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This seminar will get you up and running fast using Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and the client-side features in ADO.NET 2.0 comprise the biggest set of changes ever in Microsoft SQL Server, and in client-side data access.
Room 404 & 405, 4/F, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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How do you know if your environment is really secure? How do you determine what is right or even enough? What steps do you take to address security threats and assess your environment? Come hear from the experts on how to evaluate your IT environment, apply the guidance with tips on how to customize it to fit your company's needs. In this full day session, learn how to use tools as well as how to apply the guidance to develop your company's security strategy including policies, technology and enforcement.
Microsoft Hong Kong – Seminar Room 2305-2309, 23/F, Three Pacific Place, 1 Queen's Road East, Hong Kong
To meet today's complexity challenges IT professional and developers need a new generation of application infrastructure. The Dynamic IT environment requires a Dynamic Application Platform, one that delivers unprecedented developer productivity, helps you connect your customers, partners, and employees with the information they need to drive better business and buying decisions, and is ready to handle any workload, from basic to the most enterprise mission critical. In this keynote Michael Raheem, Senior Program Manager for the SQL Server Team will describe how SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 will deliver the next generation Dynamic Application Platform you need to be ready to tackle today's dynamic business environment.
[BIN323] In today's business world, as BI and data analysis are factoring into every aspect of the enterprise--from the traditional decision-making processes to day-to-day business operations--the need for real-time data analysis is becoming a common business requirement. The challenges in providing real-time BI have not changed, but new innovative technology now makes what was inconceivable in the past a reality for tomorrow. See how Analysis Services will provide users with the ability to perform real-time data analysis on the fly and learn to tell your CFO "Of course the data is in real-time, you don't think I'd let you look at stale data, do you?"
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[MSG220] Real-Time Communications and Collaboration technologies are helping to break down the barriers between working, communicating, and collaborating. Microsoft Office Live Communication Server 2005 is an Enterprise IM and Presence Solution and an RTC platform. This session provides an overview of the IM and Presence solution and how it integrates with Microsoft Office 2003 and our other enterprise offerings. It introduces the Microsoft Office Live Communication Server platform and discusses the future of Live Communications Server.
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[MGT201] IT service management is concerned with delivering and supporting IT services that are implemented in direct response to the organization's business requirements. While it is essential that an organization's IT services support core business activities, it is also increasingly important that these same IT services facilitate change as businesses evolve and compete in a global marketplace. This session will introduce and illustrate the importance of ITSM; It also provides operational guidance that enables organizations to achieve mission-critical system reliability, availability, supportability, and manageability of technologies.
Speaker: HP Suen, Chairman of itSMF HK Chapter
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[SEC320] Do you think all hackers use the same techniques to break into your network? Do you think they all guess your passwords? Do you think that an unpatched vulnerability is the only way to compromise your domain controllers? Come to this session and watch Jesper Johansson demonstrate how a successful attack is used to compromise your network. Learn how attackers use these techniques, and how to prevent them. The techniques may surprise you, but you will be much more able to protect your Windows network, once you understand them.
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[CLI333] This is a must-attend session for developers who want to learn best practices, tips and tricks, how-tos and detailed internals of the Office InfoPath® programming model. Sample topics covered include workflow, offline, connectivity, SharePoint® products and technology integration, end-to-end solution examples, and more.
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[ARC305] This session will be repeated. Code Generation is often used to jump start projects or generate CRUD stored procedures. But what if you wanted to build a more automated software factory? What if the constraints of your business were fairly vertical, like 'Retail eBanking' but wide open, like 'The Web Channel'? By using Domain Specific Languages or by extended existing things like XmlSchema (XSD) or Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to describe contracts between systems, fairly complex systems can be built. This advanced session explores and takes apart a real-life system built with .NET in order to support a legacy C++ application. We discuss the role of Code Generation, Visual Studio® Add-Ins and tools, command line generators and compilers, validation of rules and constraints, and Continuous Integration and Automated Testing. Learn how this team generated everything from Domain Objects to the actual Microsoft Office Word specification document.
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[SEC300] Microsoft is committed to sharing its internal IT security practices in order to help its customers successfully secure their environments. This session describes what Microsoft Corporate Security Group does to prevent malicious or unauthorized use of digital assets at Microsoft. This asset protection takes place through a formal risk management framework, risk management processes, and clear organization roles and responsibilities. The principles and techniques described in this session can be employed to manage risk in any organization.
[DAT320] Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET 2.0, along with the rest of the .NET Framework 2.0, have been in the works for some time now and they bring lots of innovation with them -- not only that, they've been carefully designed to work together and provide the best platform for integrated database application development. In this session we discuss the key features that make ADO.NET 2.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 a winning combination. We touch on topics such as using ADO.NET inside SQL/CLR, System.Transactions integration, asynchronous command execution, new data type support, and more. We also go through the new provider factory model in ADO.NET 2.0 to build provider agnostic data-access code.
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[MSG300] There are many different design considerations that are involved in deploying an Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environment. This session takes you through the steps to designing your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 architecture such as Admin Group/Routing Group design, Storage Design, FE/BE design, and when to consider options such as Exchange clustering. This session includes best practices for Exchange architecture design, and an example based on various customer sizes.
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[MGT200] The Dynamic Systems Initiative is Microsoft's long term strategy to dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of developing, deploying, and managing applications. Come hear how the progress we have made can help you today, and learn about the investments we are making to solve your problems tomorrow.
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[SEC325] Start | Programs | Firewall | Rules | Add rule | Permit all hosts destination port 4695/tcp. Um, why did you just do that? Was there a business justification for creating that hole, and was the decision backed up by your security policy? You do have an up-to-date, regularly reviewed policy, right? Surprisingly (or not), security policies in many organizations are hidden, reflect the thinking of ten years ago, or simply don't exist. All security decisions should be based on business needs and guided by relevant, timely, and flexible policies. Steve Riley helps you understand why it's important to have a security policy, how to encourage end-user participation, and provides suggestions on what makes up a good policy.
