Pre-Conference Technical Training
Get even more from Tech•Ed 2011 when you register for Pre-Conference Technical Training. Experience first-hand technical labs on all new and soon-to-be-released Microsoft products, technologies, tools and platforms. Build your skills to architect, deploy, manage and secure a connected IT infrastructure.
This comprehensive, two-day technical training is instructor led and includes hands on labs. These have been carefully chosen to address the most relevant challenges IT Professionals face today.
Two-day Pre-Conference Lab - $715 pp including GST.
You can book your Pre-Conference Technical Training while you're purchasing your Tech•Ed 2011 ticket.
| Days | Hours of Operation |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11am - 7pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 3:30pm |
- Pre-Conference Technical Training Lab Sessions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 including Microsoft Virtualisation
Windows Server 2008 R2, now with Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides new Virtualisation technology that enables you to deliver more advanced capabilities to your business for increased IT efficiency and agility. Whether you want to consolidate servers, build a private cloud or offer Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, the addition of these powerful virtualization features enables you to take your datacenter and desktop virtualization strategy to a new level.
The major enhancement in this release include new virtualization tools consisting of an updated version of Hyper-V with Live Migration and Dynamic Memory, Remote Fx in Remote Desktop Services, improved power management, and added features with Windows 7 integration such as BranchCache and Direct Access.
This 2 day hands-on workshop will focus on the new features of Windows Server 2008 R2 and provide students the opportunity to experience the latest in virtualization technologies included in this release.
WOW !!!! First Look at Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping to save time, money and free up valued resources. Office 365 combines the familiar Office desktop suite with online versions of Microsoft's next generation communications and collaboration services: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online. Microsoft Office 365 provides services that are easy to administer and simple to use – always backed up by robust security, reliability and control to run your business.
During this two day hands-on workshop students will have the opportunity to explore this exciting new release of Microsoft Online Services. Students will gain experience with deploying & managing, using the configuration tools and services, explore migration and co-existence scenarios and understand the difference between locally run applications “on premise” and hosted services.
Microsoft Office 365 provides increased business productivity capabilities that you will want to come and see for yourself!
Better communication with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 connects users in new ways, regardless of their physical location. The latest release of the Unified Communications platform delivers a fresh, intuitive user experience that is directly accessible from Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft SharePoint. Lync brings together the different ways people communicate in a single interface, is deployed as a unified platform, and is administered through a single management infrastructure. The unified nature of the system helps reduce costs and facilitates rapid user adoption. And, because Lync is broadly interoperable, it fits into existing IT infrastructure for easier deployment and migration.
This 2 day hands-on technical workshop is one of the most exciting student workshops at TechEd and sells out quickly each year! It is very interactive by nature and gives students the opportunity to learn and play with the key features of Lync as well as tips and techniques from industry experts, for deployment and implementation within your business.
How “the Cloud” can help you integrate – Microsoft for Developers
With the excitement of technology moving towards “the Cloud” come and learn exactly what this means to your business and how your development projects can leverage the Windows Azure Platform without re-architecting your environment. Should you invest in private cloud, move your application to the public cloud, choose a hybrid approach or keep the application on-premise?
This two-day development workshop led by renowned Integration Experts provides delegates with an early opportunity to gain insight and hands-on experience with the Windows Azure Platform including Windows Azure AppFabric, SQL Azure, Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk AppFabric Connect.
This developer workshop focuses on maximising your existing integration technology investment for an on-premise solution, including architectural design considerations, real world tips and techniques and hands-on experience with using the integration tools available today.
Delivered through workshop style presentations and hands-on lab exercises, this technology focused pre conference training will assist with designing and developing your company roadmap to the Cloud.
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 is the most significant release of Configuration Manager in its 16 year history, from a technology perspective. People expect consistent access to corporate services from wherever they are, on any device they’re using—including desktops, laptops, smart phones, and slates.
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 helps you embrace this trend – without giving up the control needed to protect corporate assets. With System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 user experiences can be delivered and managed based on corporate identity, network connectivity, and device type – enabling you to meet the demand for consistent, anywhere access to corporate services.
This 2 day hands-on technical workshop is an excellent opportunity to gain experience with some of the new and key features of this beta release :-
Microsoft Windows 7 Advanced Features
During the 2 days before TechEd Australia – prepare to be able to extend, connect and manage your Windows 7 environment like never before.
So you have deployed Windows 7 (or are at least a fair way into your planning for it!) – so what now? During this fast paced technical workshop led by industry experts - students will experience technologies in action which you may have only dreamed about – but are made easy with Windows 7. We will show you how to make an application available in seconds on a desktop and how to manage machines that are not part of your network - yet you’re still expected to have the administrator’s touch!
In this 2 day hands-on training event, come and learn about the features that will enable you to manage, connect and configure your Windows 7 environment – fun packed and filled with demos and hands on labs (but light on the PowerPoint) – this is your chance to see what is possible with the Windows 7 environment.
You will look at technologies that will enable secure connection from outside your environment without a VPN, learn how to troubleshoot and support Windows 7 PC’s using DART, AIS and other acronyms. You will learn how to ensure your machines are compliant and running as per your internal specifications as well as experience and configure the MDOP tools and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Don’t miss this opportunity!
