• Welcome back from TechEd and preparing for R2

    Welcome back from TechEd! It's been a couple of weeks since we returned to the office,
    equipped with loads of great information about the latest releases and deep-dive training.

    It doesn’t stop here though, and whether or not you attended TechEd, there's plenty
    of great content out there for you to take advantage of. Your first stop should be Channel 9,
    where you can explore sessions from TechEd, including the recordings and slide decks.

    Be sure to check out The Modern Datacentre Revisited – R2 to the Max!, the IT Professional
    Kick-Off - this demo heavy session explains where you can see breakthrough capabilities. In
    the Closing Presentation: Cloud Computing: Own Tomorrow, Scott Guthrie brings his energy
    energy to share Microsoft’s vision for the cloud, and his perspective on the cloud in general.

    Other top-rated sessions include:

    We asked some of our favourite speakers and track owners from TechEd 2013
    to cherry-pick their top resources – all with a view to helping you continue to learn and
    connect post event. You can find them on the TechEd website here.

    If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Jeffa’s blog, where he takes us through
    the ‘Secret Sauce’ of tech behind TechEd – a great behind the scenes look into how we
    build the infrastructure for the event. He also did a Celebrating 20 years retrospective, looking at 
    how far we've come since 1994...not to mention how many cans of soft drink we manage to guzzle.

    Happy watching and reading!

    Cheers,

    Katherine.

  • Download an R2 Evaluation and you could win big!

    We have a super easy competition running at the moment that could see you take home two
    fantastic prizes! There's only three days left to enter so you better get in quick though...

    All it takes it downloading one of the R2 previews – these are the latest Microsoft
    virtualisation and management tools, which provide a wealth of advancements to
    help IT professionals build, deliver and manage cloud infrastructure for their
    businesses.

    Take the latest Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview and System Center 2012 R2 Preview
    releases for a spin, and you go in the draw for a bumper prize pack. One lucky
    winner will take home an Xbox 360 with Kinect, as well as the Nokia Lumia 920,
    with PureView technology that captures bright, blur-free photos and videos in
    any lighting conditions.

    To enter, simply follow these easy steps:

    There are four chances to win – so download all four products and email us the screenshots
    increase your chances! For terms and conditions and more info, click here.

    Best of luck,

    Katherine.