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[CLI335] This session focuses on Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003's support for managed code. Learn how to start with InfoPath projects using the Toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET 2003, use managed code in your InfoPath form to implement business logic, and integrate with the .NET Framework. Drill into InfoPath's XML-based programming model and best practices for InfoPath solution development with managed code, including covering issues around architecture, security and deployment.
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[IND300] The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), formerly known as "Indigo," is Microsoft's unified framework for building service-oriented applications. It enables developers to build secure, reliable, transacted solutions that integrate across platforms and interoperate with existing investments. WCF combines and extends the capabilities of existing distributed systems technologies, including Enterprise Services, System.Messaging, .NET Remoting, ASMX, and WSE to deliver a unified development experience spanning distance, topologies, hosting models, protocols, and security models. This session will provide an overview of WCF and show you how WCF will radically simplify the development of distributed applications.
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[SVR316] Ever wondered how Microsoft IT manages and operates its Active Directory infrastructure? Think Microsoft employees are any more accepting of downtime or performance issues? Microsoft has the oldest production Active Directory in the world (happily authenticating users since '99), so come listen as they share their best practices on everything from domain controller placement, performance monitoring, and change management, to disaster recovery, tools, and 64-bit DCs.
[PRT102] With EMC Legato EmailXtender, an organization's messages are captured in realtime, fully indexed, and migrated from the message server to a centralized archive. As a result, storage costs drop, server performance improves, and backup and recovery times are reduced. It also enables compliance with record retention regulations and reduces the cost and risk of legal discovery.
Speaker: Mr. Terry Lam (Senior Technical Consultant, EMC Hong Kong)
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[PRT106] With Captaris Workflow you can quickly build powerful workflow applications that integrate with and enhance the Microsoft solutions you already own, including Office, Sharepoint, InfoPath, Outlook, and many more. In this session we shall give live demonstrations to show you:
When workflow automation makes good business sense
How to quickly turn the business need into an automated solution
Which six critical factors decide whether your workflow will succeed
PLUS - Every person attending the presentation will be entered into a lucky draw to win an Xbox
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[PRT100] Take control over the ever-growing volume of data and email your organization perpetually generates. How do you ensure all information and emails are fully protected and retrieved efficiently? At the session, Symantec will discuss how to fulfill your data management needs in Windows environment. In addition, we will highlight the benefits of an email archiving solution that eliminates quotas, message size restrictions and gives users a mailbox of virtually unlimited size while simultaneously controlling message growth.
Speaker: Byron Chang, Systems Engineer, Symantec HK
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[PRT103] This session start off by discussing the 64-bit Intel platform strategy and the corresponding Microsoft database solution that supports it. Then, it'll go into details on how the currently available as well as the coming server platform features will enhance a SQL database performance and high reliability in an enterprise deployment. Besides, the capacity planning scenarios for a SQL database will be explained and specific case studies on real-life SQL database (64-bit) deployment will also be discussed.
Speaker: Otto Chow (Consultant Manager, Asia Pacific,Intel Solution Services)
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[PRT101] Tired of worrying the quality and security vulnerabilities of your application? Join us to learn on how to improve the application quality with the evolutionary "Continuous Integration Testing" methodology - A Compuware initiative that focused on using a daily build and test process during development. The best practices in ensuring application quality and security right from the start of the SDLC cycle.
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[PRT105] The Citrix Access Platform enables you to consolidate systems and data under the central control of your IT teams. It is the easiest way to deploy and manage applications from a central location and access them from anywhere. Providing this on-demand access, you can:
accelerate and simplify every aspect of application, upgrade and patch deployment, management and support
reduce IT expenditures
increase application/system performance and result in increased productivity
simplified processes to ensure compliance
Speaker: David Chow (Enterprise Consulting Manager, Asiasoft Hong Kong Limited)
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[PRT104] The same activities that make your employees efficient and productive – doing research over the internet, sharing files, sending instant messages to customers and coworkers, and emailing status information while traveling –are making your IT infrastructures vulnerable to mobile malicious code, spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and phishing and pharming. Gateway firewalls and antivirus software are no match for these new, virulent threats. To ensure the needed protection, organizations need to incorporate content level protection into their overall security strategies...
Speaker: Catherine Kung (Sales Manager, Greater China)
[BIN334] Learn how to configure and manage your Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services deployment. See how Reporting Services integrates with the new Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and get a demonstration of the new Reporting Services configuration tool. This session covers common management scenarios including how to manage reports, schedules, subscriptions, and security. Other topics include managing a multi-server, scale-out environment and how to automate common tasks through the built-in scripting facilities.
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[MSG305] Learn best practices and get prescriptive guidance for upgrading from Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange Server 2003, including important information about key issues around Active Directory®, deprecated features, upgrade paths, third-party software. See step-by-step examples on upgrading Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Also included are real-world tips and tricks from a customer who upgraded from Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server to Exchange 2003.
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[MGT300] This session, geared towards Infrastructure engineers and architects, discusses the processes involved in architecting MOM 2005 solutions while leveraging best practices and avoiding common architectural pitfalls. It also details the process used to architect a MOM 2005 solution based upon the client's specific business requirements through presenting multiple case studies of successful MOM deployments.
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[SEC330] As organizations grow, controlling the access to the internal network can become impossible. Every day, customers, vendors and consultants may be connecting mobile devices to your network for valid business reasons. These mobile clients and distributed network environments expose the network to many threats if it is only protected by traditional perimeter or physical network isolation solutions. These traditional defenses lack the ability to provide an end-to-end security solution and are often too inflexible to support the requirements of a modern IT infrastructure. Network Isolation provides a new layer of network security that uses IPsec, group policy, and machine groups to isolate data moving between computers or networks in the organization. This approach allows development of a flexible, scalable, and manageable solution that provides a powerful layer of protection to an organization's trusted computers. This presentation is a technical discussion and demonstration of the technologies available right now to provide a proven and deployable enterprise-class isolation solution.
