You'll be happy
to hear the agendas and venues have been finalised for the Microsoft
Community Tech Days Tour in March! Tech Days are a collaborative
effort between Microsoft and the IT Pro community to re-deliver
the highlights of Tech Ed Conference to IT Pros across Ireland. Register
now to avoid disappointment! The core content will focus on Infrastructure,
BI and Unified Comms & Collaboration Most of
the sessions will be delivered by a combination of Microsoft and
Community technical presenters and we promise they will involve as
much time spent demoing the technology, as possible.
March will see the four-city tour stop for evening events in Galway
and Cork, with full day events in Dublin and Belfast.
Our special guest speaker in Galway, Dublin and Belfast is Rhonda
Layfield, who was voted one of the best technical presenters @ Tech
Ed Europe and North America. Don't miss this amazing opportunity to
get up-to speed on the latest Microsoft technology (technical
level 300) at no cost! We hope to see you there. Learn
more and register
here.
We are also running 'Microsoft @ Home' sessions in Dublin
and Belfast in March, the timing of which line up nicely with the
Tech Days. These sessions will look at Home Networking, Windows 7,
Securing your Home and Digital Photography. So if you're someone who
has even thought about, using your Xbox 360 as a media extender for
example, then you'll certainly like this session. Learn more and register
here.
I have agreed with my colleagues Dave Northey and Will Craddock
(the more technically-abled ones :)) that we all combine our
blogging efforts in the one
location, rather than blogging in isolation. The guys have made
their final post on their own blogs and joined forces on http://blogs.technet.com/ieitpro/default.aspx.
Hopefully this will make life easier for you guys when you are
looking for content or trying to get in touch with one of us.
We have also managed to give the blog a nice new look and feel
- thanks to Rodney Buike of the Canadian TechNet team. Have a look.
In the future we also plan to convince other Microsoft Ireland
bloggers to post on this blog, as well gathering content from our
Microsoft 'Most Valuable Professionals'.
Check out the 'Top Stories' section further down the
newsletter for a free 30 Day Unified Comms trial offer from
CDSoft, as well as the latest technical training on offer.
Finally, for those of you that have caught the Twitter bug,
you can connect with me by simply searching for 'Enda Flynn'. I just
got set up on this (yes, I'm slightly slow out the blocks on this
one) and I occasionally tweet via TweetDeck, but I am still learning
what the possibilities are.
For those of you haven't checked out Twitter yet, I would recommend
it - I was initially cynical but must admit I am now finding it to be
great. Obviously you may need to set aside time for reading all the various
informative/interesting tweets, just like you may do with blogs, as
there's so many updates flying around, you can easily get distracted.
Thanks for reading!
Enda Flynn
TechNet Manager
Microsoft Ireland
Find
the IT Professional User Groups that interest you here.
A new page has been added to the Irish TechNet website, giving you an
overview of the IT Pro User groups in Ireland and a link to their
respective websites. The User Groups listed are: Microsoft
Technology User Group (MTUG) , Northern
Ireland Microsoft Technology User Group (NIMTUG) , SQL
Server Ireland User Group , Windows
User Group , SBS
User Group , SharePoint
Ireland User Group. Take a look!
Great news for those of you over in the mid-West of Ireland! On March
3rd, Westpark Business Centre will be the venue for the inaugural
Shannon SharePoint User Group Meeting. The breakfast event will
run from 8am until 10.30am and has some terrific speakers
representing both multinational technology firms and local technology
partners.
See the TechNet
Blog for the agenda and how you can register. I have every
confidence it will be as great a success as the Virtualisation User
Group kick-off session in Shannon last month.
The SharePoint User Group will also be resuming in Dublin on the
9th March in a city centre location tbc. The topic for discussion
will be 'Business Data Catalogue' and Gold Certified Partner
SpanishPoint will present and demo @ the session. See the User Group site
for details. We hope to see you there!
Of course, relevant User Groups will also be represented at Microsoft
Community Tech Days in Galway, cork, Dublin and Belfast -
depending on the topics covered each day. See
here for dates and agendas.
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Who
should attend: All IT Professionals: Infrastructure
Specialist, DBA, App or LOB Specialist, IT Manager, Network
Specialist, Desktop and End User Support.
Summary: This is a collaborative effort between Microsoft
and the IT Pro community to re-deliver the highlights to IT Pros
across Ireland. Next month, the four-city tour will stop for
evening events in Galway and Cork, with full day events in Dublin
and Belfast. In addition to the core content of Infrastructure, BI
and Unified Comms & Collaboration, Dublin and Belfast will also
feature 'Personal Interest' evening events for IT Pros, focusing on
'Microsoft @ Home. Details to follow.
