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    29 september

    HALO: And the awards roll in...

    There's no question that Halo 3's not only become the biggest game launch ever, it may be the most successful as well, living up to the hype and reaching the broadest audience.

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    Here are some summary ratings sites as well.  Kind of like the Rotten Tomatoes of Game Reviews:

    THEME: Halo 3 Theme for Windows Live Spaces

    If you haven't already installed it, and you have a Windows Live Space... grab it while you can.  These themes are nice! 

    http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/h/halo3/livespaces/default.htm

    27 september

    EVENT: Unified Communications Launch 2007 - Newport Beach Fairmont Hotel, Dec 11th

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    The time to unify your communications is now.

    You are cordially invited to explore the next generation of Microsoft unified communications solutions. See firsthand how the new, enhanced technologies work smoothly within your existing IT environment to facilitate and streamline communications.

    Event Agenda At-A-Glance:

    • 8:00–9:30 A.M. Registration and Continental Breakfast
    • 9:30–10:45 A.M. Keynote Address
    • 11:00–12:00 P.M. Session 1: Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment
    • 12:00–1:30 P.M. Lunch
    • 1:30–2:30 P.M. Session 2: The UC Administration Experience
    • 2:30–3:30 P.M. Session 3: VoIP Architecture, Topologies, and Interoperability
    • 4:00–5:00 P.M. Session 4: Security and Compliance

    This free daylong event includes a keynote address with demos followed by a series of technical breakout sessions which provide you with an opportunity to learn how to deploy and manage Microsoft unified communications technologies. You will see how the products we are launching—Microsoft Office® Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007, and Microsoft Office Live Meeting in combination with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007—provide a future-ready software foundation for VoIP that integrates with your existing infrastructure.

    LOCATION/DATE:
    Newport Beach, CA, at the Fairmont Newport Beach on December 11, 2007.

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    REGISTER:
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032350301&Culture=en-US

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    © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    26 september

    BETA: Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 now available

    Windows Server 2008 RC0 is now available.   This has been highly anticipated  because it is the first public Windows Server 2008 build to include  Windows Server Virtualization (Viridian).  

    Resources:

    24 september

    WHITEPAPERS: Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Design and Deployment Guides

    The Windows BitLocker Design and Deployment guides describe the various aspects of planning for deploying Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption for Windows Vista® Enterprise and Windows Vista® Ultimate computers in an enterprise environment. The document is organized in two guides, and you should carefully consider each guide before you deploy BitLocker Drive Encryption.

    • Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Design Guide
      This guide provides a systematic approach when planning for BitLocker deployment and highlights the main decision points. This guide is intended for use by an infrastructure specialist or system architect. It assumes that you have a good understanding of how BitLocker and TPM work on a functional level.
    • Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide
      This guide provides detailed instructions on how to prepare Windows Vista images for BitLocker and how to deploy BitLocker in an enterprise environment. This guide is intended for use by a deployment specialist or deployment team. It assumes that you have a good understanding of how automated Windows deployment, Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) schema extension, and Group Policy works.

    About BitLocker
    BitLocker is a data protection feature available in Windows Vista® Enterprise and Windows Vista® Ultimate for client computers, and in Windows Server® 2008. BitLocker addresses the threats of data theft and of exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned personal computers by providing a closely integrated solution in Windows Vista.
    Data on a lost or stolen computer is vulnerable to unauthorized access, either by running a software attack tool against it or by transferring the computer’s hard disk to a different computer. BitLocker helps mitigate unauthorized data access by enhancing Windows Vista file and system protections. BitLocker also helps render data inaccessible when BitLocker-protected computers are decommissioned or recycled.

    DOWNLOADS:

    DOWNLOAD: Using Group Policy with Windows Vista

    Management of Windows Vista desktops - including lockdown, printer assignment, application publishing, security & permissions, etc - is best done using Group Policies and Active Directory.  These are applied using the Group Policy Management Console and the appropriate Group Policy Administrative Templates for Windows Vista - a series of instructions and configuration parameters that are partially applied when the machine boots up and is brought on line, and are partially applied when a user logs in.