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[DAT340] This session covers the many options available to help you migrate your existing Oracle applications to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. It highlights real customer experience with the migration process and showcases some Microsoft SQL Server 2005 specific features, such as Oracle publishing, that significantly ease the work.
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[DAT382] Do you want to start quickly developing WinForms-based database applications? Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express is a great new combination that has lots of new features and tools to allow you to very quickly build "bread and butter" database applications. Rather than digging into any particular technology, this session walks you through the process of building a small, but representative application, introducing you to the tools and techniques you'll use to be productive right from the beginning. This includes installing and administering the database with the Express Manager, designing and implementing DataSet-bound forms, and generating reports with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.
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Date:5 October, 2005 Venue: 4/F, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong
[DBA307] There are a number of steps involved in the creation of a database application. In this series of sessions we look at the full application lifecycle, from design and build, through deployment and operations to adding BI features to the final application. Throughout the series, you will see best practices for approaching each phase, so if you are looking for the best way to build Microsoft SQL Server 2005 applications then these three sessions are the place to start. In the second of this series we look at how to take the application that was designed and built in the first session and deploy it into a production environment. We review many of the decisions that you can make with regards to setting the environment up to achieve great reliability, scalability, availability and security. We also look at how Microsoft SQL Server 2005 helps you manage and operate your application more efficiently once it is deployed, including looking at how the new management and operation tools let you monitor your systems and schedule common tasks, giving you more time to focus on value added tasks.
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[MSG308] Learn why and how customers have migrated from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange Server and other Microsoft Collaboration Solutions. We review best practices, major business reasons for migration, how migrations were planned and executed, and which resources--including those offered by Microsoft and partners--were selected and used. Both messaging and application migrations are reviewed. During this session, an additional customer speaker presents highlights from their migration and shares best practices.
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[MGT304] Learn the basics on Microsoft System Center Reporting Server 2005 architecture and best practices for deployment.
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[DSK210] In this session, hear about the new security technologies in the next release of the Windows® client, code-named "Longhorn". "Longhorn" will build on the security improvements that were delivered in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 to make it easier to secure your desktops. Areas covered include isolation and resiliency, security management, and access control. The session includes a detailed discussion and demo of changes in "Longhorn" that will allow organizations to deploy desktops securely with least-privilege user access.
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[CLI351] Microsoft Office Word 2003 enables a powerful integration between Word documents and XML data streams. See how you can liberate the content of a document for automated processing, document assembly, or reporting. You can now enliven the user's interactions with backend data in ways never before achievable through interactive dynamic documents. Explore manipulation of XML using the object model, formatting data with XSLT, server-side Word document generation, and more. Learn powerful methods for bringing your own XML data into Word documents and using it to provide an easier and more intuitive user experience. (Suggested prerequisite: Word XML hands-on lab).
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[DEV341] The C# development experience has evolved dramatically since Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET 2003 was released. See Anson Horton and Luke Hoban demonstrate these enhancements through a dueling demo style presentation. Luke and Anson walk through many of the features of the Microsoft Visual C# 2005 editor including refactoring, IntelliSense improvements, Code Snippets and enhanced navigation, while trying to outdo each other with more and more exciting and compelling demos. The presentation focuses on introducing these features with brief asides about why trade offs and decisions were made (e.g. which refactorings were chosen and why). In the end, whoever gets the most applause wins the coveted demo crown.
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[BAP242] Find out how Microsoft Axapta can help multiply your company's productivity and effectiveness by harnessing the power of the entire Microsoft portfolio of software and technologies. See how Microsoft Axapta functionality and business data can be accessed from and integrated with other Microsoft applications.
[BIN300] There are a number of steps involved in the creation of a database application. In this series of sessions, we look at the full application lifecycle, from design and build, through deployment and operations to adding BI features to the final application. Throughout the series, you will see best practices for approaching each phase, so if you are looking for the best way to build Microsoft SQL Server 2005 applications, then these three sessions are the place to start. In the last of this series, we look at the many features provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2005 that allow you to extend your existing application by adding Business Intelligence features. We look at how you can easily add custom and business reporting to your application, how you can use text and data mining in your application to derive more value from your data along with ways to integrate more data from other sources into your application. All of these features further enhance both the usability and usefulness of your application. Finally, we look at how the addition of these features can drive the next round of the development process to enhance the base applications.
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[MSG338] This session discusses and demonstrates how Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 provides secure and affordable remote and mobile access to email and PIM information across a range of mobile devices. Come discover how to leverage the mobile capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and the new mobility features available in SP2!
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[MGT305] Learn about tools to extend and customize MOM 2005, including the MOM 2005 SDK and connectors to third-party management tools, as well as how you can use MOM to monitor non-Windows Operating Systems, network infrastructure and hardware.
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[SEC351] Security is becoming an increasingly important, even critical, concern for developers. The Principle of Least Privilege is one of the tenets that can help developers write secure code, but applying this principle to the code you write isn't enough. It's also important to apply it to your day-to-day work, which means running your machine using a non-administrative account. In this session, we discuss why developers should run their machines using a low-privileged account, some of the challenges that prevent developers from doing so, and demonstrate a number of techniques for surmounting these challenges and developing successful, secure software using least privilege.
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[CLI355] With its new XML support, Microsoft Office Excel has become the premier rapid application development tool for integrating XML documents into line-of-business applications. Instead of forcing users to work with arcane XML schemas, you can harness all the power of Excel to process data in XML documents using the Excel user interface. In this session, see how to automate the new XML-related portions of the Excel object model to integrate Excel and XML. Find out how to automate all of Excel's XML functionality including adding schemas to Excel documents, mapping XML documents to spreadsheets, loading data into Excel from XML sources, and saving data from Excel back into XML documents. Excel makes creating XML-based workflows easy to implement.
