Beirut, Lebanon

April 30, 2008

The 2008 Server & Tools launch is coming to Lebanon! Lebanon’s launch will be part of 200 worldwide events celebrating the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. The event will bring together IT Pros and Developers from around the country to get an in-depth, up-close look at the new products and will give attendees an opportunity to meet with our Partners as well as Microsoft experts who work and master those cutting edge technologies. Join us for this day long celebration!

Learn more about features and solutions of all three new products in a classroom environment. These classes are meant to give you a high level technical overview.

Microsoft Partner Pavilion: We'll have many partners on-hand to show you the latest solutions and technologies that work with the new Microsoft products. This is your chance to meet the people who can help you deploy solutions into your organizations more quickly as well as see the latest trends in hardware, application development and systems integration. To see the list of partner sponsors click here.

This is an opportunity to see other Microsoft solutions and talk with the groups who have software that can add to your infrastructure or development environment. We'll have many products on display and plenty of people to answer your questions.

You won't want to miss this exciting day of products and people. You are the heroes of the profession and we hope you'll join us for a celebration that's all about you!

All event demos are powered by HP and provided by Midware Data Systems s.a.l.

Beirut, Lebanon

April 30, 2008

Time	TRACK
08:30 - 09:30	Morning Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:30 - 12:00	Keynote and Lebanese Heroes Presentation
12:00 - 12:30	Partner Expo Hall Opening and Coffee Break
	Infrastructure Track	Data Platform Track	Developer Track
12:30 - 13:30	Windows Server 2008 Overview	Mission Critical Applications on Trusted Data Platform	Breakthrough Software Development Challenges with Visual Studio 2008
13:30 - 14:30	Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:30	Windows Server 2008 Virtualization Technologies	Simplify Management of Data Infrastructure	Reach End-Users with Next Generation Web Applications
15:30-15:45	Break
15:45 - 16:45	Security Technologies in Windows Server 2008	Ensure Better Decisions with Pervasive Business Intelligence	Rapidly Create Applications that End-Users are Instantly Familiar With
16:45 - 17:00	Break
17:00- 18:00	The Next-Generation Web Platform with Windows Server 2008	Next Generation Data Applications	Defy Occasionally Connected Challenges with Smart Client Applications

All event demos are powered by HP and provided by Midware Data Systems s.a.l.

Beirut, Lebanon

April 30, 2008

Opening Keynote

An introductory speech will be given by Khalil Abdel Massih, Microsoft Lebanon Country Manager and Sheriff Seddik, Regional Director for the NEPA Region. Then, join Mark Chaaban (Principal Technology Strategist) and the team which will detail how this launch wave will help businesses, IT Professionals and Developers deliver next generation web and business applications, manage IT environments for scale and security, and take advantage of virtualization to increase operational agility. We'll feature Microsoft Lebanon partners that have delivered solutions as well as have live customer evidence.

Infrastructure Track – IT Professionals