Announcing Microsoft Partner Roadshow Plus

 

Well after several months of planning and brainstorming within my team I am pleased to announce the forthcoming Partner Roadshow dates, and a change of format. We surveyed many many partners, read the feedback from the last round of roadshow, and came up with a brand new concept.

The key change is that we are re-shaping the focus from an informational event to a technical training one - we will offer a short session in the traditional keynote style (which any partner is welcome to attend) but then we will be following up with paid for training, but at a massively subsidised rate. We are hiring professional trainers and will be delivering a superb set of training labs targetted at SBSCs and partners interested in Unified Comms and Vista Deployment.

Full agenda as follows. You can register here.

 

Agenda

08:00 - Registration

08:30 - 10:30 MORNING SESSION: Complimentary

The Microsoft vision, roadmap and technical demos.
This two hour presentation will provide you with a high level update on our latest business messages and product roadmap that supports your business.

  • Get the latest Microsoft Partner business update, delivered by Microsoft executives including Pip Marlow.
  • Hear from Microsoft product managers about the latest product line up, including Microsoft Forefront and Security Center, Windows Vista and Information Worker.
  • See the Microsoft road map for Windows Server releases, and learn how and where Windows Server "Longhorn Wave" fits into this road map.
  • View some short technical demos and find out about the latest resources to help your business grow.

10:30 - Morning tea

 

TECHNICAL SESSION: AU$129 per person (which gets you 2 training sessions of 3 hours each, plus lunch)

11:00 - 14:00 (Choose either Option 1 or 2)

Option 1. Server

Preparing you for Longhorn Server with SBS 2003 Release 2.

This session will include lunch

Option 2. Secure Collaboration and Messaging Solution

The 2007 Microsoft Office 2007 system, Exchange Server 2007 with Unified Communication and positioning of Forefront.

This session will include lunch
14:00 Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea
14:30 - 17:30(Choose either Option 1 or 2)

Option 1.Information Worker

Customising Windows SharePoint Services 2007/3.0 for SBS.

 Option 2. Deployment and Management

Windows Vista Deployment Tools for small to medium businesses and System Center Essentials, including Remote IT Services opportunities for Partners.

17:30 - Close

What you need to bring
In order to complete the training, participants will need to bring a laptop. The VPC images for the hands-on labs will be pre-installed when you arrive at the roadshow.

Hardware specification for your laptop:

  • Operating System - Windows XP Professional SP2 (and above) OR Windows Server 2003
  • Drive Formatting - NTFS
  • Processor - Pentium 4 2 GHz or faster
  • RAM - 2 GB or more
  • Hard Disk space - 30 GB or more

Don't have a laptop?
A hard copy of the materials will be available for partners without laptops, or laptops that don't meet the required specifications.

 

The dates one more time:

CITY DATE VENUE ADDRESS
Perth 8th May 2007 Duxton Hotel Perth 1 St George Terrace Perth WA 6000
Adelaide 17th May 2007  Holiday Inn 65 Hindley St Adelaide SA 5000
Brisbane 21st May 2007 Sofitel 249 Turbot St Brisbane QLD 4000
Melbourne 24th May 2007  The Sebel Albert Park 65 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004
Sydney 30th May 2007 WatervieW Convention Centre

Bicentennial Park Sydney Olympic Park

Register Here

 

And please note we will be announcing some dates (with a different format) for Hobart and Darwin very shortly.

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