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[DEV350] This is a must-see session for Visual Basic developers who are new to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, and also reviews the major feature changes and additions for beta 2. Take a top-down look at the new application architecture and RAD development enhancements in Whidbey, including several key productivity features that are exclusive to Visual Basic. This session covers the new Visual Basic lightweight application model for client applications, the My namespace, Data, Settings and Resources, and many more features that speed development for connected applications.
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[BAP235] The upcoming Microsoft CRM V3 release empowers companies to be customer centric and increase customer loyalty. This session provides a comprehensive overview of new features and platform enhancements of V3 which includes seamless user experience, extensive customization function, newly added Marketing automation and Service scheduling model etc. It will give potential CRM customers an opportunity to preview this new product as well as help ISVs and VARs to better understand the powerful V3 architecture as their future development platform.
[BIN311] "Incredible performance", "a quantum leap from DTS", "better than any other tool we have tried". These quotes from beta customers underline just how effective SQL Server Integration Services can be. Learn from the experiences of the SSIS team in the lab and in the field with techniques for SQL Server users to load more data, more quickly than ever before.
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[MSG342] Viruses, worms, spam and other unwanted email have become a destructive reality that many administrators of Microsoft Exchange routinely face. This session provides recommendations and guidance for slowing and stopping the unwanted messages entering your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 environment. Learn how the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter supplements existing anti-spam features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, as well as how Virus Scanning API 2.5 provides greater protection and administrative flexibility against malicious and harmful messages.
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[MGT335] One of the first and most difficult questions that SMS administrators must face is how to set up their SMS hierarchy. This session covers 2003 site design best practices, numerous examples of "difficult" sites and recommended solutions, as well as an extensive Q and A for new IT administrators looking for answers on how to set up their environment. See a detailed walkthrough of planning and implementing an installation of SMS 2003. Concentrate on the step-by-step decisions in deciding how to architecture the new features of SMS 2003. See the key new tools, such as the SMS readiness analyzer, and focus on key lessons learned from the SMS customers.
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[SEC355] With WUS 1.0, MBSA 2.0 and the SMS Inventory tool for Microsoft Updates now shipping, this is the first public presentation of these new security update management technologies. Come learn about Microsoft's strategy for update management and drill down into each of the technologies to understand how they can help keep your computers up to date.
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[CLI377] This session covers creation of Information Bridge Framework solutions to connect Web services with Office applications. Learn how to integrate your backend systems such as SAP into solutions that enable users to securely access and work with data using the intuitive tools in Microsoft Office. Discover how to create a full solution from scratch using the new wizards and walkthroughs within the latest Information Bridge Framework release.
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[DEV463] Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server is an extensible team collaboration server that enables all members of the extended IT team to effortlessly manage and track the progress and health of projects. This session covers the core functions and features that enable enterprise-grade change management tools for managing assets and work items including integration into Microsoft Office Project, Excel, SQL Server and SharePoint®.
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[IND310] WCF provides developers with a unified, attribute- and config-based programming model for building distributed applications with maximum productivity. In this session, you'll learn how the WCF architecture was designed, how it works, and most importantly how you can leverage it to build service-oriented systems.
[DBA311] Microsoft SQL Server 2005 offers an extended feature set for data availability, backup and recovery. For VLDB systems, these new features can offer minimal impact to production data availability even in the event of disk failure or human error. Come to this session to see how VLDB strategies, which include partitioning, can offer more options to keep your database online, as well as offer fast recovery times. Key features covered are: Table/Index Partitioning targeted Backup/Restore, online recovery and Database Snapshots. In this session, Kimberly L. Tripp demonstrates a damaged partitioned database that remains available even through catastrophic disk failure as well as demo recovery of the database while still online. Finally, we talk about how database snapshots work, suggesting how to use the feature to offer easier and faster recovery paths in the event of human error. Attend this session to learn how to keep your VLDB more available and minimize data loss!
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[DAT360] Just securing your Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database is not enough. If you develop unsecured applications then all your good work on the server can be lost. In this session we look at how to connect securely to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as well as best practices for creating secure applications, including using native data encryption and how to ensure that all your data moving between Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and your application is secured.
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[MGT340] This session will be repeated. This session drills in to the SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack, which provides end-to-end solutions for distributing OS images. It details the new capabilities available with the feature pack and provides planning information to help customers get it installed and in operation quickly. See a detailed demonstration of capturing an image in the new Windows Imaging Format, customizing it, and then witness the deployment experience.
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[SEC370] Enabling remote connections for business partners and employees extends your network's perimeter far and wide across the globe, often into networks that you know very little -- or nothing -- about. Because remote access to corporate networks is critical for business these days, it's absolutely essential that you take the necessary steps to protect your own network and your remote clients from threats that lurk along the way. Basic requirements include not only strong user authentication but also knowledge of the remote computers and configurations that erect barriers against attack. Depending on the needs of your user community, some might require the flexibility of full IP-based virtual private networks (VPNs), others might need only simpler Terminal Server or web-based "remote display" access. Technologies for secure remote access include Windows Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS), VPN quarantine, strong authentication with smart cards, securing Terminal Server over the Internet, and Web-based remote access to internal services. Steve Riley will help you understand the unique security requirements for various kinds of remote access and how to deploy the appropriate technology safely, to keep your network assets and your information protected.
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[MSG352] This session describes the different concepts of message journaling, archiving, policy compliance, and regulatory compliance in relation to messaging, specifically email and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. The session covers the typical requirements and approaches for archiving and policy compliance and in detail the requirements for regulatory compliance as enacted in legislation, which mandates strict rules on how data should be captured, stored, and made available for retrieval. The session also outlines some technological solutions for the various implementations of archiving and compliance systems, the factors that govern those solutions, and some examples of implementations.
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[IND320] Service-oriented applications usually run in environments that require secure, reliable, and/or transacted messaging. The WCF supports the full range of WS-* Web services protocols, which support these features in an interoperable way. In addition to supporting integrity, authorization, and authentication, WCF supports ordered, reliable sessions at both message and transport level as well as queue support, local/flowed transactions, and more. In this session, you'll learn the WCF support for secure, reliable, transacted messaging.