    Here's a list of resources available to use Group Policy with Windows Vista:

    BETA: Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 RC0

    YAAAAAAY!  A new release of Windows Media Server has hit the wire, called Windows Media Services 2008, including the new Cache Server for Windows Media!

    NEW FEATURES
    Check this out:
    (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/serve/features.aspx)

    1. CACHE/PROXY MANAGEMENT
      This is the BIGGIE:  There's a built in Caching Server for Windows Media built into the product now.  This means that Windows Media Player can be configured to point to a Windows Server 2008 box as a "Media Proxy" (just as Internet Explorer points to ISA Server as a Web Proxy) and watch cached media that has already been viewed by others. 
    2. INFRASTRUCTURE SCALE, MANAGEMENT, & SECURITY
      64-BIT & 32-BIT VERSIONS

      There's now a 64-bit version of Windows Media Services.  Not that it needed the 64-bitness however it's still great to be able to load it up on large scale systems running x64.
      SERVER CORE ROLE
      If you want a version that works with a completely stripped down OS to minimize the attack surface of your machine, use the Stream Media Services Server Core role.  Your systems will run without an interface and won't have anything other than the streaming media functionality that you install on it, but that's okay since you can remote admin everything.
      STREAMING MEDIA SERVICES ROLE
      Now integrated into the Server Manager, the Windows Media Services operates as a fully qualified role for the Server Manager making it easy to add and easy to configure for.
    3. PLAY WHILE ARCHIVING
      Why do you have to watch a broadcast live while it's being recorded?  Why not watch Windows Media like a TiVo and if you missed the first half hour of a presentation, simply watch from the beginning by streaming the archive to your desktop and let everyone else watch the presentation live!
    4. BROADCAST AUTOSTART
      If your configuration fails in the event of a catastrophic loss, like a power outage - no worries!  Just let the server & the encoding workstation reboot and boom:  You're back on line streaming and archiving live.

    DOWNLOAD:  (51.8MB - for Windows Server 2008 RC0)
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=898fe4ff-92fc-4ab8-bd5a-6ce689004b40&displaylang=en&tm

    PRODUCT INFORMATIONhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/serve/prodinfo2008.aspx

    UPGRADE INFORMATION
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/upgradewms9s.aspx#requirements

    EXECUTIVE EVENT: Managing Performance, Workflow & Collaboration Across the Organization - November 1, 2007

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    You are invited to an executive seminar:
    Managing Performance, Workflow and Collaboration Across the Organization

    Please join Microsoft® Corporation for an executive seminar on solutions for a people-ready business. You will learn how an effective planning process, supported by Microsoft PerformancePoint Server, can result in great performance and value. You will also hear about best practices for deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to improve workflow and collaboration across the organization. 

    This executive seminar will provide you with a chance to network with your peers and hear what similar organizations have done to enhance their people-ready business. You will gain insight from industry experts within Microsoft, Hitachi’s BI practice, and Microsoft Consulting Services, and hear about best practices and gain valuable knowledge.

    Date: Thursday, November 1, 2007
    Location: Halekulani Hotel, 2199 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815

    A nice breakfast and lunch will be served. Self-parking is included.

    Agenda:

    • 7:30 a.m. – 7:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
    • 7:50 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Welcome
    • 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Introduction to Microsoft PerformancePoint Server, Michael Tejedor, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft
    • 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Effective Planning and Performance ManagementJohn Head, Vice President, Hitachi Consulting
    • 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.  Q&A and Closing Remarks
    • 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Break
    • 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Deployment Best Practices, Charles Maxson, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Technology Specialist, Microsoft
    • 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Networking Lunch

    Introduction to Microsoft PerformancePoint Server
    Decisions makers need to drive performance by accelerating business decision making, while adapting to changing business conditions and enforcing corporate governance. The new Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 allows organizations to build reliable plans faster and execute against them by aligning and driving accountability across business operations. It enables organizations to improve their corporate performance process by integrating monitoring, analysis and planning into a single application.

