Renat's Middle E@st and Afric@ blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/feed.xml Just random IT related thoughts (ok, not exactly "random", but please excuse some lack of structure :)) Tue, 16 Apr 2019 06:14:08 GMT en-US hourly 1 test https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/test-2 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:11:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2012/04/17/test-2/

]]> Before Jan 31st: don’t forget to get your discount fot TechEd Middle East (specially for MVPs and UG leads) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/before-jan-31st-dont-forget-to-get-your-discount-fot-teched-middle-east-specially-for-mvps-and-ug-leads Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:48:32 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2011/01/17/before-jan-31st-dont-forget-to-get-your-discount-fot-teched-middle-east-specially-for-mvps-and-ug-leads/ Just a reminder, since I know how quickly time flies… If you’re an MVP or User Group lead - get your 10% off for TechEd Middle East pass and FREE ticket for each 10 teammates registered. Please use this link to get the promo code for your community. And feel free to ping me if any question appears. Hurry, the offer is only for January!

]]> Another option to share your opinion with Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/another-option-to-share-your-opinion-with-microsoft Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:10:19 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2011/01/04/another-option-to-share-your-opinion-with-microsoft/ We’re piloting another way of receiving constant feedback from you guys. Can you please give the app below a hit and pass this 5 mins survey? Thanks in advance!

]]> Microsoft Innovation Centers – find a local one to get help https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/microsoft-innovation-centers-find-a-local-one-to-get-help Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:12:50 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/11/22/microsoft-innovation-centers-find-a-local-one-to-get-help/ As a program Microsoft Innovation Centers are really cool – they are really there to help students, entrepreneurs, academics, professional software developers, startups, IT profession­als, industry organizations and local governments.

And finally they have a new cool website (sorry to say, but it’s not usual for Microsoft web properties) – check this out!

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]]> Free soft and resources from Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/free-soft-and-resources-from-microsoft Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:41:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/11/21/free-soft-and-resources-from-microsoft/ Seems like the time to collect all the free stuff available from Microsoft and share this with the community (who still believes that we’re greedy corp only :)) Please read below and share with your friends -

imageFree betas and trials at http://MSDN.microsoft.com/evalcenter and http://TechNet.microsoft.com/evalcenter – do you need free Windows 7 for 90 days trial or Windows Server 2008 R2 for free for 180 days? These are the links to go and get the stuff.

Free Express-versions of developer tools - Visual Basic 2010 Express, Visual C# 2010 Express, Visual C++ 2010 Express, Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, Windows Phone Developer Tools, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, Visual Studio 2008 Express.

Free software for students via www.dreamspark.com - developer and designer tools, servers and applications free for students. Just go there and download.

Free software for students and universities via MSDN Academic Alliance – just check if your' school in there and go to your dean to grab your free copy of Windows 7 and many more :)

Free software for startups and websites via BizSpark and WebsiteSpark – if you’re starting up a techy business or running website just go grab free licenses for production. 

Free e-learning – just online courses on latest products. And yes, they are free for some time (while products is still really new or the technology the course is about is really the fundamental one)

Free webcasts – as simple as seminars, but online. Pick your topic and attend. No fee is required and the full interactive experience available even if you have 36Kbits internet connection speed.

Free antivirus – Microsoft Security Essential is simple and effective antivirus free for every Windows users.

Sysinternals – variety of tools for easier and more flexible management of Windows.

P.S. Let’s make this really interactive post – if you know some other resources or soft from Microsoft – leave me a comment here and I’ll update the post.

]]> Test post (ignore or learn about Windows Phone 7 :)) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/test-post-ignore-or-learn-about-windows-phone-7 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:40:16 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/10/19/test-post-ignore-or-learn-about-windows-phone-7/ Check out new videos about Windows Phone 7 on MSDN portal and real devices on Microsoft.com. Also you may want to look some cool WP7 apps demos at Microsoftfeed.com

]]> Have you shared your opinion with Microsoft? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/have-you-shared-your-opinion-with-microsoft Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:20:41 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/10/19/have-you-shared-your-opinion-with-microsoft/ imageMicrosoft regularly conducts surveys for customers and partners to ask for your open and honest feedback (what we did right or wrong last 6 months). And we’re very much thankful for those who sharing the feedback.

