Inversion of control containers: wondering what all the excitement is about? Of all the tools in a .NET developer’s toolbox, IoC containers are among the most frequently misunderstood. You may have…

In January 2010, Immanuel College engaged deployment gurus Fastrack Technology, to develop a cutting edge desktop environment for their fleet of PCs. With their current SOE aging, as well as an…

Silverlight 3 introduced the ability to run your Silverlight applications outside the browser, and Silverlight 4 takes this one step further by enabling you to run your application with elevated…

Hear first hand from the customer, QLD Dept of Communities and their solution partner, Data#3 about how they implemented enterprise wide end-to-end service monitoring as part of a wider Systems…

Are you design-challenged? Do you long for the days when user interface design simply meant following the Windows standards? Can you design screens in any colour as long as it's grey? Do you do your…

With even faster pace of IT development these days and its ability to transform our society, we have to understand the trends, disruptors and potential outcomes that IT might bring to us in next…

Tech•Ed is upon us and the international men of mystery (aka tight knit band of Microsoft suppliers who have been putting this event on for far too long) are up to their proverbials in network design…

This session we'll look at evolution of Media on the Web. We'll delve in the world of Silverlight Smooth streaming and build streaming infrastrucutre from virtual bare metal. Build a Smooth streaming…

With the impending launch of IE 9, Microsoft is ready for the next wave of web technologies - HTML5, CSS3 and SVG. Come along to learn what’s coming in the Internet Explorer platform for web…

Come see and hear about the latest innovations in ASP.NET MVC 2 and the tooling support in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. Topics will include enhancements such as template helpers, model…

Developers are more comfortable working in Visual Studio, even while working on XAML. In this session, Mahesh Krishnan, the author of “Silverlight for Dummies” shows why they need to start using…

Faster cheaper servers, and more cores than ever to code against. This session explores the tools and libraries on the .NET framework that enables you to write fast, highly concurrent and wide scaling…

In this session Jordan starts with a brief overview of the MVVM pattern before delving into the depths of a real world implementation. See how to get the most out of Silverlight as Jordan demonstrates…

Faced with the design and evaluation of providing Infrastructure as a Service to highly distributed locations from a Data Centre? Hear from the lead technical designers at Infoplex as they outline…

The exciting addition to Bing.com is the new Bing Map Apps. Showcase your ideas and reach even more people by developing a dynamic solution to be featured on the Bing Maps site. Come join John and…

Come and see the top five current attacks that hackers are using to break into your organisation. See how they work and how attackers hack applications using them. We'll also show you how to prevent…

Avoid many of the pitfalls in designing natural user interfaces. NUI is a study in contrasts, as well as a balancing act between the conventions people have acquired through the decades of using…

Learn best practices for virtualising Exchange Server 2010 - how and when to do it, and when not to...

How to use Azure to solve real world problems faced by businesses today. What makes a good cloud application and how to justify it to your boss...

This session will show you how you can unify management of physical and virtual infrastructures in Microsoft System Center family by utilizing Veeam MP for VMware to deliver monitoring data and Veeam…

Come and hear about HP VDI with Hyper-V instances, an end-to-end client virtualization solution based on the virtualization-ready HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers, HP StorageWorks storage, and HP…

Microsoft Communications Server “14” will deliver unmatched tools for monitoring system health and performance across all platform capabilities in real time and across longer time periods to…

Delivering Voice Quality within Unified Communications deployments requires an understanding of the many factors that ultimately determine the experience of end-users. This session identifies the…

Microsoft Communications Server “14” features a new suite of planning, setup, and deployment tools to use when planning new installations or making changes to a deployed system. This session will…

A joint presentation by HASSELL CIO Bill Rue and Microsoft Principal Operations Consultant Wally Eastland discussing how HASSELL improved Business Integration and Performance by adopting a Service…

Come hear the story directly from Microsoft and Coca Cola Amatil behind moving 8000 seats from Lotus Notes to BPOS.This session is suited for the IT decision maker or Architects that are thinking of…

Go beyond the basics of Exchange High Availability and gain a solid understanding of what you need to know to design a highly available and site resilient Exchange 2010 solution. In this session we…

This session covers new telephonny and conferencing features in Microsoft Communications Server “14". This session helps you understand the infrastructure required to support the new scenarios,…

As storage costs continue to increase, the investments we have made in Exchange to support Direct Attached Storage and improvements we've made in storage overall have become even more critical. This…

As the volume of email continues to increase, you are likely seeking new and better ways to preserve and discover this critical email data to meet an array of IT governance, legal, and compliance…

Exchange Server 2010 Tips 'n Tricks..