[DBA312] The new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are well worth the upgrade effort, but how do you upgrade your existing systems painlessly? This session drills into the necessary upgrade planning: preparing to upgrade, choosing the best upgrade strategy, and identifying incompatibility issues. Learn tips and techniques on how to reduce your upgrade down time and how to best utilize the upgrade tools. This session has live demos of the Upgrade Advisor tool and in-place upgrade features of Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
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[DAT384] Microsoft SQL Server 2005 now has native support for XML. This brings new opportunities to combine relational and XML data to provide flexibility with your data store. In this session, see how the XML data Type is implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and take an in-depth look at the other features that help you work with this new data type, including XQuery and XML Indexing.
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[SVR312] 88% of Enterprise customers have a distributed infrastructure with many remote/branch office sites. Managing servers in remote locations is a major challenge for these customers. This session provides an overview of current technology that can be used in the Branch Office, as well as detailed review of the new technologies in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 "R2" that help customers manage their remote Branch Office servers. The key technology being provided in R2 is DFS Replication (a.k.a. FRS2) that enables delta replication via RDC (remote differential compression) and is far more scalable than the original version of FRS. This session discusses these improvements and the new FRS and DFS management tools that will enable customers to get the availability benefits of having local servers in the branch, without the cost of deploying and managing remote fully-fledged servers in all branches.
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[SEC396] Common bad things that we just keep seeing
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[PRT107] Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is revolutionizing the way how organizations around the world track location and movement of goods and assets. RFID technology utilizes inexpensive wireless RFID chips or tags which report their location to nearby scanners. Items with RFID tags can therefore be tracked from a supplier's factory floor to the retailer's store shelves. The technology is already helping many major retailers to better control and monitor their inventory. In the coming future, other organizations are expected to find more innovative uses for RFID across many industries. As a result, Supply Chain & Logistics Technology Ltd (SCL) and Alien Technology Ltd (Alien) are planning to deliver together the next generation of RFID solutions on the Microsoft infrastructure.
Speaker: Mr. SC Lee (Founder & CEO of Supply Chain & Logistics Technology Limited (SCL)) Ms. Evelyn Ong (Regional Channel Manager, Asia Pacific, Alien Technology)
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[WEB320] Learn about design techniques that will make moving ASP.NET 1.1 applications to ASP.NET 2.0 easier. Side-by-side execution of 1.1 and 2.0 applications, the new page compilation model in ASP.NET 2.0, and the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 conversion wizard are all discussed. Design considerations for new ASP.NET 2.0 features are also reviewed.
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Date:6 October, 2005 Venue: 4/F, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong
[BIN325] What's new with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005? Quite a bit. In this session, we look at the Unified Dimensional Model (UDM)--the cornerstone in this release of Analysis Services. A UDM can be constructed over a relational source, providing a rich layer of meta data, to serve as the basis both for client access to the data, and for services offered by Analysis Services. The UDM provides the best of traditional OLAP-based reporting (performance and analytical capabilities) and relational reporting (currency of the data, and flexibility).
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[MSG363] You have Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 running and stable. What can you do to improve your Exchange operations, customize your operations, and tweak Exchange to meet the requirements of your organization? This session covers tips such as customizing system messages, creating custom address lists, customizing Microsoft Outlook® Web Access, restricting Outlook versions that can connect to the Microsoft Exchange Server, using Mailbox Manager, and creating catch-all mailboxes.
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[SVR313] The upcoming release of R2 will include new tools that simplify the tasks necessary to set up an efficient storage environment for the Windows® platform. Learn how the new quota management tools and SAN management tools are configured. These new tools, coupled with the integration of Windows storage features by Microsoft partners, have made SANs simpler than ever to deploy on Windows for both iSCSI and Fibre Channel. This session describes and demonstrates the new features (including the new iSCSI initiator and VDS1.1) and programs that make SANs accessible to a new class of users outside the data center environments.
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[SEC390] Organizations that implement a Public Key Infrastructure as part of a security solution require a high level of assurance and security in deployment. Learn about the best practices for deploying a Windows Certificate Services infrastructure in a secure manner. Learn about how to extend a PKI deployment to your extranet partners, customers and vendors. Topics include Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, CA configuration, operational best practices, system hardening and CA deployment options.
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[DAT391] Microsoft SQL Server Notification Services enables you to add powerful alerting capabilities to any application in record time. With Notification Services, you can extend the reach of your database applications beyond desktop, to reach your users at any time over a variety of devices and networks. This session shows you how to develop with Notification Services to achieve business goals. Using plenty of demos and real live code, it covers the fundamentals of the Notification Services platform, explains the tools and programming API, and takes you through a practical example of adding alerts to a traditional browse application.
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[WEB323] Walk through the most exciting release of ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio® yet -- ASP.NET 2.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Learn how the new release enables developers to dramatically reduce the amount of time and code required to write real-world Web applications. ASP.NET 2.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 provides much improved administration and management support, and dramatically improved performance. This session includes discussions of: Data Controls, SQL Output Caching, Master Pages, Themes/Skins, Personalization, Web Parts, Membership, Role Management and Security Controls, Web Site Administration Tool, MMC Administration Tool, Site Pre-Compilation and the significantly improved Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Web experience.
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[FS310] The Microsoft BizTalk® Accelerator for SWIFT (A4SWIFT) extends the Microsoft BizTalk Server platform to provide the most comprehensive, reliable and secure delivery of financial messaging using the SWIFT format and network for customers in banking, capital markets, payments, and corporate finance. Business rules (or business policies) define and control the structure, operation, and strategy of an organization. Business rules may be formally defined in procedure manuals, contracts, or agreements, or may exist as knowledge or expertise embodied in employees. Business rules are dynamic and subject to change over time, and can be found in all types of applications.