Confirm
your place at these free technical events by registering now!
Galway (10th March) - registe r your interest here.
Cork (12th March) - register your interest here
Belfast (24th March) - register your interest here
Dublin (26th March) - register your interest here
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This
event will clearly demonstrate how the newly launched Microsoft
Cost Saving Analysis Tool can help your organisation to identify
projects that can lead to immediate cost savings...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on
TechNet Ireland Blog
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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...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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Summary:
Come along to see how Microsoft Virtualisation can deliver
immediate cost savings to your organisation by reducing energy,
space and hardware costs along with maximising your existing...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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Microsoft's
Business Productivity Online Suite is Microsoft's new Software plus
Service offering. It enables companies to avail of Microsoft's core
messaging and collaboration solutions, via a...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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DDD
is put together by the community for the community. This FREE
developer event brings DDD to Belfast! If you were unable to go to
Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft PDC or...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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**Additional
date due to demand** The briefing
delivered by the Head of ISC's Information Worker Team, gives you
the opportunity to learn from ISC's considerable experience...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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In
today's challenging economic environment, Microsoft Hyper-V
virtualisation and Dell EqualLogic optimised storage can deliver the
cost savings you need whilst still enabling IT to provide better
support for your organisation.
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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In
today's challenging economic environment, Microsoft Hyper-V
virtualisation and Dell EqualLogic optimised storage can deliver
the cost savings you need whilst still enabling IT to provide
better support for your organisation.
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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CDSoft
& SpanishPoint will demonstrate how Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2008 and SharePoint 2007 can enable your
organisation to support dispersed teams including office...
See full summary, who should attend, date & location, and
registration details on TechNet
Ireland Blog
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PRESS BOOK OF THE FORTNIGHT
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Here's
the practical, pocket-sized guide for IT professionals who need
quick answers to everyday questions about administering and
supporting Active Directory for Windows Server and Windows Client.
Featuring quick-reference tables, concise lists, and step-by-step
instructions, this one-stop guide provides fast, accurate answers
on the spot - ...
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Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner, CDSoft recently announced that they
are offering a free trial of Microsoft Unified Communications
without having to invest in any infrastructure. This free trial
service will allow a company to test IM, Presence, LiveMeeting and
PSTN breakout (Via a SIP Trunk) for up to 30 days. With the Unified
Communications hosted trial, any company can test the full benefits
of Office Communicator Server R2 without installing any hardware or
entering into project plans. Learn more
here.
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The latest
Microsoft technical training coming up in February and March - made
more affordable with subsidised rates.
Implementing System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
Advanced SharePoint 2007 Development
Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Managing System Center Operations Manager 2007
Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers
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From
April the 6th to the 8th 2009 in London at the Queen Elizabeth II
Conference centre you can meet and hear some of the world's
foremost experts on SharePoint. With over 56 sessions over 4 tracks
dedicated to all types of audience from IT pro's , Developers ,
Information workers , project managers and Business
Managers/Information Directors this is the largest SharePoint
conference to come to the UK and has something for everyone. The Best
Practice Conference is all about real world experience designing
and using SharePoint, making sure you maximize your return of
investment in the product.
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This
free Snack describes the benefits that Windows Server 2008 offers
for installing and maintaining a branch-office network. It
demonstrates a branch office network installation using the new
server core option. It also lists the benefits of Active Directory
read-only domain controllers (RODCs) and BitLocker drive
encryption.
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An IT
pro? Get a better idea of how Windows 7 will impact your day-to-day
work, in the areas of manageability, security and compliance, and
deployment.
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Organisations
are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental and business
benefits of adopting a Green IT environment. This free Learning
Snack highlights how virtualisation facilitates a Green IT environment.
It describes the Hyper-V server role and System Center Virtual
Machine Manager tool, which help create and support a virtualised
infrastructure in Windows Server 2008.
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Finance Solutions from Microsoft Ireland
Microsoft Ireland has put in place a wide range of Solutions that
provides flexible loan options for all your organisation's IT needs.
We take a total solution approach, offering you a single source of
finance not just for Microsoft software, but also for services
including training and consultancy, plus third party hardware and
software. This helps reduce annual IT budget restraints and enables
you to get the IT solution that your business requires to keep ahead
of your competitors.
Learn more @ http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/financing/
Cost Cutting Hero
Now available - very practical white paper by Alinean,
the 'Original pioneers of ROI, TCO and value', outlining 9 ideas to
make anyone in IT a 'Cost-Cutting Hero'. You can access the
white paper here.
I also recommend having a look at a great local website, that
highlights the significant role IT can play in these times, and you
can also learn about the importance of leveraging IT investments you
have already made. See http://www.microsoft.com/ireland/economy/
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