.jpg) | Webcast: What's New in DAX 2.0 for SQL Server 2012 June 1, 2012 9:00 AM Pacific Time - DAX 2.0 is a significant upgrade over DAX 1.0 (from the original version of PowerPivot), with many new native functions to make developers' lives easier. This example-based webcast shows six analytic scenarios in which we can leverage DAX—with the objective of showing how DAX can help us extend the data in a PowerPivot application. John Weston Friday, May 25 |
.jpg) | Video: User Experience and Desktop Virtualization David Tesar and Karri Alexion-Tiernan, Director Product Marketing, discuss the new things coming with desktop virtualization, including the new user experience virtualization, application virtualization 5.0, and Windows Server 2012 VDI. David Tesar Friday, May 25 |
.jpg) | Bytes by TechNet: System Center 2012 Richard Campbell, host of "RunAs" Radio provides practical information on System Center 2012 and the suite of products available to run an organization’s infrastructure in one place. Also, Richard shares information about what tools he is excited about now like System Center 2012 Orchestrator. Angela Harris Thursday, May 24 |
.jpg) | Webcast: Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 2 of 8) May 31, 2012, 11:00 AM Pacific Time - In this session, we take a look at the hardware used for these sessions as examples of the kind of hardware that you can use to run a private cloud. We’ll also discuss how to install and configure the prerequisite software, such as the Windows Server operating system, SQL Server data management software, and Active Directory Domain Services. Kevin Remde Thursday, May 24 |
.jpg) | Cloud Fundamental Video: Data Center Security Tim Rains talks with Mark Estberg, senior director in Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services, about the physical security of the data centers hosting Microsoft’s cloud services. Tim Rains Thursday, May 24 |
.jpg) | Video: Changes to the Microsoft Certification Program Joey Snow chats with Shelby Grieve, Director of Professional Certifications at Microsoft Learning, about the main changes to Microsoft Certification and what kicked off the need to update the program. Joey Snow Wednesday, May 23 |
.jpg) | Free Windows Server 2012 Training via MS JumpStart June 20 and 21, 2012 -- Register for this free two-day online event with Microsoft Learning called a JumpStart. Leveraging the popular “Jump Start” virtual classroom approach, Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and Microsoft Partner Corey Hynes will walk you through their personal favorite feature sets while answering why and how each one will have a positive impact on improving your day-to-day IT environment.It’s going to take place on June 20th and 21st in-between TechEd North America and TechEd Europe Rick Claus, MSFT Tuesday, May 22 |
| | Edge Show 25 - Protect your Information with AD RMS David Tesar talks with Josh Heller, a Product Marketing Manager for Windows Server, about information protection capabilities in Windows Server 2008 R2. We first discussed why it is important to think about protecting your information in the age of Consumerization of IT and then we dove into demos. David Tesar, MSFT Tuesday, May 22 |
| | Video: Application Management in the Cloud Joey Snow talks with Adam Hall (Sr. Product Marketing Manager) and Cory Delamarter (Principle Service Engineer - MSIT) about Application management in the cloud context. Find out What skillsets are required for IT Pros to handle "cloud conversations", who should be involved in the Service template conversation and more. Joey Snow, MSFT Tuesday, May 22 |
.jpg) | Webcast: Bare Metal to Private Cloud (Part 1 of 8) May 29, 2012, 11:00 AM Pacific Time - In this session, we take a look at the end state of managing a private cloud with Microsoft System Center, including the Cloud Services management pack. The sessions that follow this session describe how to go from bare metal to a private cloud managed by System Center. Harold Wong, MSFT Tuesday, May 22 |
| | Cloud Fundamentals Videos: Cloud Security Standards In this video Tim Mather provides his perspective on the topic which is top of mind for many people: industry collaboration on cloud security standards. Tim Rains Monday, May 21 |
.jpg) | Online Series: From Bare Metal to Private Cloud From May 29 through June 28, we will be delivering an eight-part part live webinar series on how to go from bare metal to private cloud and managing it with System Center 2012. Register today, attend the sessions and get your questions answered. Blain Barton Monday, May 21 |
.jpg) | Case Study: SQL Data Compression for Improved Performance Microsoft IT takes advantage of data compression strategies with SQL 2008 R2 to manage large volumes of data, improving performance and providing ongoing data capacity management. Anne Legato Monday, May 21 |
.jpg) | TechNet Radio: Using Windows Azure to Build Scalable Applications Tune in as Abel Cruz, Microsoft IT Principal Program Manager, and Cleve Littlefield, Microsoft IT Principal Architect, discuss how Microsoft uses Windows Azure to keep its partners connected through the Partner Velocity Platform. Bob Hunt Monday, May 21 |
.jpg) | Webcast: Running a Small Business on Office 365 May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM Pacific Time - Learn how your business can be more efficient and save costs with Microsoft Office 365 and the cloud. In this webcast, you will hear about Office 365 and how you can use it for your business. You will also see how Tom Werner moved a real estate business to Office 365 and how it's using Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync, and Microsoft Office together. Chris Caldwell, MSFT Friday, May 18 |
| | TechNet Radio: Disaster Recovery in the Datacenter Is your organization ready if disaster strikes? Paul MacAree, Microsoft IT Senior Project Manager, and Angus Drummond, Microsoft IT Principal Service Engineer, discuss how Microsoft is preparing its datacenters for the worst case scenario. Listen in for advice on protecting your business from outages. Bob Hunt, MSFT Friday, May 18 |
| | Webcast: PowerPivot 2.0 for SQL Server 2012 (Part2) Friday, May 25, 2012, 9:00 AM Pacific Time - In the previous segment about PowerPivot, we created PowerPivot content in Microsoft Excel from a relational database and essentially constructed an analytic database inside Excel. In this follow-up segment, we look at the necessary integration between Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (PowerPivot) so that we can publish PowerPivot content to a SharePoint PowerPivot document gallery. John Weston, MSFT Friday, May 18 |
| | Video: System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 Demo Principal Program Manager Mark Florida talks about System Center Endpoint Protection 2012 and the improvements contained within this release. David Tesar, MSFT Friday, May 18 |
.jpg) | Download Service Pack 2 CTP for SQL Server 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2(SP2) Customer Technology Preview (CTP) is now available for download. SQL Server 2008 R2 service packs are cumulative updates and upgrade all releases of SQL Server 2008 R2 to SP2 CTP. This service pack contains the cumulative updates up to SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 cumulative update 5. Mitch Irsfeld, MSFT Thursday, May 17 |
| | Overview of System Center 2012 Operations Manager Doug Nelson, Microsoft IT Senior Program Manager, and Brian Cady, Microsoft IT Senior Service Engineer, discuss System Center 2012 Operations Manager's new features and what they have learned from deploying it at Microsoft. Bob Hunt, MSFT Thursday, May 17 |
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