In Q1 we did a number of events in the Central Region of the US on the topic of Azure.  Budgets being what they are these days, we can’t go everywhere but fear not, we recorded the sessions from the Nashville, TN event.  Here are the links to those recordings.  You can watch the streaming version or download for offline viewing.  Since we also delivered a develop focused version in the afternoon of the event, I also included the link below to the MSDN session. TechNet Events Presents:

We have a great lineup of speakers that will be speaking on campus this Friday! Stephen Rose will be talking about all the great new stuff in Windows 7. Joe Davies will be covering some new networking features with a focus on Direct Access. David Tesar will be showing off some great new Internet Explorer features to help you make better use of the web. If you are interested in migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, we have an EXPERT on these migrations in the form of Jeremy Chapman. Finally, I will

Today I have been busy in the San Diego sales office putting the final touches on the content that the west region IT Evangelists will be delivering over the next few months. We are doing a series of Technet Presents events across the west during the month of September. These are essentially the same format as the Technet events that you have grown familiar with over the past few years. We will be cover 2-3 topics in depth with the current focus being on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. I will be in

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.

I know this is short notice, but I want to let you know about some events that are going on tomorrow and Friday. I will be presenting a session on Windows 7 at both Angelbeat events and I would enjoy meeting you at the events! There will be several speakers from several companies speaking at the event. Cisco, Intel and others will be present. Redmond Event Date: Thursday (tomorrow!) - 08/13/2009 from 7:30 AM to 01:30 PM Location: Microsoft Conference Center Building 33 (Free Parking & WiFi)    

SparkStart is a full day of business and technology discussion (open format) and learning event for startups (“startup bootcamp”).  This event will also be a networking opportunity for those startups who are new to the BizSpark program and not yet enrolled in the program and would like to mingle and learn from key business and technology influencers.  It will also be an event for those startups who are recently enrolled and need to keep the momentum going by learning key strategies for

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

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