Microsoft TechNet Programme

Following on last month's Technet event on Windows Server 2003 and Virtualisation, the Technet team are returning to Scotland to run an event in Falkirk once again on the 27th November.

The format will once again step away from the use of Powerpoint and concentrate on providing a demo-packed full day. There will be 3 separate sessions covering:

Beyond SharePoint – a look at Microsoft Office Performance Point 2007 and Enterprise Search

Time : 0900 - 1230

This session will cover:

· Performance Monitoring to show what is happening in the business. (MOPPS)

· Analysis to deliver insight into why, how and when these things are happening. (MOPPS)

· Planning to improve what is happening in future. (MOPPS)

· Planning enterprise search deployments (Search)

· Securing searchable assets (Search)

· Learning to generate relevant search results in your org (Search)

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Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services and System Center Data Protection Manager

Time - 1315 - 1700

In this session we will SHOW you how to install and configure System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM) to take online backups of running applications including Sharepoint, Exchange, SQL and Virtual machines We’ll also show you how to make the most of Windows Vista’s native back up features.

Windows Server 2008 brings with it some significant enhancements to Terminal Services to make it easier and more secure to connect remote computers and applications. We’ll show you how to make the most of the new Terminal Services Web Access which enables remote clients to access sessions across the Internet WITHOUT having to establish Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections – instead the traffic is tunnelled over HTTPS. Terminal Services “RemoteApp” completely integrates applications running on a terminal server with users' desktops such that they behave as if they were running on an individual user's local computer; users can run programs from a remote location side-by-side with their local programs – we’ll show you how this works in detail too.

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8 Reasons to Migrate to SQL Server 2008

Time - 1800 - 2120

This session will concentrate the Business Intelligence (BI) aspects coming in SQL Server 2008. There will be a brief overview of the other themes in the release:

· Enterprise Data Platform

· Beyond Relational

· Dynamic Development

The BI aspects covered will be very demo focused to highlight the improvements to:

· Integration Services. Lookups and use of the new Change Data Capture capabilities in the relational engine

· Reporting Services. The new architecture, the new designer and charting improvements as well as changes to the RDL schema (tablix)

Analysis Services. Demos of the new wizards and attribute relationship designer and best practice warnings, and a discussion on block computation.

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