Month: February 2013

Certified Career Day, Certified Career Day, March 12, 2013—Registration is open!March 12, 2013—Registration is open!

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The transition to the cloud presents every business and individual with new possibilities and challenges. As the cloud continues to transform IT, the need for qualified IT professionals has never been more urgent, and certification has never been more valuable. Microsoft has a strategy to help IT professionals accelerate their career path, narrow the existing skills gap, and prepare them for new opportunities.

Registration is now open for Certified Career Day, taking place on March 12, 2013. The day will begin with a live, interactive panel discussion with IT managers and industry experts who will discuss how the cloud is redefining IT recruitment and the growing need for up-to-date certification. The panel will be followed by an exclusive interview with special guest Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Technical Fellow. Next, attend the technology focused sessions with Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 product group experts.

Attendees of Certified Career Day are eligible to win an Acer tablet with full Windows 8. Event capacity is limited so register now!

Here is the LINK

 

The agenda:

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8:30: Registration Opens
8:45: Behind-the-Scenes Commentary

 
 

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9:00–10:15: Live Industry Panel Broadcast
Moderated by Eddie Yandle, Senior Director, Microsoft

 

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Mel Beckman
CEO, Beckman
Software
Engineering

 

Michael Bender
Instructor, Madison
Area Technical
College, MVP, MCT

Wes Miller
Research VP,
Directions on
Microsoft

 

Paul Thurrott
Technology Analyst
and editor of Supersite
for Windows

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10:15–10:30: Special Guest Interview with Mark Russinovich
Microsoft sees Cloud computing as a path towards better business agility, economics,
and user experiences. In this exclusive interview with Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich, Wes Miller brings this discussion to the technology level as they explore the challenges organizations will encounter when migrating workloads to the cloud and the key capabilities IT professionals and organizations will need as they make this transition.

 
 

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Mark Russinovich
Technical Fellow
Platform and Services Division

Microsoft

 
 

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10:30–11:30: Windows Server 2012 Live Product Session
Windows Server provides the best foundation on which to build your IT infrastructure, redefining the server category entirely by delivering hundreds of new features spanning virtualization, networking, user experience and most importantly, cloud computing. Attend this session to better understand how to get the training you need to transform your IT operations and deliver a whole new level of business value.

 
 

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Rick Claus
Senior Technical
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Senior Technical
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11:35–12:35: Windows Server 2012 Live Product Session
Windows Server provides the best foundation on which to build your IT infrastructure, redefining the server category entirely by delivering hundreds of new features spanning virtualization, networking, user experience and most importantly, cloud computing. Attend this session to better understand how to get the training you need to transform your IT operations and deliver a whole new level of business value.

 
 

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Dandy Weyn
Sr. Technical Product
Manager
SQL Server Group

 

Jennifer Moser
Sr. Product Marketing
Manager, SQL Server
Group

   
 
     
 

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Here is the LINK