    Effective Planning and Performance Management
    Hitachi Consulting, a recognized leader in both the Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management industries, will discuss how companies of all sizes are making the planning process the key activity for strategy execution, how to incorporate all aspects of the organization in this process and how an integrated application & technology suite best supports this important management initiative.

    Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Deployment Best Practices
    Businesses depend on business processes. While those processes often involve software, the most important processes in many organizations depend on people. Automating interactions among the people who participate in a process can improve how that process functions, increasing its efficiency and lowering its error rate. Using software that supports this kind of human workflow can make organizations more effective.  To support these processes, organizations have turned to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to help implement effective and efficient systems to support workflow and forms management.  This presentation includes an overview of solutions implemented using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and best practices based on recent deployments.

    Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry thought leaders and your peers.

    Registration:
    PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER.  THIS IS AN EVENT FOR MY CUSTOMERS ONLY AND NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    Copyright 2007 Microsoft Corporation. www.microsoft.com/bi

    INFO: Forefront Client Security surges past McAfee, TrendMicro, NOD32, Sophos

    Remember all that hubbub about Microsoft's antivirus solution supposedly "not being ready for prime time"?  (For the record, they were talking more specifically about OneCare - our consumer antivirus offering - however people get confused between our corporate offering and our consumer offering)

    Well, times change.  Check this out:

    PRODUCT LINK:
    http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/clientsecurity/default.mspx

    22 september

    WEBCAST: Business Intelligence Day - October 5th, 2007

    Live Meeting Series:
    BI Day:  Business Intelligence for the Entire OrganizationorangeblocksOFC06_Paco-Jack_01

    Join this monthly Live Meeting to learn how you can develop and deploy an effective business intelligence (BI) strategy in your organization. You will hear everything from how to get started on BI to best practices in data warehousing and architecture for a successful BI implementation. BI Days will be held the first Friday of each month starting in October.

    The first BI Day will be on Friday, October 5th and will feature four tracks:

    Topics

    • 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. General

    Microsoft Business Intelligence Overview

    • 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m:  Developer - SQL Server: Foundation for BI
    • 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon:  End User - Business Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting and Modeling
    • 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m:  IT Pro - Building Performance Dashboards

    Register and attend any or all of the tracks. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about BI from experts without having to leave your office.

    Register today!
    Online: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032351070 
    Phone:1-877-673-8368 Event ID:1032351070

    EVENT: Dell/Microsoft Systems Management Briefing - Irvine, November 15th, 2007


    Dell|MS Systems Management
    Customer Briefing
    November 15, 2007

    Microsoft Southern California District Office
    Three Park Plaza, Suite 1800
    Irvine, CA 92614
    (949) 263-3000

    Please register by November 9, 2007.
    Space is limited.

     

    You're Invited!

    Come learn how Dell and Microsoft simplify IT management to help you deliver greater value to your business!

    Drive down costs and complexities in managing your IT systems and distributed services. Improve service levels and visibility with end-to-end service management of your business critical services and line-of-business applications. Management solutions from Dell and Microsoft give you the ability to align business lines, processes and resources to support your enterprise more efficiently.