Together they provide a very rich set of tools and platform for key financial systems, this session will dive into what the business rules as well as show some simple examples in areas of Validation, Process Automation, Clearing and Settlement, as well as Implementations for Market Practices.
[BIN333] Come see how Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services is meeting the demand for end-user, ad hoc reporting. Report Builder, the latest addition to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, enables sophisticated self-service reporting and data exploration scenarios. This session presents the architecture behind Report Builder, demonstrates the capabilities of the Report Builder client, and shows how you can easily build business data models for end users.
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[MSG368] Are you getting all the performance out of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 that you'd like? This session explores all aspects of performance tuning for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 -- covering Windows, Exchange, and system resources. Understand and learn about best practices, registry tweaks and performance monitoring that help your Exchange environment run more smoothly.
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[SVR315] Attend this session to learn about Microsoft's latest member of the Microsoft Windows Server™ System family, Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS). DPS enables the best disk-based data protection experience, resulting in improved operational efficiency, faster recovery and lower costs of protecting Windows file data. At the time when we all are experiencing rapid data growth, a comprehensive data protection strategy is a necessity. This session introduces you to the product and its functionality, along with partner solutions and the direction DPS is taking in the future.
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[SEC340] This session is a technical dive into ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition. It covers the key EE functionality of network load balancing, enterprise management, and caching arrays. The session also includes information on the newest configuration store for ISA Server 2004, Active Directory Application Mode, including best practices for configuration and deployment.
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[DAT400] SQL Server procedural code (stored procedures, UDFs and triggers) can now be written in T-SQL or .NET languages. This session focuses on what happens when .NET CLR code accesses the database and how special in-proc data provider code makes it possible to optimize data access. It also compares data access code in T-SQL with SQLCLR code and discusses which coding language is a better choice for a given problem.
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[WEB324] IIS 7.0, the next generation Microsoft Web server, has been completely re-architected to reach a new height in Web application development, deployment, and operation. IIS7 tightly integrates with ASP.NET to deliver a unified application model empowering developers to build and deploy Web applications and services that easily span browsers and middle-tier business logic. Come to this session to get a first-hand look at the many advancements in IIS 7.0 from its creators, including a fully componentized server core, a rich extensibility model, powerful diagnostics infrastructure, a brand new configuration system, and many others.
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[FS320] Microsoft Office InfoPath®2003 helps you simplify the information-gathering process and makes it easy to reuse that information throughout your business. Microsoft InfoPath 2003 provides information workers with tools that enable them to create dynamic forms to gather and share information across a wide range of business processes. The Accelerator for SWIFT provides all SWIFT FIN and XML messages as InfoPath templates, enabling manual message entry and repair facilities.
[SEC410] Administrators are constantly faced with rolling out applications that the vendor claims are safe, but they have no real way of knowing. Most of the material on this is either related to how good a vendor is at security or is designed for application penetration testers. This session is for Administrators. We point out some easy things to look for when trying to decide whether an application is safe.
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[MSG360] Drawing on its tremendous experience with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 architecture, design and operations; Microsoft IT has developed comprehensive and highly effective best practices. These best practices are the foundation of the Exchange Center of Excellence, a groundbreaking initiative to reduce customer issues and misconfigurations. In this session, hear firsthand how Microsoft IT runs its Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 infrastructure. Topics include the Microsoft IT Exchange consolidation story, cluster design and backups, mobile messaging design practices, and Internet gateway and email hygiene strategies.
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[BAP243] Learn how to harness the power of the MorphX development suite, so you can create world-class business applications for Microsoft Axapta in a fraction of the time it takes to develop applications for other products. This session also contains an overview of the Microsoft Axapta's programming language X++ and how it is used when customizing or creating new functionality inside Microsoft Axapta.
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[DAT470] Service-Oriented Architectures have rapidly become a key architecture paradigm for building scalable, resilient, and loosely coupled systems that permit evolution along several dimensions. SQL Server 2005 includes a number of features designed to facilitate building out SOA solutions: Native Web Service Support from the database engine, Service Broker, Query Notifications to build high performance and high fidelity caching solutions.
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[WEB330] This session looks at how Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System takes the productivity of our Express products and extends that to each developer, tester, architect and project manager in your Enterprise. Team System's advanced engineering tools help developers find security vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks. Testers learn to write, manage and execute everything from unit tests to full-scale Web tests. Architects learn to develop models that bridge the gap between development and operations. Project managers learn how to monitor a project from inception to completion with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Excel® or Project. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System ties all of this together with a new Enterprise-ready work item tracking data base, source code control system and reporting service; allowing each discipline to work naturally together.
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1445 - 1500
Break
1500 - 1615
Blocked for Closing Keynote
[MBL300] Microsoft direct push technology: Mobile E-Mail with Windows Mobile™ and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
[DBA320] Learn how the next generation of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 tools can increase your productivity. This session drills into the new features of the tools, and demonstrates how to best leverage them to increase your efficiency. Come away with tips and techniques for increasing your productivity with the new tools. This session is filled with demos of Management Studio, SQL Agent, Profiler/Replay, Database Tuning Advisor & SQLCMD.
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[MBL301] Abstract: A Tablet PC running Microsoft® Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition has all of the features and functionality of a Windows XP Professional notebook computer, with additional tablet pen, digital ink, and speech technologies. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition offers all the features and capabilities of Windows XP Professional, plus additional features specific to Tablet PC. Tablet PCs are designed to be mobile, powerful, and versatile enough to meet the demanding needs of today's mobile computing users.
Speaker: Mitica Manu, Software Design Engineer in Test Lead
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[CLI393] This session will give you an in-depth look at the future capabilities of file formats in the Microsoft Office System, specifically the Microsoft Office Open XML Formats. The Microsoft Office 2003 Editions introduced a new XML file format for Word 2003 - that was just the beginning. In "Office 12" Microsoft will introduce default XML file formats for Excel®, Word and PowerPoint®. This session will give details on how this new direction in document storage will directly affect you. People will have the ability to freely generate and consume Office documents without being tied into any specific Microsoft software. A new level of transparency will allow customers to truly own the file content. You can always know and control what is inside of your files. We are designing format capabilities with the future in mind, while improving many dimensions of performance and increasing the quality. The session will cover how this affects deployment, cross-version compatibility and solution development.
