A couple weeks back, we had a great Windows Firestarter event up on the Redmond Campus. We had some fantastic speakers on hand to talk about new features and technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. I know there are lots of people who live out side of the Redmond, WA area that would have loved to have attended in person but weren’t able to so we made sure to record the sessions as they were happening. Below you will find links to those sessions which you can view on demand at your leisure.

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

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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,

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(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.

Earlier today I did an Angelbeat IT Event in Building 33 on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Wa. There was a great turn out with ~70 people in attendance. Lots of vendors showed up including Cisco, Intel, Right Systems, Incentra, and others. These are great events for IT staff to hear directly from the companies about new technologies and even current stuff they just might not be aware of. I saw few familiar faces from the WNUG User Group I host with Zubair Alexander and I met a bunch of new people

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)