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Microsoft Virtualization

May 10th, 2010, keaotix

Attend this free Virtualization event and get up to date with Microsoft’s Virtualization technologies!  This event will travel to 6 capital cities starting at the end of May and continuing throughout June.  Please see all the details below of the event along with registration links!  Make sure you register now as seats are limited!

To attend this event you will need to bring your own laptop with you.  To connect to the labs you will need the Remote Desktop Connection Client 7.0 Update installed.  This client is built into Windows 7 and is a free download for Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1 and SP2. We have already run these events in other countries and it works very well.  Each event is hosted in the local Microsoft office or a location with good internet connectivity.  So with those details out of the way let’s hope many of you decide to take up this offer.  There will be food provided and in each city we will be giving away a copy of the latest Hyper-V Resource Kit.  So to the agenda:

Event Overview

Two day workshop focused on Hyper-V and Microsoft Virtualization technologies.  The 2 day workshop will be a mixture of theory presentations and hands on labs.  Participants will walk away with a better understanding of Microsoft’s Virtualization technologies.

Agenda Topics

  • Day 1
    • Virtualization 360 Overview
    • Evaluating the Environment & Planning:  MAP Tools and IPD Guides
    • MAP Lab
    • Hyper-V Architecture and Implementation – Hypervisor architecture, virtual disk and networks, security and licensing.
    • High Availability – 2008 R2 Clusters, Quick and Live Migration, Storage Implications
    • Lab:  Setup a 2-Node Hyper-V Cluster
  • Day 2
    • System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 – Creating a Library, Physical to Virtual Migration, Optimal Placement
    • System Centre Operations Manager – Overview and integration with Virtual Machine Manager
    • System Centre Data Protection Manager – Overview and integration with Virtual Machine Manager
    • Architecture Considerations and Best Practices – Sizing Servers, storage and designing for high availability
    • Considerations on Dynamic IT – Integrating Hyper-V, SCVMM, SCOM with PowerShell to build a dynamic environment
    • Lab: Setup SCVMM and SCOM

Dates and Registration Details:

Melbourne
Date: May 31st – June 1st
Location:  Microsoft Melbourne
Time: 9:00 – 5:00PM each day
Registration:  Click Here to Register
Sydney
Date: June 10th – June 11th
Location – Microsoft Sydney
Time: 9:00 – 5:00Pm each day
Registration: Click Here to Register
Canberra
Date: June 3rd – June 4th
Location – Microsoft Canberra
Time: 9:00 – 5:00PM each day
Registration:  Click Here to Register
Perth
Date: June 15th – June16th
Location – Microsoft Perth
Time:  9:00 – 5:00PM each day
Registration: Click Here to Register
Brisbane
Date: June 7th – June 8th
Location – Microsoft Brisbane
Time: 9:00 – 5:00PM each day
Registration: Click Here to Register
Adelaide
Date: June 21st – June 22nd
Location – Microsoft Adelaide
Time: 9:00 – 5:00Pm each day
Registration: Click Here to Register

Other Details

We are capping registrations at 70 participants per city due to room capacities and because we can take up to 40 concurrent connections to the infrastructure back in Redmond.  If we get more than 40 participants then we will need to double up attendees when doing the labs.  This will be fine as the labs work fine with a partner.

So with that I hope to see many of you at this free Virtualization event.  Did I mention it was free and you might win a book and you will get fed!  What more could you ask for!  I will be conducting the training in Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide.  Giovanni will be covering the Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.


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End of Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2

April 1st, 2010, keaotix

Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Server will end on the same date. Support for Windows Vista Release to Manufacturing (RTM) will end on April 13, 2010.

NOTE: There is no Service Pack 3 for the 64-bit version of Windows XP. If you are running the 64-bit version of Windows XP with Service Pack 2, you are on the latest service pack and will continue to be eligible for support and receive updates until April 8, 2014.

Customers running an unsupported version of Windows or service pack will not be eligible for any of our support options. Updates, including security updates released with bulletins from the Microsoft Security Response Center, will be reviewed and built for the supported versions and service packs only. The most current service packs are available to organizations, and they are easily deployed via Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services/Microsoft System Center, and the Microsoft Download Center. To better understand the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy and your support options visit the Microsoft Support Lifecycle page.

There is no supported migration path from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 using the Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT). You will need to upgrade to Windows XP and then migrate to Windows 7 using USMT 4.0, a tool included with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK).

With Extended Support for Windows 2000 Server also ending on July 13,2010, the product will no longer be publicly supported after this date. Self-Help Online Support will be available for Windows 2000 Server after Extended Support for the operating system ends. For more information on Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Server End of Support visit Windows 2000 End of Support Solution Center. A direct upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2008 R2 is not supported. The Solution Center will provide information about migration paths, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.

Updating your Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 2000 PCs before the end of mainstream support dates will ensure your PCs stay supported and receive security updates. The best way to be secure and supported is by migrating to Windows 7. There are tools to help test and mitigate application compatibility issues, including the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit, Windows XP Mode, and Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) to help migration. To learn more about these tools, visit the Springboard Series on TechNet.