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[WEB428] Drill down on the new Web Parts infrastructure in ASP.NET 2.0. See how you can use Web Parts to build rich Web sites that enable end users to dynamically control the layout and component contents of pages. Learn how this will interoperate with SharePoint® Products and Technologies.
In the face of an evolving threat landscape, the industry is focused on building trust in computing so that all computer users can realize their potential. Addressing this industry-wide challenge involves technology innovation and adoption, prescriptive guidance, and responsible leadership. During this general session, Microsoft Group Program Manager of Windows Security David Cross discusses his perspective on the state of security today, the importance of continued innovation, and advances in Microsoft's platform, products, and technologies designed to better protect customers.
Venue:
Infocan Training Center
8/F Hang Lung Center, 2 Paterson Street, Causeway Bay
Walk through the steps required to manage Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory with MOM 2005. In this lab you will walk through Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server management pack configuration and then you'll run through a number of key Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server monitoring scenarios that show how MOM 2005 can identify and help solve top customer pain points that are experienced with these technologies.
SMS 2003 has great features for managing security and Microsoft Office updates to managed desktops, laptops, and servers. In this lab, you will use the SMS 2003 patch management feature from installation of the utilities, through deployment of a security update, and finally through reporting patch compliance in the SMS environment.
Learn how to configure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to form a federation between two business partners. This lab covers: Managing ADFS federation trusts; Configuring Active Directory Federate Windows SharePoint® Services; Configuring ADFS on Windows SharePoint Services; and Managing Federated Windows SharePoint Services site.
These labs step through the fundamentals of Data Protection Manager (DPM) software which enables the best disk-based backup solution for protection of Windows® file data. We'll show how implementing DPM can result in improved operational efficiency, faster recovery and lower costs of data recovery for our customers, by taking advantage of key benefits of the Microsoft Windows Server™ operating system such as the volume shadow copy service. During this lab you will learn how to discover data on your network, assign it to a protection group, schedule snapshots and recover data from these snapshots. Using DPM to protect not only files, but entire volumes, shares and folders. The participant will walk through the steps required by an average IT Admin to create a comprehensive data protection strategy for their organization, such that you will have a key understanding of Data Protection Manager and how it can fit within your clients' infrastructures.
This lab will help turn you into a knowledgeable developer of InfoPath 2003 form solutions. The lab begins with creating and using simple forms, continues through adding business logic and second data secondary data sources, eventually demonstrating programming using ADO.NET datasets, task panes, managed code and more. Throughout, you will learn how InfoPath 2003 enables developers to rapidly build rich, robust forms that capture industry-standard XML data.
Learn more about the anti-spam features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Learn to: configure a Real-Time Block List configuration that will restrict messages from domains on the Real-Time Block list provider; configure the Intelligent Message Filter to filter unsolicited commercial e-mail; configure Junk E-mail folder settings in Microsoft Outlook 2003, including Safe Senders, Safe Recipients, and Blocked Senders lists.
Learn how to configure Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004 to allow VPN access to the company network. This includes configuring VPN client access, implementing VPN Quarantine by using ISA Server 2004, and configuring VPN site-to-site connections between multiple ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition servers.
These labs step through the fundamentals of Data Protection Manager (DPM) software which enables the best disk-based backup solution for protection of Windows® file data. We'll show how implementing DPM can result in improved operational efficiency, faster recovery and lower costs of data recovery for our customers, by taking advantage of key benefits of the Microsoft Windows Server™ operating system such as the volume shadow copy service. During this lab you will learn how to discover data on your network, assign it to a protection group, schedule snapshots and recover data from these snapshots. Using DPM to protect not only files, but entire volumes, shares and folders. The participant will walk through the steps required by an average IT Admin to create a comprehensive data protection strategy for their organization, such that you will have a key understanding of Data Protection Manager and how it can fit within your clients' infrastructures.
This lab will help turn you into a knowledgeable developer of InfoPath 2003 form solutions. The lab begins with creating and using simple forms, continues through adding business logic and second data secondary data sources, eventually demonstrating programming using ADO.NET datasets, task panes, managed code and more. Throughout, you will learn how InfoPath 2003 enables developers to rapidly build rich, robust forms that capture industry-standard XML data.
Learn more about the anti-spam features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Learn to: configure a Real-Time Block List configuration that will restrict messages from domains on the Real-Time Block list provider; configure the Intelligent Message Filter to filter unsolicited commercial e-mail; configure Junk E-mail folder settings in Microsoft Outlook 2003, including Safe Senders, Safe Recipients, and Blocked Senders lists.
This lab employs several exercises that demonstrate how to write stored procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined types, triggers and aggregates using Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and C#®. Learn how, by leveraging the power of the .NET Base Class Library, many formerly awkward or impossible Transact-SQL (T-SQL) tasks are now easily accomplished with managed code. This lab also demonstrates how to use Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 as a development environment for Microsoft SQL Server. This lab requires basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server programming, managed code concepts and VB .NET or C#.
SMS 2003 has great features for managing security and Microsoft Office updates to managed desktops, laptops, and servers. In this lab, you will use the SMS 2003 patch management feature from installation of the utilities, through deployment of a security update, and finally through reporting patch compliance in the SMS environment.
This lab employs several exercises that demonstrate how to write stored procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined types, triggers and aggregates using Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and C#®. Learn how, by leveraging the power of the .NET Base Class Library, many formerly awkward or impossible Transact-SQL (T-SQL) tasks are now easily accomplished with managed code. This lab also demonstrates how to use Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 as a development environment for Microsoft SQL Server. This lab requires basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server programming, managed code concepts and VB .NET or C#.
