IT Education & Career Development | Microsoft TechEd North America 2012

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TechEd is Microsoft's premier technology conference for IT professionals and developers, offering the most comprehensive technical education across Microsoft's current and soon-to-be-released suite of products, solutions, tools, and services. Join us in Orlando this June to celebrate the 20th annual TechEd North America and experience four days of hands-on training from Microsoft experts.

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TechEd 2012 Sessions Now Available

The first release of Breakout Sessions are now live in the 2012 Content Catalog. Search the catalog by keyword, or filter by product and technology, to find those sessions that align with your interests. More content will be added regularly, so take a look and start brainstorming now on how to tackle everything offered at TechEd 2012.

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Explore TechEd with Technical Tracks

There is a wide variety of learning opportunities available at TechEd 2012. Technical Tracks help you navigate the sessions and labs best suited to your learning needs and interests. Review detailed descriptions of what will be covered in each track presented this year, along with the primary Microsoft products and technologies to be discussed.

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What you missed at TechEd 2011

If you were unable to join us last year, or want to just revisit some of the great technical education that was presented, check out our TechEd video series.

TechEd Highlights

Get a feel for what Microsoft TechEd North America is all about, and join us!
Why You Can't Miss Microsoft TechEd 2012

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Join us for Microsoft TechEd North America 2012, June 11-14 in Orlando, Florida. Whether you're TechEd first-timer or one of our returning TechEd alumni, you won't want to miss this year's event!

TechEd 2011 - Top 5 Highlights from Day 1

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See what Microsoft TechEd is all about. Highlights from TechEd 2011 Day 1 (May 16) include: Speaker Idol, Technology Partner Solutions, TechEd Blogger Hub, Swag Bag, and the Keynote presentation.

TechEd 2011 - Top 5 Highlights from Day 2

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See what Microsoft TechEd is all about. Highlights from TechEd 2011 Day 2 (May 17) include: Partner Reception, Technology Partner Solutions, TechEd Blogger Hub, .Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions, and the Women in Technology Luncheon.

TechEd 2011 - Top 5 Highlights from Day 3

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See what Microsoft TechEd is all about. Highlights from TechEd 2011 Day 3 (May 18) include: Jam Sessions, TechNet Edge On-Site, TechEd Blogger Hub, Technology Partner Solutions, and TechEd's #1 Fan.

TechEd 2011 - Top 5 Highlights from Day 4

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See what Microsoft TechEd is all about. Highlights from TechEd 2011 Day 4 (May 19) include: the TechEd Marathon Man, Technology Partner Solutions, TechEd Blogger Hub, Best of TechEd Awards, and the TechEd 2011 Scavenger Hunt.
Taste of TechEd 2011

Get a feel for Microsoft TechEd with these popular sessions from the 2011 technology conference.
Microsoft Office 365: The Future of Productivity

Length: 01:01:12 | Everyone

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This session provides a preview of our next generation cloud productivity services, Office 365 (previously known as Business Productivity Online Standard Suite).

What's New for Windows Phone Development with Microsoft Silverlight?

Length: 01:06:46 | Developer

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Lessons learned in the past year have enabled the Silverlight team to substantially improve the Silverlight framework and runtime on Windows Phone from top to bottom.

What Can Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Do for Me?

Length: 01:15:48 | Developer

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If you have not yet adopted .NET Framework 4, or if you already did but you're not positive you're leveraging all it has to offer, this session is for you! This unique session provides an overview of what's possible with .NET 4,and what it has to offer across client, server, and web development.

Introduction to Internet Explorer 9 for IT Pros

Length: 01:05:18 | IT Professional

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Internet Explorer 9 provides the premiere modern enterprise browser experience: fast, clean, and trusted. In this demo-heavy session, we will cover the impressive performance of IE9, including javascript improvements and hardware acceleration.

Agile Estimation

Length: 01:16:38 | Developer

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We're agile, so we don't have to estimate and have no deadlines, right? Wrong! This session provides a review of the problem with estimation in projects today, and then an overview of the concept of agile estimation and the notion of re-estimation.