Only Polycom offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated solutions spanning voice, video, services and application integration for Microsoft® Office Communications Server R2, Microsoft…

Deploying clustered Hyper-V servers in Windows 2008 R2 involves a wide variety of technologies, including Hyper-V, Live Migration, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows PowerShell,…

Dynamic memory is a new feature of Hyper-V coming to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Come to learn how Dynamic Memory enables Hyper-V to more efficiently utilize system resource, and how this can benefit…

Even though we haven't published performance data for Hyper-V R2, we have done some internal testing and seen that Hyper-V R2 performs really well compared to Hyper-V R1. It performs well enough that…

Microsoft has a plethora of deployment tools so how do you know which one is right for you? In this session Rhonda shows you the difference between Windows Deployment Service (WDS) and Microsoft…

In this session, learn about and understand the advanced management capabilities of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 to effectively and efficiently manage Virtual Infrastructures. Topics covered…

The Server Core installation alternative has gotten a bad reputation for being hard to manage. There are a lot of alternatives open to you. Come and see how we can go from just-installed to…

The session provides an deep dive of the BranchCache feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008R2. This is your chance to dive into underlying technologies to understand how BranchCache works, as…

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 provide the automation platform and a set of solutions that empower you to manage the breadth of your IT environment. This demo-heavy session shows you how you can…

RemoteFX opens new scenarios in terms of applications and devices that can access a rich PC experience. Releasing as part of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, remote clients ranging from…

This is a can't miss session on how you can turn your virtualization infrastructure into a highly automated and dynamic application servicing machine! See how Performance and Resource Optimization…

Best practices and lessons learned on configuring DirectAccess for Windows 7 clients into a Windows 2008 R2 server environment. Rand covers tips and tricks on setting up IPSec policies, IPv6, proxy…

The next release of Configuration Manager is coming! For over a decade, Systems Management Server and Configuration Manager have been used by thousands of customers and partners to deliver classic…

Colin Lee talks about (and demos) key investments in Exchange Server 2010 and SP1 and how Exchange provides unprecedented IT cost savings; the richest user experience across the PC, phone, and…

Active Directory and all that you can do with it has come a long way in the last ten years. Unfortunately, many organizations rolled out Active Directory early on and never had the time or resources…

This session will focus on the considerations and best practices for Disaster Recovery and Virtualisation back up. Disaster Recovery without expensive third-party replication products or storage…

Microsoft’s deployment tools are better than ever with the new Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) 2.0. WAIK 2.0 contains the Windows System Image Manager (WSIM) to assist in creating answer…

Networking is one of the most critical components in a successful virtualization solution. This session is focused on enabling you to plan and develop effective virtualization solutions that build on…

Microsoft Communications Server “14” promises to transform the way people will communicate across the PC, Web and phone, making traditional communications systems obsolete. In this session you will…

This level 300 session is an introduction to the process of deploying Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010. In this live demo driven session we will cover: ·        Creation of management agents to…

The RDP is program sponsored by the SharePoint product group which endeavors to gather real-world implementation feedback for SharePoint products and Technologies. The goal of the program is to not…

Office Web Apps are new to Microsoft Office 2010 and will allow users to work with files from more places and on more devices by providing browser-based viewing and lightweight editing of Microsoft…

Does this sound like you: You want to provide access to your services and applications, without all the head-ache of managing a huge identity store for each organisation you want to do business with. …

Although the motives and means behind malware development have changed, most other aspects have stayed the same. Until recently the most successful malware tried to stay inconspicuous and unobtrusive…

Learn how to create workflows in SharePoint Designer 2010 without using code. Explore the new tools and features of SharePoint 2010 including the Visio workflow designer. Learn about moving workflows…

Exposing any of your internal data or applications to the Internet is a tradeoff between security and functionality. This session will provide you with the information to securely publish your…

Itching to upgrade your SharePoint Server 2007 farm to SharePoint Server 2010? Then this is the session for you. In this session we cover the upgrade methods that are available, and explain how to…

This deep technical session is building on the previous Tech Ed session “Forefront Identity Manager Deployment Primer”. The goal of the session is to introduce more advanced concepts for the…

Tired of hearing statistics about the high rate of failure for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) initiatives? In this session, learn about the new features in SharePoint 2010 and discover how…

Microsoft Office 2010 expands your productivity solution options by offering improved development options and tools, simplified solution design, richer programmability for Office data and formats, and…

