physical layouts. Again I saw a few familiar faces from previous Technet events I have delivered in the area. I also fielded some great question on DirectAccess, BitLocker, Sharepoint, and exchange 2010 during some networking.

Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time Welcome Time: 8:00 AM Microsoft Office Bellevue Civica Building 205 108th Avenue NE Suite 400 Bellevue Washington 98004     The actual event is in Bellevue at the Microsoft “Civica” building but I mention it as Seattle because it will be well worth the drive to come see. For one, I know the guys delivering the sessions and the are top notch technical presenters that have been delivering live events for many years  now. Plus, you

Zubair is an MVP here in Seattle and runs the Seattle Windows Networking User Group . he will be delivering webinar called “5 Challenges in Active Directory Management and How to Eliminate them”. Zubair’s Blog Post on the Webinar More Webinar Information Cheers!

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 you can see that web cast here: Integrate Your IT Environment, Roadshow Questions, Answers, and Resources   My buddy Keith decided to record some great high quality audio and video screencasts from the session one demos, which showed how Linux authenticated

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 Time (US & Canada) Welcome Time: 8:00 AM Microsoft Office - Columbus Polaris Center, 8800 Lyra Dr. 4th Floor Columbus Ohio 43240 Click on link to register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032415618&Culture=en-US Los

On Wednesday May 6th, we’ll be broadcasting the Interop Road Show .  Actually it’s going to be a bit of a simulcast.  Matt Hester will be in Downers Grove, IL doing a live delivery of the sessions, and we’ll pick up the audio and demonstrations via the magic of Microsoft LiveMeeting. In addition to having Matt present the sessions, we’ll also have Kevin Remde and Shawn Travers onsite helping to manage the questions and get Matt’s attention.  And that’s not all.  I’ll also be helping

Some of you have attended the Interop Road Show events we are currently delivering across the USA.  At those events you have seen us install Apache, MySQL, PHP, Drupal and Wordpress on Windows Server 2008.  Astute observation will reveal some of the installs and tweaks aren’t particularly easy, and especially prone to error in front of a live audience. Want to do it the easy way? Introducing the Web Platform Installer ( Web PI ).  There are a couple of versions available.  The

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 the sessions ArcReady (our event for architects and those who want to become architects), MSDN Events Unleashed (for the developer), and the new TechNet Events Unleashed (for the IT Professional). But we are also doing something different for the spring