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Win a month’s paid work experience at Microsoft

April 1st, 2010, keaotix

If you’re an undergraduate Australian Uni student, show us the quality of your marketing thinking or ideas and you could become a Microsoft Marketing Protégé, winning one month’s paid work experience and mentoring by the seasoned professionals of the marketing team at Microsoft.

Just imagine the doors that could open with that on your CV.

Register now, download the brief and show us you’ve got what it takes to be a Microsoft Marketing Protégé. Demonstrate via written submission how you would market the new Microsoft Office 2010 software to tertiary students.

We’ll provide you with a full Marketing Brief and tips on how to get started.

To learn more go to www.microsoft.com.au/protege


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Students can make off with Microsoft® Office Ultimate 2007 – up to 90% off RRP**

March 20th, 2010, keaotix

Don’t resort to piracy to get the software you need to complete assignments, presentations, or whatever your course requires. We’re giving you the chance to get your hands on legitimate Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 software for only $75RRP~.

Includes a bonus upgrade to Office 2010

Not only do you get nine awesome applications to help you create, organise, communicate, and more – buy Office 2007 between 5 March and 30 September 2010 and get a bonus Office 2010* upgrade when it is released later this year. Not bad eh?

All you need to enjoy this student perk is an edu.au email address

Simply go to itsnotcheating.com.au, register your student edu.au email address and buy now. This is an exclusive offer, available to all Australian Uni and TAFE students and faculty only.

Be sure to check out the other great student offers available via itsnotcheating.com.au where students can upgrade to the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system for a limited time at just $49.95^.


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Microsoft Student Rally

March 19th, 2010, keaotix

Microsoft Student Rally invites you to join students around the world who want to share their creativity, learn new stuff, have fun and win some great prizes.

How does it work?

Each month, we’ll host a new Rally challenge. The top five students each month will win a prize.
The top ten each month qualify to compete in the final challenge for the chance to win a $10,000 scholarship.

Check it out.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/rally/


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March 17th, 2010, keaotix

Channel 9 is offering a free Silverlight 4 Training Kit. The training kit includes a whitepaper explaining all of the new Silverlight 4 features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with Silverlight 4.

The business applications course includes 8 modules with extensive hands on labs as well as accompanying videos that walk you through key aspects of building a business application with Silverlight. Key aspects in this course are working with sandboxed out of browser features, elevated trust out of browser features, the new RichTextBox control, implicit styling, webcam, drag and drop, multi touch, validation, authentication, MEF, WCF RIA Services, right mouse click, and much more.

Start developing on Silverlight today!


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Microsoft Internships

February 2nd, 2010, keaotix

Options are Good. In life and in your career.

A Real World Experience like No Other. As an intern or Fulltim’er at Microsoft, you’ll have real responsibility, real work, and real opportunities to jumpstart your career. (You’ll get paid, too!) It’s an experience you’ll never find in a classroom. You’ll be given manageable assignments that you can complete while you’re here, and your efforts will likely take shape in Microsoft products—or be used by Microsoft teams—long after you return to school. And imagine millions of customers, not to mention your classmates, seeing your work! Some interns even parlay their experience into a job offer.

An Opportunity to Shine. Our employees make a real difference. Not by filing paperwork or running errands, but by developing real products. Here, you’ll run your own projects and put your skills to work. This is why our internship program is one of the most successful in the industry. You’ll learn more in 12 weeks than you would in a whole school year. It’s the kind of work that gets noticed by millions of people all over the world. Kind of redefines the whole concept of internships, don’t you think?

“An internship allowed me to identify areas in which I needed to grow and helped to validate that I am working in the right field.” - John, Software Development Lead, Windows Server Performance

Current Internship and Fulltime opportunities with Microsoft:

1) Software Design Engineer (SDE) Intern or Fulltime

Work at the Core of Every Product We Build
This internship is where the fun begins for code gurus like you. As a hands-on Software Design Engineer intern, you’ll learn how to make decisions about design and feature implementation, using your mastery of technical tools to help make a product vision a reality. If you would like to write code and design efficient data structures and algorithms to develop next-generation applications or operating systems, listen up. This internship shows you how SDEs bring products to life by working with Program Managers to ensure strong design and Software Design Engineers in Test to ensure quality through testing. Ultimately for the SDE, it’s your code that turns concepts into new technologies and services.

Qualifications:

· Fluency in C/C++/C# and a passion for writing quality code using computer science fundamentals

· Ability to derive creative and innovative solutions by thinking “outside the box”

· Ability to solve complex problems, sometimes by testing and debugging code

· Expertise in feature definition, design, and feasibility

· Demonstrated skill in estimating development time

· Be available to relocate to our corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U.S.A for a 12 week internship (Microsoft Corporation pays all costs associated with relocation)

· Functional level English Language skills, written and spoken requirement

2) Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) Intern or Fulltime

Discover Life on the Last Line of Defense
As an intern Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET), you’ll own it, break it, fix it, and own it again. You’ll ensure a product’s quality by making sure it performs as users expect it to. Part of the fun is how creative you can be devising ways to manipulate, crush, and sabotage software into submission—while creating innovative testing technologies along the way. Ultimately, as an SDET intern it’s your input that can help make the difference between joy and frustration for the customers. Since you’re keen on how things work, and making them work better, you’ll work hand in hand with the Program Managers and Software Design Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automation systems for use in development and testing cycles. Using the tools you create, you’ll help pour over source code for trouble spots, debugging and isolating problems, and executing creative tests to find new bugs while regression testing recent fixes.