Microsoft Project Server 2010 was released as part of the new 2010 product range and offers exciting new features. This session provides an overview of the new features of Project Server 2010…

A few weeks ago, on August 6th, the MMPC Lab in Melbourne celebrated its 3rd anniversary. We're busier than ever before, and we have grown 300% since our humble beginning. It's still surprising that…

Office 2010 introduces a best-in-class suite of layered defences to help prevent the spread of malware via Office documents. This session covers what you need to know about Office File Validation,…

This session will bust the myth that configuring DA is complex. We will show the steps for advance level configuration and troubleshooting of UAG DA with NAP and Forced Tunneling. The session will…

Business Connectivity Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 enables integration with line-of-business applications and other enterprise and Web 2.0 data sources. It was known in Microsoft…

SharePoint 2010 makes significant improvements to how key architectural components in a farm and implemented and managed, which means appropriate consideration needs to be made when building your…

As security professionals, handing over the keys to our castle for somebody else to manage in the cloud strikes fear into our hearts and goes against all our current beliefs. This session aims to…

Forefront Endpoint Protection: Notes from the field..

This session will start by looking at an operational solution for Business Process Management that is built using Visio, SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight. The client involved during the Early Adaption…

System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010 is designed to deliver enterprise-class management to mid-sized organizations between 50-500 PCs. This session is full of demos – to highlight each of the major…

Come and learn how Avanade, a global IT consultancy, has positioned Service Manager as the foundation for not only their current ITIL processes, but their next-generation datacenter as well. This…

The Global Financial Crises put a hold on many programs and innovations. IT’s “new normal” is forcing the IT Decision Maker to focus inward, and a sound IT Service Management capability has never been…

There's been a lot of discussion of cloud technology over the last couple of years, but very little in the way of tangible steps that you can follow for cloud deployment. NetApp has been…

This session provides an overview of SharePoint 2010 covering end user features in different workloads from Sites to Composites. Expect to see a lot of demos of some of the new features that…

This session will walk you through the Opalis workflow designer demonstrating along the way how to integrate System Center products with other IT tools to create automated processes. You will also see…

Join the System Center team to learn how Microsoft System Center products are helping customers to lower costs and increase their business capabilities. This session focuses on the latest product…

Deep dive into the extensibility engine of the SCVMM SSP 2.0. Using Post OS deployment with MDT and SCCM as an example..

With every new version of the Office Suite released, Microsoft’s customers are facing the multifaceted challenge of the newly released version of Office deployment. One of the biggest issues related…

Let's talk about what's new in Office 2010, specifically about implications for IT pros. Topics include security improvements, hardware and performance enhancements, Web Apps principles and…

Office deployment has evolved since the days of Office 2003 and even 2007. So too should your way of thinking about your deployment project. This session provides insight on key areas to help your…

SharePoint has been widely adopted across the world as the de facto standard for collaboration within the firewall. In FY11, Microsoft is reinforcing SharePoint as a platform to support not just…

This session explores the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Center (DIT-SC): a free, extensible turnkey solution that enables data centers to dynamically pool, allocate, and manage resources,…

Microsoft Office offers a platform that provides ample possibilities for application development using managed code. During this presentation Jake will explain what VSTO is, why to choose it as a…

Join in this exploration of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and see for yourself what all the excitement is about! We dive deep into the new product, discuss strategies for managing upgrades and explore…

Unit testing should be an integral part of every developer’s toolkit. In this session Richard will show you how Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server supports unit testing efforts, including…

Consistent and predictable user experiences are a core feature of Windows Phone 7, and the application model is a key piece of the puzzle. Windows Phone 7 represents a new approach to smartphone UI,…

In this session you'll learn how to get the most out of Team Foundation Server's new 'basic' configuration. We'll start the session with a live configuration of Team Foundation Server, run a sprint…

Building Windows Phone 7 applications is all about combining the power of Silverlight on the device with services in the cloud. You can offload long running processes to a worker process hosted in…

Understanding the Windows Phone 7 User Experience and the UI Design Language is key to winning consumers and building apps that blend beautifully with the overall Windows Phone 7 experience.  Be you a…

Track: Dynamics CRM xRM has been quite a buzzword these days. Every time you hear about xRM, you’ll think about building virtually any solution on top of the extensible Microsoft CRM platform. Having…

Windows Phone 7 + XNA. The partnership you’ve been missing for Game Development. The XNA development platform has been around for years. First started off enabling developers to write games for the…

Configuring and managing WCF and WF services can be complex. AppFabric Hosting Services makes service management and configuration easier and provides greater visibility of faults, exceptions, tracing…