The only only problem that we seems are not able to solve is Junk Email filter  which many times was the reason why people didn’t get the invite for survey = couldn't share the feedback.

So just to make sure you and ourselves are not victim of Junk Email folder:

Please check if you have an email from Feedback@e-mail.microsoft.com with subject “Help Microsoft focus on customers and partners” and share your feedback with us!

We value your feedback very much and looking forward to incorporate it in future planning on our work with IT Community!

P.S. The invite for the survey sent to random sample, so you may be not in this shot, but please make sure you put the e-mail address into “safe contacts” list for future surveys. Thanks a lot in advance!

]]> The best New Year gift for an IT geek? TechEd Middle East ticket! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/the-best-new-year-gift-for-an-it-geek-teched-middle-east-ticket Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:35:41 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/10/12/the-best-new-year-gift-for-an-it-geek-teched-middle-east-ticket/ Tech·Ed Middle East 2011 is going to be bigger and even more exciting. Here's a few of the highlights you can expect: image

  1. Double bigger community! Yes, we're aiming for 3000 attendees
  2. Increased content - over 200 technical sessions
  3. Extended Instructor-Labs - more lab sessions and increased facilities
  4. A day of Pre-Conference Seminars (optional, additional fees apply)
  5. An even bigger line-up of international experts and a formal Ask The Experts program
  6. A more extensive Tech·Ed Expo with more Microsoft products in the Technical Learning Centre

And yes, till Dec 31 only  the registration fee is only 750$. Do you have a fellow IT guy? This ticket could be really one of the best New Year gifts. Don’t miss the chance!

]]> A glance back on last 12 month in Middle East and Africa https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/a-glance-back-on-last-12-month-in-middle-east-and-africa Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:06:00 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/09/15/a-glance-back-on-last-12-month-in-middle-east-and-africa/ imageTime really flashes by - it’s already 1 year I work in Middle East and Africa. Should say that looking back and seeing tangible results - is always a good feeling :) So here is my glance backward…

But a short confession first. I’m working with truly great people in Microsoft MEA DPE team - only 40 people who drive amazing work on ¼ of the globe. And I’m really proud of being a part of such a great team of multi-talented professionals who were and are able to get very impressive results in limited time.

Just to support my words with a few facts about MEA DPE organization and last 12 month results (and this is only my side of business – while DPE covers many more):

  • We’re in touch with 700 000 members of IT community across Middle East and Africa
  • We’re regularly communicate with this community through newsletters, blogs and web portals and what’s even more important - locally (in many of 79 MEA countries) and offer unique set of support and free learning opportunities
  • We launched TechNet and MSDN portals in Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew
  • We ran The Best Job in the World contest (and it was so much fun :))
  • We worked with 150+ MVPs across Middle East and Africa

And of course, the beauty of my work is that by job description I should work with the heroes of our time – people who build IT with their own hands. Thank you very much for making my life so busy with tons of interesting things, people, projects and great plans!

P.S. It was my 5th year at Microsoft overall and according to funny internal tradition...

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]]> TechEd Middle East 2011 – save the date! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/renatmin/teched-middle-east-2011-save-the-date Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:38:32 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/renatmin/2010/09/02/teched-middle-east-2011-save-the-date/ BLOG BUTTON-02 - SAVE THE DATE

While Microsoft Open Door will bring some of the great content of TechEd’s to countries across Middle east and Africa, TechEd Middle East is going to be a full-size amazing event where you can explore things you learn at Open Door deeper with the best speakers and experts worldwide. Here are some details from organizers.

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Tech·Ed Middle East returns to Dubai in 2011, March 8 – 10, for 3 full days of deep technical education, hands-on-learning and opportunities to connect with Microsoft and Community experts one-on-one. 

Join the Tech·Ed Middle East email list and be among the first to receive event announcements and notification when event registration opens.

Why attend Tech·Ed?

Tech·Ed provides the most comprehensive technical education across Microsoft’s suite of released, or soon to be released, products, solutions and services. Tech·Ed is for IT professionals and developers who are involved in implementing, deploying or building solutions using Microsoft technologies.

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