    Discussion Topics

    • Microsoft and Dell Partnership: Microsoft and Dell are committed to working together in the systems management space to offer a real change in the management and availability of your business critical operations. Spanning management of both hardware and software, Microsoft and Dell drive down cost and complexity by managing an end-to-end enterprise of any size.
    • Microsoft Systems Center Overview: At Microsoft, we never lose sight of the people who deploy, manage, and use our software. We understand that IT professionals face an increasingly complex IT landscape amidst demands to manage costs while optimizing the flexibility and agility of their IT environment to drive new business opportunity. To meet these demands, Microsoft offers System Center, a family of leading IT management solutions that helps you proactively plan, deploy, manage, and optimize your IT environment.
    • Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 and Dell OpenManage: Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager (SCOM) provides a comprehensive tool for end-to-end service management that is easy to customize and extend to help improve service levels across your IT environment. SCOM creates a launch point for Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, IT Assistant, and Array Manager to furnish event management, proactive monitoring and alerting, reporting, and trend analysis for software and hardware.
    • Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services: Dell’s Infrastructure Consulting Services are designed to help you maximize the benefits of integrated systems management solutions in your environment. Our technology experts assess your existing infrastructure, provide recommendations, and can assist you in implementing a comprehensive systems management solution with minimal disruption to your operations. Our experience in simplifying the complexities of IT management, in our own operations and at companies worldwide, can help your organization quickly realize enhanced performance, scalability, and value from your IT investments.
    • Dell's Enterprise Roadmap: Dell has a “business-ready” approach to enterprise technology. We build on advanced, industry-standard technologies that have proven their value for the enterprise. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Dell tailors every system to fit every customer’s unique business needs, so it’s ready to add value to the datacenter right away.
    • Dell and Microsoft LOB Solution: Dell and Microsoft have created a solution offering that combines Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 software, Dell PowerEdge servers, Dell OpenManage software, and services provided by Dell Infrastructure Consulting experts. Dell’s technologists can help you improve service levels and visibility with end-to-end service management of your Exchange messaging service; from e-mail clients to the back-end server applications and hardware.

    Dell|MS Systems Management Customer Briefing Proposed Agenda:

    8:00am Registration
    8:30am Welcome and Introductions
    8:45am Microsoft Systems Center Overview
    9:30am Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager and Dell OpenManage
    10:15am Dell Infrastructure Consulting Services
    10:45am Break
    11:00am Dell Enterprise Roadmap
    11:30am Dell and Microsoft LOB Offering
    12:00pm Closing, Q&A, Lunch and Raffle
    1:00pm Meeting Adjourns

    If you have any questions, please email Rick Balazs at rick_balazs@Dell.com

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    To register click the "Register Now" button above or cut and paste the following URL into your browser - www.dellevents.com/Dell&MSOpenManageirvine.

    Please register by November 9, 2007. Space is limited.  We look forward to visiting with you in Irvine.

    EVENT: Optimizing Branch Offices: "Branching the Gap" - Irvine, October 17th, 2007

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    Branches mean business to over 27% imageof all companies (IDC 2006). Those companies face many challenges with those branches:

    • high costs driving server consolidation
    • wide area file access & availability
    • file and data security
    • server management

    Microsoft and Packeteer have partnered together to deliver on the promise of addressing all of those challenges while gaining control over your remote offices.

    Join us as we demonstrate how the Branch Office technologies available today in Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R2 delivers great performance, for every application at every location.

    You'll learn from Microsoft Technical Specialists (TS) and Packeteer subject matter experts how to:

    • Make end users happy with fast file access
    • Accelerate branch office applications and services
    • Facilitate less need of IT support staff in branch offices

    You will also have an opportunity to participate in a special Project Room Breakout where you can get your individual questions answered.

    LOCATION:
    Microsoft, 3 Park Plaza Suite 1800, Irvine, CA 92614

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    October 17, 2007, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
    (Doors open at 8:00 AM)


    REGISTER:
    http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032353458&culture=en-US 
    Or Register by Phone:  1-877-673-8368, Event Code:  1032353458

    • Enter a Raffle to win a free copy of Vista!
    • Find out more about Special Branch Office Pricing

    EVENT: The Directory & Identity Roadshow, Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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    The bus stops in Irvine for a FREE one-day event for the most experienced users of Microsoft directory and identity technologies!