This release of Visual Studio sees the IDE overhauled and much of it rewritten using WPF and managed code. The move to WPF allows Microsoft to make some stunning aesthetic additions to the IDE, and…

What distinguishes a Windows Phone 7 application from a regular desktop application is that it can make use of the features of the phone. In this session you'll learn how to initiate tasks to capture…

During this session we'll explore in depth the capabilities of Coded UI Tests in Visual Studio 2010 and how you can use them to test a wide range of application types. Through your use of Coded UI…

In this demo-rich presentation, we’ll be covering some of the lesser known features of a tool we all use on a daily basis – SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Our coverage will extend across 5…

Reporting Services offers a number of key enhancements in SQL Server 2008 R2. In this session, Greg will show you not only the best known improvements (Mapping, Report Builder 3.0, Reports as Data…

Microsoft recently introduced the FastTrack Data Warehouse Reference Architectures -- providing a set of balanced hardware specifications and software best practices for deploying Relational DW…

SQL Server 2008 R2 release introduces support for greater than 64 logical processors (LP) supporting up to 256 LPs on Windows Server 2008 R2. We will discuss the importance of this feature and provide…

See a live demo of how Microsoft IT is delivering BI to the masses (30,000+ active users globally) at Microsoft using SharePoint 2010 and 2007, using Excel, PerformancePoint, SQL Server Reporting…

Master Data Management helps enterprises standardize the data people rely on to make critical business decisions. Using Microsoft Master Data Services, organizations can align operational and…

This session will show DBAs why SQL Server 2008 R2 is in no way a minor release for the database engine. Peter Ward will show a number of new features that have been introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2…

Solid State Disks (SSDs) have recently emerged as a mainstream storage solution with various vendors producing SSDs for servers that promise huge improvements in I/O performance whilst also reducing…

SQL Server 2008 delivered spatial types in the database. SQL Server 2008 R2 brought the ability to produce high quality graphics using that spatial data. Come to this session to learn how to use those…

Are you looking to migrate your on-premise applications and database from MySql or other RDBMs to SQL Azure? Or are you simply focused on the easiest ways to get your SQL Server database up to SQL…

Using existing technology from SQL Server, Windows Server and System Center along with several free downloads we will show a running private cloud Implementation with dynamic, fully online, load…

Solving the problems of SharePoint and SSRS Integration..

Budgeting, Forecasting and Performance Management with the Microsoft BI Stack..

Ever heard someone doubt the scalability of SQL Server? Come to this session to learn about the biggest, fastest and most reliable SQL Server installations in the world. We'll discuss the hardware,…

By now most people have seen demos about "what" PowerPivot is, but there are still lots of unanswered questions. "How" should PowerPivot be positioned within your organisation and your BI…

1+1 =3. Come and see how the Microsoft/Telstra alliance adds extra value to your business with Microsoft Online Services. Why is a Telco relationship important when you are deploying MOS? In this…

Learn about the various storage mechanisms available in the Azure Platform. Windows Azure offers Blobs, Queues, Tables and Drives. SQL Azure offers a Relational Database accessible through the…

Microsoft SQL Azure presents unique opportunities and challenges with regards to database performance. While query performance is the key discussion in traditional, on-premise database deployments, we…

In May, Hitachi Data Systems announced the first open, unified compute platform with Microsoft. This session will provide you insight into Hitachi’s global cloud strategy and how the industry’s first…

Come learn how to use Windows Azure AppFabric (with Service Bus and Access Control) as building block services for Web-based and hosted applications, and how developers can leverage services to create…

Come hear how the Windows Azure Platform provides a scalable compute and storage environment with Windows Azure, secure connectivity with Service Bus and Access Control Service, and a relational…

Two major releases this year from Microsoft - SQL Server 2008 R2 and Office 2010 – have brought significant changes to the world of Business Intelligence. In this session we’ll explore the three…

Microsoft codename "Dallas" is Microsoft’s Information Service, built on and part of the Windows Azure platform to provide developers and information workers with friction-free access to premium…

Do you remember when we talked about Decision Support, more than Business Intelligence? Even today, when technologies and business have changed so much, one of our key objectives is still to help…

As organisations look to leverage the power of cloud, traditional on premises data management technologies such as Backup and Archive have evolved. This session discusses some of the challenges…

Come hear the story directly from Coca-Cola Amatil and Microsoft behind moving 8000 seats from Lotus Notes to BPOS (Technical Deep Dive). This session is suited for the Architect, Deployment team or…

