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Microsoft Events

Microsoft Licensing Clinics


Who should attend: IT Professionals, particularly those involved in licensing and compliance.

Summary: With the broad range of Licensing products we offer, it’s natural to wonder if you are using the right Licensing solution for your organisation. These clinics outline all the licensing options available to you and the best solutions for your company. A brief presentation is followed by a Q&A session. These popular events fill quickly so please register today!

Date: 18th August 2009 from 10.00 am to 1pm
Location: DUBLIN - Microsoft Buildings, Atrium B (Building 3), Carmanhall Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18. Click here for directions.
Cost: Free Event

SharePoint User Group (Dublin): Using Data Views and ASP.Net controls with SharePoint Designer


Who should attend: IT Professionals

Summary: Penny Coventry will be coming over to present a developer-oriented session as follows: Using Data Views and ASP.NET controls with SharePoint Designer In this Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 session, you will learn how easy it is to create views of your data using the Data Views, also known as the Data View Web Part (DVWP) or Data Form Web Part (DFWP) - the Swiss Army knife of Web Parts. Then watch as a Data Form Web Part is combined with ASP.NET controls to validate user input, thereby maintaining data integrity. The session produces the solution without writing any code.

Date: 29th June 2009 7pm
Location: Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin. Click here for directions.



Windows User Group: Office Communications Server Technical Overview


Who should attend: IT professionals

Summary: The Irish Windows User Group will be running a session focusing on OCS, aka Office Communications Server. The speaker is John McCabe, a senior engineer with CDSoft. Mobile users and mobile computing have enabled a more flexible workforce but there is a challenge in enabling communications that are just as flexible and mobile. OCS can be used to resolve these issues. For most of us, this is an alien world and we just wouldn't know where to start. This session aims to show you how you can use OCS to resolve communications issues in your business.

Date: 9th July 09.30 to 12.30
Location: Microsoft European Development Centre (EDC), South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18. Click here for directions
Cost: Free



Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Deep Dive


Who should attend: IT professionals

Summary: Aidan Finn (C Infinity - http://www.cinfinity.ie ) will be talking about the new technologies that will be included as part of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. This includes new functionality and improvements in performance thanks to cooperation between Microsoft and their hardware partners. Dave Northey (Microsoft Ireland) will be doing some demonstrations of the technology in action, including the much anticipated Live Migration.

Date: 30th April 7.30am to 10.00am
Location: Swift Suite 2, Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. Click here for directions.
Cost: Free



Partner


Webinar: Cloud Computing in Action


Who should Attend: Anyone interested in Cloud Computing

Summary: This tutorial about Cloud Computing in general and Software plus Services in particular will describe the pros and cons of deploying hosted applications compared to traditional on premise implementations by examining two currently deployed cloud applications (Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics CRM). This tutorial will give you an insight into how cloud applications are configured, customised and delivered, and explain what are the issues and benefits of accessing Microsoft software in the cloud. Visit www.ReadyDynamics.com for more details.

Date: 2pm on Tuesday June 30th
Location: Online
Cost: Free

Brightwork (Webcast): Managing Projects Using SharePoint with a Process as Simple as 1-2-3


Who should attend: PMO Managers, Program Managers, Project Managers, Directors of IT, ICT Managers

Summary: The customers we meet are at pains to tell us that they do not have the time or the budget to train people in formal project management – but yet they need project management discipline. They want an approach so simple that it is obvious. This webinar will present a simple 1-2-3 process that can be used for project management and shows how this simple 1-2-3 process can be implemented on the SharePoint platform

Date: June 25th, 2009, 5 pm
Location: Online
Cost: Free