Archive for Conferences – Page 2

Tampa I.T. Pro Camp Tomorrow

The 2ns annual Tampa I.T. Pro Camp takes place tomorrow (Sept 22, 2012) from 8am to 5pm. Please come and spend a day learning about new Microsoft products, from Server 2012 to Power Shell 3.0. Registration is free (click here).

I will be presenting at 9am on the topic of “Windows Server 2012 Essentials – A First Look’.

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Here is a list of all 30 sessions that are currently scheduled:

http://itprocamp.com/tampa/2012/08/19/2012-schedule/

Location for this event is:

Rasmussen College
4042 Park Oaks Blvd
Suite 100
Tampa, Florida 33610

(Approx. the corner of MLK Blvd and Falkenburg Dr in Brandon)

Tampa IT Pro Camp coming!

The second annual Tampa I.T. Pro Camp is just two weeks away – Saturday September 22, 2012 from 8am to 5pm. There will be 30 sessions covering topics such as Power Shell, Sharepoint, Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and more! It’s also a great time to talk with other I.T. people from the local area.

I’m honored to have been asked to be one of the presenters.

For more information, or to register (free!) – go to http://itprocamp.com/tampa/

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Managing for Success 2012

I worked with Karl Palachuk two weeks ago at Microsoft’s TechEd technology conference in Orlando. He and I were both facilitators at TechEd’s Birds of a Feather sessions during the week.

This past week (Jun 26-28) Karl did something very interesting – he put together a three day, 18 hour online conference titled “Managing for Success 2012”. I was very impressed with the speakers chosen, the range and depth of information presented, the professionalism with each presentation, and most importantly – the fact that they stayed on time!

Kudos to Karl for a job well done!

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TechEd 2012 Thoughts

A008 (Large)s a Microsoft MVP for Small Business Servers and a Small/Medium Business (SMB) I.T. consultant, the conferences, seminars and user groups that I routinely attend or speak at are usually geared for the SBS/SMB marketplace. And that’s all great!

So to have an opportunity to attend and work at Microsoft’s TechEd North America conference (7,000+ attendees) this week was a huge thrill and honor for me.

002 (Large)I had a chance to meet, interact and speak with I.T. professionals  representing everything from large financial and commercial companies to colleges and universities.

The convention floor was jammed pack with vendors and presenters. I have done my share of “manning a booth” at conferences but this was amazing.

I understand that it took 3 weeks to set up the hundreds (if not thousands) of workstations that were available for use.

I was asked to facilitate two of the TechEd’s Birds of a Feather sessions. The first was on Advanced Architecture for Microsoft Sharepoint 2010, and the second was on Windows Multipoint Server Deployment.

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TechEd 2012 Multipoint Presentation

What a busy week it has been at TechEd here in Orlando. A lot of walking!!!

Today I facilitated a second Birds of a Feather session on “Windows MultiPoint Server Deployment” – MultiPoint Server brings back the concept of thin computing. Have you seen issues with IP addresses, USB devices, or accessing accounts and files? Bring your issues and compliments. How well does MultiPoint fit into the workplace?

The audience was sparse for this topic, but we still had a great opportunity to talk and dialog.

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Click on the image above to view the entire video of this session.

TechEd 2012 Sharepoint Presentation

I finally attended my first Microsoft TechEd conference this year. All I can is “Wow”!

I was asked to speak and facilitate a Birds of a Feather session on the topic of “Advanced Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint 2010”. the room was standing-room only (SRO) – over 100 people.

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The specifics of this session was listed as: “In this session we discuss advanced SharePoint architectures with specific highlights on service applications, cross-farm services, multi-tenants, and architecting search for performance. We examine pain points from the participants in the group and discuss possible strategies to overcome challenges.”.

To say I was a bit nervous and intimidated is an understatement. But what a great time it was. I really enjoyed talking and speaking with so many people from a wide variety of businesses and technical backgrounds.

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Click on the link above to view the video of the entire session.