Windows Server 2003 Training and Events

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Please join NetPro and Microsoft in Chicago for the Directory Experts Conference (DEC) 2008, an important event focused on advancing the skills of the most experienced users of Microsoft Directory Services and Identity and Access technologies. Sponsored by Microsoft, the theme this year—Active Directory Evolves: The New Identity Platform for Enterprise 2.0—will explore Windows directory and identity technologies as the platform for a rapidly changing distributed computing paradigm that's mobile, free from boundaries, and virtualized. Highly qualified speakers will provide guidance on the integration of key component services into a single coherent platform that impacts everything from infrastructure and application management to IT security and compliance for the enterprise of tomorrow. Tracks include:

• Directory Services, with specific focus on leveraging and managing Active Directory
• Identity Lifecycle Management, including all aspects of ILM, from user provisioning to cross-platform management
• Federated Identity, highlighting ADFS and CardSpace
• Information Protection, with specific emphasis on Windows RMS

Don't miss it! DEC 2008 will be held March 2-5, 2008, in Chicago. Visit the Directory Experts Conference (DEC) 2008 Web site to register today!

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