Hi SWUGsters,
this is an early event warning for you;
Microsoft is arranging a TechFest. TechFest = TechNet+MSDN, but Tech.Ed style.
Date: 23rd Oct 2008 & 24th Oct 2008
Time: 0900 - 1900 hrsThis is a paid event; You pay $99.
For $99, you get the following;
- 3 MS Press Books (1 on Windows 2008, 1 on SQL 2008, 1 on Visual Studio 2008) total worth $168.
- 1 Keynotes and 12 Break Out Tracks
- Up to 42 Hands On Labs (Covering PowerShell, Hyper-V, Business Intelligence, SQL Security, Silverlight2, WPF)
- Free Access to Microsoft Consulting Services & MVP (MCS folks' time are super expensive, make sure you come and ask them questions)Also, the first 100 paid attendees will receive Tech.ED SEA 2008 DVD Set (Comprising of Tech.ED US IT Pro and DEV DVD Sets) worth USD$1xx. It contains all the video presentations and slides of those presented in the US. They have the best TechED sessions in the world... Super huge sessions.
Here are some of the topics tentatively planned;
1. Understanding Microsoft's Server Virtualization Portfolio including Hyper-V
2. Continuous Data Protection for your Microsoft Server Infrastructure
3. Virtualization 360 from the Datacenter to the Desktop
4. Managing Virtualization with SCVMM and PowerShell
5. Visual Studio 2008 Team System and the .NET 3.5 Framework
6. Light up with the with Silverlight 2
7. Smart Client Development with WPF
8. Integrating Line-Of-Business Data into MOSS 2007 with the Business Data Catalog
9. IE 8.0 for Developers
10. Data Access with LINQ
11. Virtualizing SQL 2008 with Windows Server 2008
12. Deep Dive on Windows HPC Server 2008
Please watch out for the invitation on the 22nd Sept / 23rd Sept through Microsoft official newsletters and web site;
You can also check my blog http://pingdennis.com. Once the news is out, i'll post it out within 24 hours. Remember, first 100 gets the TechEd US DVDs.
To let me have a better idea, post a comment to say you're going.
/Dennis