Qualifications:

· Fluency in C/C++/C#/VB.NET and experience designing and developing tool architecture

· Ability to solve complex problems and write automation systems and device drivers

· Ability to author test plans and cases, conduct security and stress tests, and debug at source level after identifying, investigating, and prioritizing bugs

· Demonstrated skills in negotiation and conflict management

· Demonstrated interest in customer advocacy derived from a holistic understanding of the product from the code level to delivery

· Be available to relocate to our corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington, U.S.A for a 12 week internship (Microsoft Corporation pays all costs associated with relocation and helps with housing)

· Functional level English Language skills, written and spoken requirement

Whatever position you choose, you’ll make a real impact in the dynamic world of product development at Microsoft. All intern positions are12 weeks and located in the United States at our corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington. All fulltime positions are located in the United States.

Send Us Your Resume
Submitting a resume is the only way to get to the next stage of consideration, the interview. Our recruiting team travels to Australia regularly to meet bright and enthusiastic people like you, and we look forward to receiving your resume. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you are updating your resume to send to us:

· Clearly state your graduation date, degree/major and the university are attending

· Specify your technical skills (including programming languages and other development tools you know well), project details (both within university and at any jobs or internships you have held), and technologies you have used on those projects

· Describe your role in the projects that you worked on, and what you personally achieved

· Provide an active e-mail address, physical address, and current phone number  where we can reach you

If interested, please send your resume by the 15th of February

to: lisabar@microsoft.com

A recruiter will review it, and if interested will set up a phone interview as a first step. And, by the way, we have many positions available, so if there is someone else you think we should know about; please share this information with them.

If we invite you to interview, we will cover your travel expenses. If you receive an offer, we will cover costs for visa processing and provide help with relocation. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.



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It’s Not Piracy – Your last chance to WIN $5000 !!!

May 13th, 2009, keaotix

It’s your last chance to get Microsoft Office Ultimate for a tiny $75* – saving up to 90% off the recommended retail price*.  You could also win $5,000† in loot- competition closes on the 30 June.

You can also get Microsoft Windows Vista® Ultimate (Upgrade) for an amazingly low $80*!

This offer is for Australian Uni and TAFE students and faculty only. Visit itsnotpiracy.com.au and register your university or TAFE student email to activate your discount.

Act now and buy today – THIS PRICE CAN’T LAST.


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What to expect of your IT career? Join the Microsoft Students to Business live meeting

April 13th, 2009, keaotix

[ Are you graduating soon? And does not know what to expect from your IT career]

We can help!

Microsoft Students to Business program together with Excom Education

Bring you the opportunity to clarify this and many questions you might have

Just join our Live Meeting session, this Thursday 23th of April at

12 pm Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines

11 am Indonesia

2 pm (EST) Australia

4 pm (NZST) New Zealand

To join just click on the link bellow

Join the meeting

AUDIO INFORMATION

Computer Audio

To use computer audio, you need speakers and a microphone, or a headset.

Telephone Conferencing

Choose one of the following:

· Start the Office Live Meeting client, and then in the Voice & Video pane, click Join Conference.  The conferencing service will call you at the number you specify. (Recommended)

· Dial the conferencing service directly, and enter the participant code shown below:
Australia: 1800202713

Malaysia: +12034808000

New Zealand: 0800448997

Philippines: +6328608611

Singapore +6568888008

Indonesia: +8134574

Participant Code:                        2758513

FIRST-TIME USERS

To save time before the meeting, check your system to make sure it is ready to use Office Live Meeting.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Unable to join the meeting?  Follow these steps:

1.         Copy this address and paste into your web browser:

https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/_XML/microsoft/join

2.         Copy and paste the required information:

Meeting ID: 29JJ8P

Entry Code: S~[x38<&F

Location: https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/_XML/microsoft

If you still cannot enter the meeting, contact support.

NOTICE

Office Live Meeting can be used to record meetings. By participating in this meeting, you agree that your communications may be monitored or recorded at any time during the meeting.

By attending to this conference you will qualify for a chance to receive a complimentary copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007. (1 participant will be randomly selected*)

Want to know more about S2B? register today!

Any questions please contact s2bapac@microsoft.com


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DreamSpark is available to all University Students, and best of all its FREE!

February 27th, 2009, keaotix

If you’re a university student interested in programming, then DreamSpark is for you.
DreamSpark provides access to;

  • Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Editions
  • Expression Studio 2 (includes Web, Blend, Media and Design)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition
  • Windows Server 2003  Standard
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 Academic Edition
  • Microsoft CCR and DSS Toolkit 2008
  • XNA Game Studio 3.0
  • Microsoft IT Academy Student Pass

All these great applications for FREE. Simply go to www.dreamspark.com, register, select your university and Download!


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