Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 Registration Opened

Paulo Morgado — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:42:44 GMT

Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 Registration is now open.

There are a few novelties this year:

Due to attendee feedback, both the Developer and IT Pro editions will take place at the same time (November, 9-13).
The registration site uses Windows Live™ ID for authentication.
Registration prices are based on a tiered approach with the earlier you registration the more you will save. Register first, save the most!

Top Reasons To Attend Tech·Ed Europe 2009

EVERYONE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT:
- MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 - Learn about Microsoft's next-generation operating system
  
  Advancements Windows 7 brings to user productivity, security and PC management - all of which save businesses time and money.
- MICROSOFT OFFICE and new ways to maximize business productivity
  
  The Office System track will help you deploy, adopt and develop on business productivity applications.
  
  Learn about deploying Microsoft Office to your users, building pervasive Microsoft Office SharePoint solutions and managing your work with Microsoft Business Productivity Visio.
DEVELOPERS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT:
- STREAMLINING your way to cloud applications
  
  Find out how The Azure™ Services Platform reduces the need for up-front technology purchases, and enables developers to quickly and easily create applications running in the cloud.
- SECURITY that helps cut application support costs
  
  Find out how Microsoft’s ForeFront technologies can secure your IT environment faster, and help you write more secure code to eliminate application support costs.
- TRUTH about maximizing deployments and search
  
  Find out how SharePoint can help create that central repository, maximizing deployments and search that eliminates multiple versions and misunderstandings about the source of the "truth" on any given project.
IT PROFESSIONALS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT:
- VIRTUALISATION that helps leverage existing investments
  
  Get an in-depth understanding of today’s low-cost virtualization technologies and how they can help you make the most of your current software and hardware investments.
- HOSTING for economies of scale
  
  Learn how to take advantage of Microsoft’s hosted services to scale your IT department’s communications and collaboration offering. You’ll also lower your hardware, management and power costs.
- UNIFYING to reduce costs and help increase efficiencies
  
  Truly unified communications create a single communication infrastructure. That means reduced costs for PBX enhancements while improving productivity through unified inboxes along with rules that help workers manage interruptions.
- DEPLOYMENT - maximize your existing IT infrastructure and do more with what you've got
  
  Learn how to get maximum value out of your existing IT infrastructure.

PDC And Tech-Ed Wrap-Up

Paulo Morgado — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:57 GMT

(It might seem a bit late for this, but, lately, I’ve been having a lot on my mind. So here it goes.)

This was my first PDC. It was just as I had been told.

For those who don’t know, the PDC is all about the future. The near future (.NET 4.0 and Windows 7) and the further future (Windows Azure, “Oslo”, “Dublin”, “Geneva”).

Next year’s PDC (Yes! Apparently, there’ll be one next year) will be also held in Los Angeles from November 17 to 20, and (I suspect) will be the commercial launch of the Azure Services Platform and a better story to tell about “Oslo”.

Tech-ED EMEA Developers, on the other hand, is more about the present and the near future. But, this year, attendees were able to have a sneak peek at what had bee shown at the PDC.

Next year’s Tech-ED EMEA Developers will be held in Berlin from November 2 to 6. Probably, like in 2006, it will be the launch of .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.

And I intend to attend both.

Paulo Morgado : TechEd2009

Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2009 Registration Opened

Top Reasons To Attend Tech·Ed Europe 2009

PDC And Tech-Ed Wrap-Up