    Learn how to simplify managing and auditing multiple identities across your distributed Windows infrastructure when you register for this FREE one-day, in-depth technical seminar.

    Reduce downtime and IT costs while boosting productivity—without sacrificing system security.

    Register now and get:

    • Highly technical, in-depth educational content.
    • Unprecedented, one-on-one access to industry leaders.
    • Like-minded experts with real-world solutions.
    • Contacts who can help resolve a problem or advance your career.
    • Solution demos on demand...available all day! 

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    City: Irvine, CA
    Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
    Time: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
    Location: Microsoft Office - Irvine (Los Angeles) 
    Three Park Plaza, Suite 1800, Irvine, CA 92614


    Event Agenda

    • 8:30 - 9:00 am Registration
    • 9:00 - 10:00 am Identity Futures Keynote
    • 10:00 - 10:15 am Break
    • 10:15 - 11:15 am Boost Active Directory with Automated Tools: A Success Story
    • 11:15 - 12:15 pm Lunch
    • 12:15 - 1:15 pm
      Active Directory Track: Exchange 2007 and the Power of PowerShell
      ILM Track: ILM 2007 Core Concepts and Architecture
    • 1:15 - 2:15 pm
      Active Directory Track: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Drilldown
      ILM Track: Provisioning User Objects Based on Group Membership
    • 2:15 - 2:30 pm Break
    • 2:30 - 3:30 pm
      Active Directory Track: Auditing and Compliance with Windows Server 2008
      ILM Track: ADFS Architecture Drill Down & CardSpace
    • 3:30 - 4:30 pm PIV Cards in Active Directory
    • 4:30 - 5:30 pm Ask the Experts - Reception

    Sponsored by:
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    TRAINING: 3-day Deploying Business Desktops Hands-on-lab, October 9-11, 2007

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    As part of Microsoft’s commitment to help our customers deploy the most current versions of Microsoft® desktop products, we’ve created a free 3-day Business Desktop Deployment Hands-On-Lab (BDD HOL) for Microsoft’s Windows® Vista & Office 2007.  In this three-day event, you will receive practical technical information and proven techniques to help simplify the deployment of Windows® Vista and Office 2007 products. 

    This 3-day *free* course is designed to provide a deep dive into the deployment how-tos of migrating to Windows Vista and Office 2007.   Building on the proven Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007 methodology, this 3-day HOL demonstrates a set of best practices, tools, and procedures proven to eliminate the challenges of deployment. In addition, the course will introduce attendees to all of the new deployment features designed into both Windows Vista and 2007 Office. 

    Topics covered include:

    Introduction to Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment 2007

    • Building a master Reference Computer Image
    • Lite Touch Deployment
    • Zero Touch Deployment
    • Preparing Multi-Language for deployment

    Understanding Windows Vista and 2007 Office deployment technologies

    • Windows Image based setup
    • Windows Automated Installation Kit
    • Windows Deployment Services
    • Office Customization Tool

    Security challenges and solutions for Windows Vista & 2007 Office

    • BitLocker configuration during deployment
    • Building a secure reference image
    • Security configuration for 2007 Office

    Easing migration to Windows Vista and 2007 Office

    • Application Compatibility
    • Office Migration and Planning Manager
    • Office File Conversion tools

    IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS FREE TRAINING EVENT (and you're a customer of mine), PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION.  THIS EVENT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    TRAINING: Business Intelligence Hands-On Lab - October 17, 2007

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    Business Intelligence Hands-On Lab
    October 17, 2007

    Learn how you can implement a Business Intelligence solution using Microsoft SQL Server 2005, PerformancePoint 2007, and the Office suite of products in this one day hands-on lab. Topics include:

    • How to create and manage powerful OLAP and data mining solutions.
    • Learn how to create different types of reports and build reporting models.
    • Learn how to use Report Builder in SQL 2005.
    • Design and deploy planning models, scorecards, and dashboards using PerformancePoint Server.
    • Utilize SharePoint Server 2007, Office 2007, and SQL Server 2005 to build an integrated BI solution.