Walk through the steps required to manage Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory with MOM 2005. In this lab you will walk through Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server management pack configuration and then you'll run through a number of key Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server monitoring scenarios that show how MOM 2005 can identify and help solve top customer pain points that are experienced with these technologies.
Learn how to configure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to form a federation between two business partners. This lab covers: Managing ADFS federation trusts; Configuring Active Directory Federate Windows SharePoint® Services; Configuring ADFS on Windows SharePoint Services; and Managing Federated Windows SharePoint Services site.
SMS 2003 has great features for managing security and Microsoft Office updates to managed desktops, laptops, and servers. In this lab, you will use the SMS 2003 patch management feature from installation of the utilities, through deployment of a security update, and finally through reporting patch compliance in the SMS environment.
This lab employs several exercises that demonstrate how to write stored procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined types, triggers and aggregates using Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and C#®. Learn how, by leveraging the power of the .NET Base Class Library, many formerly awkward or impossible Transact-SQL (T-SQL) tasks are now easily accomplished with managed code. This lab also demonstrates how to use Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 as a development environment for Microsoft SQL Server. This lab requires basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server programming, managed code concepts and VB .NET or C#.
Learn how to configure Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004 to allow VPN access to the company network. This includes configuring VPN client access, implementing VPN Quarantine by using ISA Server 2004, and configuring VPN site-to-site connections between multiple ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition servers.
Learn how to configure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to form a federation between two business partners. This lab covers: Managing ADFS federation trusts; Configuring Active Directory Federate Windows SharePoint® Services; Configuring ADFS on Windows SharePoint Services; and Managing Federated Windows SharePoint Services site.
Learn how to configure Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004 to allow VPN access to the company network. This includes configuring VPN client access, implementing VPN Quarantine by using ISA Server 2004, and configuring VPN site-to-site connections between multiple ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition servers.
Learn how to configure Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to form a federation between two business partners. This lab covers: Managing ADFS federation trusts; Configuring Active Directory Federate Windows SharePoint® Services; Configuring ADFS on Windows SharePoint Services; and Managing Federated Windows SharePoint Services site.
Walk through the steps required to manage Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory with MOM 2005. In this lab you will walk through Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server management pack configuration and then you'll run through a number of key Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange Server monitoring scenarios that show how MOM 2005 can identify and help solve top customer pain points that are experienced with these technologies.
This lab employs several exercises that demonstrate how to write stored procedures, user-defined functions, user-defined types, triggers and aggregates using Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and C#®. Learn how, by leveraging the power of the .NET Base Class Library, many formerly awkward or impossible Transact-SQL (T-SQL) tasks are now easily accomplished with managed code. This lab also demonstrates how to use Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 as a development environment for Microsoft SQL Server. This lab requires basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server programming, managed code concepts and VB .NET or C#.
SMS 2003 has great features for managing security and Microsoft Office updates to managed desktops, laptops, and servers. In this lab, you will use the SMS 2003 patch management feature from installation of the utilities, through deployment of a security update, and finally through reporting patch compliance in the SMS environment.
These labs step through the fundamentals of Data Protection Manager (DPM) software which enables the best disk-based backup solution for protection of Windows® file data. We'll show how implementing DPM can result in improved operational efficiency, faster recovery and lower costs of data recovery for our customers, by taking advantage of key benefits of the Microsoft Windows Server™ operating system such as the volume shadow copy service. During this lab you will learn how to discover data on your network, assign it to a protection group, schedule snapshots and recover data from these snapshots. Using DPM to protect not only files, but entire volumes, shares and folders. The participant will walk through the steps required by an average IT Admin to create a comprehensive data protection strategy for their organization, such that you will have a key understanding of Data Protection Manager and how it can fit within your clients' infrastructures.
Learn how to configure Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004 to allow VPN access to the company network. This includes configuring VPN client access, implementing VPN Quarantine by using ISA Server 2004, and configuring VPN site-to-site connections between multiple ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition servers.
Learn more about the anti-spam features in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Learn to: configure a Real-Time Block List configuration that will restrict messages from domains on the Real-Time Block list provider; configure the Intelligent Message Filter to filter unsolicited commercial e-mail; configure Junk E-mail folder settings in Microsoft Outlook 2003, including Safe Senders, Safe Recipients, and Blocked Senders lists.
This lab will help turn you into a knowledgeable developer of InfoPath 2003 form solutions. The lab begins with creating and using simple forms, continues through adding business logic and second data secondary data sources, eventually demonstrating programming using ADO.NET datasets, task panes, managed code and more. Throughout, you will learn how InfoPath 2003 enables developers to rapidly build rich, robust forms that capture industry-standard XML data.
Cantonese
Level 100 (Introductory) Through technical sessions, you will be introduced to product and technology features, functions, and benefits. Business sessions will introduce you to product functionality and include demonstrations of end-user tips. You may also learn how and why to invest in a certain product or technology.
Level 200 (Intermediate) Attendees should have Level 100 knowledge of the product or technology because these sessions drill down further into a topic than introductory sessions. These sessions often include product demonstrations, code samples, best practices, and high-level troubleshooting techniques.
Level 300 (Experienced) These sessions cover advanced material and assume Level 200 knowledge, an in-depth understanding of features in a real-world environment, and strong coding skills. These sessions provide you with a detailed technical overview of a subset of product or technology features, covering architecture, performance, migration, deployment, and development.
Level 400 (Advanced/Expert) These sessions assume a deep level of technical knowledge and experience and a detailed, thorough understanding of the topic. They offer expert-to-expert interaction and coverage of such specialized topics as custom code, scripts, application solution development, and architect infrastructure designs and solutions.
ASK
Ask the Experts - Experts Zone
BIN + DAT + DBA
Business Intelligence and Database Systems
DEV + ARC +WEB + IND
Development Tools and Architecture
SVR + MGT
Server Infrastructure and Management
MSG + MBL
Messaging, Collaboration and Mobility
MIT
Microsoft IT
BAP + PBS
Microsoft Business Solutions and Partners Solutions
