The MSDN Belux team is organizing a free Azure development workshop on 28 January from 9:30 till 13:00 at the Microsoft offices in Zaventem. Topics will cover Windows Azure and SQL Azure.

Limited seating available, registration is mandatory.

Find more MSDN events at the MSDN Belux website in Dutch and MSDN Belux website in French.

Download a poster that provides a visual reference for understanding key technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It focuses on Active Directory Domain Services, Hyper-V, Internet Information Services, Remote Desktop Services (including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)), BranchCache, and DirectAccess technologies. In addition, updates to core file services and server management are illustrated.

The System Center Management Pack Catalog, formerly located on TechNet, has been moved to Pinpoint where the solutions are now listed by product. We now have the platform available that will allow our ISV partners the ability to promote and engage more directly with our customers and field. This will also provide a better user experience for our customers as they look to extend their System Center implementations.

Explore the new System Center Management Pack Catalog!

This year’s MMS 2010 event will take place at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas from Monday, April 19th to Friday, April 23rd. Customers interested in attending the event can browse the Web site and sign up for information about changes and announcements through e-mail or RSS subscriptions. 

For more information on MMS 2010, click here.

The newly released Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Forefront Unified Access Gateway (Forefront UAG) takes you through the logical three-step planning and design process of selecting the Forefront UAG features required, determining the number of instances, and designing the infrastructure. 

Download the Forefront UAG infrastructure guide .