    What is a hands-on-lab?
    This isn't your typical IT class. This hands-on lab is for experienced IT Pros who want to "try it out." You'll spend most of the day getting hands-on practice and experience with the new product features and scenarios in your own lab environment with very little instructor presentation.

    Who Should Attend:
    This hands-on lab is for Database Administrators and Developers who are familiar with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005 and are considering or planning to deploy a business intelligence solution for OLAP, data mining, analytics, reporting, or performance management.

    Prerequisites:
    To get the most from this course, you will need knowledge of SQL Server 2000, 2005, or SQL Server 7.0, including administration experience, experience creating a database, database and server architecture, database security, and have experience with monitoring and dashboarding techniques.

    Course Modules

    • PerformancePoint Server - Planning
    • PerformancePoint Server - Monitoring and Analytics
    • OLAP Analysis in Microsoft Office Excel 2007
    • Using Report Builder in SQL Server 2005

    RSVP:
    This special, no charge training event will fill quickly and space is limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible to reserve your seat.

    IF YOU ARE A CUSTOMER OF MINE AND INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION & THE RSVP CODE.  THIS IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR MY CUSTOMERS AND NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

    TRAINING: How Forefront™ and System Center can Empower your Business Hands-On Lab, October 18, 2007

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    How Forefront and System Center can Empower your Business Hands-On Lab
    October 18, 2007

    Every day IT Professionals need to manage complexity and costs while providing their business with a flexible infrastructure to drive new business opportunities. At the same time, they face increasing challenges in protecting information and controlling access. Through Forefront and System Center, companies at all stages of infrastructure maturity can help create an IT environment that is security enhanced and well managed.

    This Hand-on Lab event will give you a chance to try out the Forefront and System Center portfolio of products, which are designed to maximize productivity, simplify administration, and integrate with existing infrastructure so that you can reduce costs, empower your business, and maintain control.

    These Hands-on Labs cover two key tracks of "Security" and "Management", so you can choose by track or by lab which features to try out.

    What is a hands-on-lab?
    This isn't your typical IT class. This hands-on lab is for experienced IT Pros who want to "try it out." You'll spend most of the day getting hands-on practice and experience with the new product features and scenarios in your own lab environment with very little instructor presentation.

    Who Should Attend:
    This course is for IT Professionals who work in organizations of all sizes and are concerned with the installation, configuration, security, and maintenance of a variety of server types. The actual job roles of the individuals may vary, but in general they will fall within the categories of Systems Administration, Server Administration, and Systems Engineering.

    Prerequisites:
    To get the most from this course, you should be experienced (skill level 200+) with the technologies included in Forefront, System Center, ISA Server, and Windows Server.

    Management Track:

    • Deploying Configuration Manager 2007
    • Deploy Vista with Configuration Manager 2007
    • Installation Operations Manager 2007

    Security Track:

    • Forefront Client Security
    • Forefront Server Security
    • Forefront Edge Security and Access

    RSVP:
    This special, no charge training event will fill quickly and space is limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible to reserve your seat.

    IF YOU ARE A CUSTOMER OF MINE AND ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO REGISTER.  THIS IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR MY CUSTOMERS AND NOT AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC.

    TRAINING: Exchange Server 2007 Hands-on-lab - October 16th, 2007

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    Exchange Server 2007 - Hands-On Lab
    October 16, 2007

    For most businesses today, e-mail is the mission-critical communications tool that allows their people to produce the best results. For IT professionals, delivering a messaging system that addresses these needs must be balanced against other requirements such as security and cost.

