All screencasts for the TechDays 09 sessions are now online

For TechDays 09 Bern (German): http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/msdn/de/techdays/Presentations.aspx
For TechDays 09 Geneva (French): http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/msdn/fr/techdays/Presentations.aspx

The presentation slides are also available at the same URLs.

In order to view the sessions, Microsoft Silverlight must be installed.

On Monday 11 May 2009, Markus Erlacher will be presenting a TechNet Deep Dive (Level 300) covering Windows 7.

Topics such as Deployment, Application Compatibility, Management and Security plus Enterprise Features like Branch Cache, Direct Access and Federated Search will be covered.

The differences between Beta and Release Candidate will also be shown.

Date: Monday, 11 May 2009
Time: 09:00 until 13:00
Language: German
Venue: Microsoft Schweiz (Zurich), Wallisellen 8304

Registration, Agenda and further information:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032412556&Culture=de-CH

Have you visited the Swiss TechNet IT Events Calendar yet??
http://www.microsoft.com/switzerland/server/de/events/default.mspx

Today we shipped Service Pack 2 for:

• Microsoft Office 2007
• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Highlights include:

• The ability to open, edit and save documents in version 1.1 of the OpenDocument Format for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. These applications now let users save, open, and edit files as OpenDocument Text (*.odt), OpenDocument Spreadsheet (*.ods), and OpenDocument Presentations (*.odp).
• Save As PDF or XPS add-in has been built into Office applications. Users no longer have to download and install the add-in separately.
• SharePoint offers support for a broader range of Web browsers.

For a list of the other 50 or so improvements and also the bugs that were fixed, visit the Office Sustained Engineering Blog, KB 953195 (Office Client), KB 953334 (Office Server) und KB 953338 (Windows SharePoint Server)

The Service Packs can be downloaded from here

Join the Conversation with the people behind the code.

See what they have to say. Mark Russinovich, Jon Devaan, Rich Coulter, Gabriel Aul and Sharif Farag give you their points of view.

http://talkingaboutwindows.com

In the real world, you might need more than one chance at certification. With Second Shot, if you do not pass any IT professional, developer, or project manager certification exam on your first try, you can retake the exam without an additional cost. Offer valid until 30 June 2009.

Also until 30 June 2009, as a part of Second Shot, we are offering a Career Assist Package. Along with enjoying the benefits of Second Shot, you can access a collection of Microsoft E-Learning courses, which provide 8 to 20 hours of online instructional content to help you master a product and prepare for a certification. This offer applies to IT professional or developer e-learning collection titles only. Does not include Microsoft Office or Windows end-user (non-IT) focused collections.

Visit the Second Shot website to see which countries it is available in and how the enroll.