This session dives into the “Prepare” and “Migrate” stages of a BPOS-Standard project and is aimed at Messaging and Directory Specialists responsible for migrating to BPOS-Standard. The content will…

Come and hear about the deliverables of a HP Converged Infrastructure, HP BladeSystem Matrix, and how it enables you to excel at provisioning, monitoring, and optimising your platform for Cloud…

Our speakers will introduce you to the next generation of Customer Relationship Management solutions -- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. In this session, see firsthand the exciting new release of…

With the June SU3 release, SQL Azure became the World’s first true location-enabled cloud database. This session will explore the new functionality that spatial data support brings to SQL Azure with…

With its elastic scale and familiar programming environment, Windows Azure is ideally suited for a number of workloads. Join Eric Golpe as he drills down into the intricacies of scaling and elasticity…

Managing Desktop Security is more than just installing scanning software, it's about managing the applications, the data and ensuring the environment is monitored. In this session we look at AppLocker…

When you approach customers to talk about a Windows 7 migration, inevitably ACT comes up. But how does ACT really work? In this session, we dissect the tool to really understand where its strengths…

In this session, learn all about the new Windows Troubleshooting Platform introduced with Windows 7 and how you can use it to automatically troubleshoot problems in your environment. This session has…

This is an in-depth view of basic troubleshooting techniques from creating virtual packages of complex applications, diagnosing client deployment issues, and troubleshooting package publication and…

Learn about what other IT professionals are doing to configure, deploy, and manage their deployments of Windows Internet Explorer 8 to ensure their Web applications and Web sites remain compatible. In…

This demo-heavy session illustrates how to use new features in Group Policy to do things that will make you and your management happy: compare settings across all domains, reduce complexity of your…

Come to this interactive session to learn how Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 increase the productivity of IT professionals. Automating repetitive or complex tasks is one of the best ways to make…

This is a deep dive of troubleshooting techniques used when Microsoft PFE and the GTSC have investigated customer issues with Applications. See the step by step techniques used to see real world…

Microsoft has updated its flagship deployment tools including the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and the Operating System Deployment (OSD) in Configuration Manager 2007 to ease and facilitate the…

VDI is one of the fastest growing trends in IT, and is arguably the most popular topic of debate within the desktop community. Most companies are in the process of treating desktop virtualization as a…

This is an in-depth overview of the sequencing process during which you learn how an application is transformed from an installed entity into a virtualized application using the Microsoft Application…

Total workstation lockdown isn't for every machine in your organization. But some machines require it. It's usually those "public walk up" machines that we need to manage a little bit differently. The…

This high level session aimed at IT Managers, Project Managers, Architects and Deployment Teams discusses BPOS-S prerequisites within your organization, and highlights what could make or break a…

Premier Field Engineering globally have worked with a number of Microsoft Enterprise customers in the App-V arena. Application Virtualisation has excellent benefits that enable an organization to…

As more and more customers start to plan desktop virtualization, best practices for virtualizing end user profile and data is a topic that generates many questions. For example, what’s the best way to…

You want to deploy Windows 7 in your organization, but there is one or more critical application problems that will not work with Windows 7. Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)…

Many organisations are starting to move towards agile development approaches. But most agile methodologies don’t define an “architect” role – so as an architect, what are you meant to do to help your…

Companies today face many challenges and have certain priorities they must address. With Microsoft Virtualization you can address these challenges and concerns with the essential capabilities…

Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 come with a wealth of deployment tools. In this session, come see what's new, what's improved, and what's just plain cool in deployment tools. We overview the tools…

Come and explore the future of data. We will seek to understand how exposing, visualising and interacting with massive amounts of premium commercial and public domain data is changing the way we…

Hosting services poses unique challenges, and for good reason - exposing services to 6 billion people has to be secure, but also has to be efficient to be commercially viable. Enteprises can learn how…

EntityFramework, Linq2SQL, NHibernate, LLBGen, LightSpeed are only some of many ORMs used within the .NET community today. How do you decide which one to go with? In this session Omar will guide you…

HP is launching their Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES 7)Thin Client’s at Microsoft Tech Ed 2010, come and see some of the new features and functionality of Microsoft’s New WES7 from HP. WES 7 is a…

The cloud is not about whizzy new technology, rather it's a new economic paradigm; a new way to buy computing power. Join globally respected cloud computing expert Chris Auld as he shares insights…

The retail industry, like many other vertical have complex IT requirements in that most of their IT hardware is locate in geographically different locations, yet there is still a need and requirement…