    Join us for this one-day hands-on lab to try out Exchange Server 2007's new features and capabilities. This event will show how the benefits and new technology can help support and address real problems through these three pillars:

    • Built-in Protection: Exchange Server 2007 offers built-in protective technologies to help keep your business moving, reduce spam and viruses, enable confidential communications, and help your company to be compliant.
    • Access Virtually Anywhere: With Exchange Server 2007, employees get access to their e-mail, voice mail, calendars, and contacts from a variety of clients and devices.
    • Operational Efficiency: Exchange Server 2007 enables new levels of operational efficiency through capabilities that optimize hardware and networking investments and features that help make administrators more productive.

    What is a hands-on-lab?
    This isn't your typical IT class. This hands-on lab is for experienced IT Pros who want to "try it out." You'll spend most of the day getting hands-on practice and experience with the new product features and scenarios in your own lab environment with very little instructor presentation.

    Who Should Attend:
    This course is for system administrators and engineers who work with the installation, configuration, and maintenance of a variety of server types and have two to three years of experience managing enterprise-level Microsoft Exchange Server environments.

    Prerequisites:
    To get the most from this course, you will be experienced (two to three years experience) with the technologies included in Microsoft Exchange environments.

    Course Modules

    • Exchange Overview
    • Compliance and Retention
    • Operational Efficiency
    • Mobility
    • Security

    RSVP/REGISTRATION:
    This special, no charge training event will fill quickly and space is limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible to reserve your seat.

    IF YOU ARE A CUSTOMER OF MINE AND ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.  THIS IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR MY CUSTOMERS AND NOT AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC.

    21 september

    OFFER: The Ultimate Steal for Office 2007

    The Ultimate Steal for Office 2007 is a special program for students with a University email address.   College students (any student w/university email address) will be able to obtain a copy of Office 2007 Ultimate for $59.95.

    Send the students you know to:  http://theultimatesteal.com

    20 september

    DOWNLOAD: Microsoft Silverlight 1.0

    image In case you hadn't heard, Silverlight 1.0 released.  Download it... it's small and you'll love what it can do for the web!

    DOWNLOAD:  http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/#4_0

    For Silverlight apps and experiences, check out:  http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
    or
    http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/#

    19 september

    TRAINING: Sharepoint Technologies Training from Mindsharp, October 1-5th

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    SharePointTM 2007 Education
    Administrator, Developer,  Designer 2007 and Power End-User Tracks
    Instructors: Ben Curry, James Curry, Corro’ll Driskell and Amy Alexander
    Las Vega, NV | October 1 - 5, 2007

     

    • ADMINISTRATOR:
      This 5-day course is designed to give SharePoint Administrators basic and intermediate information and skills they need to design, deploy and manage a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 implementation.
    • DEVELOPER:
      This 5-day course is designed to provide SharePoint Developers basic and intermediate information and skills they need to extend, customize, and support a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services version 3 (WSS v3) implementation.
    • DESIGNER 2007:
      This 5-day course is designed to give the student the tools and knowledge to further customize SharePoint sites by using SharePoint Designer 2007. The course covers all aspects of design, as well as external data integration and custom workflows.
    • POWER END-USER:
      This 3-day course concentrates on SharePoint 2007 from the perspective of users who will be assigned the role of a SharePoint Member and Site Owner. This course is aimed at a non-technical user who will view, edit and contribute content to a Windows SharePoint Services Site and administer those sites.

    Join us for the best opportunity to gain hands-on experience and learn about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services v3 implementation. 

    For class syllabus, site details, and registration information

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    Benefits of a Mindsharp Education
    When you’re looking for an exceptional educational experience that addresses all your SharePoint needs - look no further than Mindsharp. Over the years, Mindsharp has established an outstanding reputation for delivering timely, cost-effective education. Some of the strengths that set Mindsharp apart are:

    • A pool of extraordinarily experienced educators that speak and train all over the world.
    • Years of real-world experience allow Mindsharp instructors to not only provide the best educational experience you’ll find anywhere, but also answer questions you face every day on the job.
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