From Zero to Silverlight in 75 Minutes

Length: 01:18:29 | Developer

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Have you attended Silverlight sessions only to find out that they are doing all this graphics stuff and you need to write a business application? This session focuses on Silverlight for the business application programmer.

Application Development with HTML5

Length: 01:08:51 | Developer

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With more and more browsers supporting HTML5, ECMAScript 5 and other web standards, developers now have a strong web platform they can use to create a new class of application that is more powerful and interactive than ever before. What's in HTML5 that lets us take our applications to the next level?

Tricks-of-the-Trade after More Than a Decade of Microsoft Active Directory

Length: 01:08:38 | IT Professional

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It is now common knowledge that Active Directory is widely deployed across all types of businesses. After more than a decade of deploying and managing Active Directory, you might well imagine that we've picked up a few things along the way.

Test Automation with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Length: 01:15:03 | Developer

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Test automation with Visual Studio has never looked so good! In this session we take a detailed look at coded UI tests, which can be used to create fully automated UI tests for Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), and web applications.

Best Practices for Private Cloud Implementation

Length: 01:10:37 | IT Professional

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Ramp up on the various private cloud best practices and lessons learned during industry and internal implementations of Microsoft's Private Cloud solution. This session helps you to get the most out of your Microsoft Private Cloud implementation.

Windows PowerShell Remoting: Definitely NOT Just for Servers

Length: 01:07:59 | IT Professional

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Windows PowerShell v2 includes powerful remote control features. It's available all the way back to Windows XP, built into Windows 7, and it's a "killer reason" for deploying Windows 7 and learning Windows PowerShell.

C# and Visual Basic Future: Async Made Simple

Length: 01:15:35 | Developer

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Learn about the language innovations for the next version of Microsoft Visual Studio and see how the async language feature and new Microsoft .NET Framework APIs will come together to simplify asynchronous programming.

Lessons from Hackwarts Vol 1: Defense against the Dark Arts 2011

Length: 01:23:32 | IT Professional

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Open your books and prepare for all new lessons in defense against the dark arts. In his latest cybercrime session, Andy Malone not only brings you up to date with the latest cyber threats, but also offers counter spells aimed firmly at protecting you and your business from the cyber-criminal.

Migrating to IPv6 with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Length: 01:06:32 | IT Professional

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That IPv6 has arrived is a fact. There is a lot of media coverage about IPv6. It's time to take a serious look at IPv6, but do you really need to migrate?

Inside Windows Azure, the Cloud Operating System with Mark Russinovich

Length: 01:20:08 | Everyone

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Join Mark Russinovich, now working on Azure, for an under-the-hood tour of the internals of Microsoft's new cloud OS.

Cloud Security: A Live Technical Analysis

Length: 01:24:15 | IT Professional

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A live demonstration on how the cloud changes the threat landscape. During this session Marcus Murray demonstrates both how hackers target your cloud infrastructure and how you can mitigate the threats.

Introduction to SharePoint Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Length: 01:11:59 | Developer

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If you're a SharePoint ASP.NET developer, you won't want to miss this session. Get an overview of the new project and item templates, flexible packaging and deployment, and many other development features and tools.

Troubleshooting Windows 7 Deployments: In Depth

Length: 01:18:27 | IT Professional

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In this session we explore a set of common issues encountered during the Windows 7 deployment process, digging as deeply as possible into the root causes and understanding how to troubleshoot similar issues.
Bytes by TechNet

An interview series featuring influential IT Professionals, from TechEd 2011.
David Pallman and Chris Henley

Length: 00:05:56 | IT Professional

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Join Chris Henley, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft, and David Pallmann, GM of Custom App Development at Neudesic, as they discuss Windows Azure. David is a Windows Azure MVP, author and leads the Windows Azure Practice at Neudesic, helping customers get onto the cloud. David talks about some of the advantages of Azure, a large one being the reduction in IT costs.

Mikael Nystrom and John Baker

Length: 00:06:10 | IT Professional

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Hear from John Baker, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Mikael Nystrom, Sr. Executive Consultant at TrueSec Inc in Sweden, as they discuss Deployment. Mikael talks about his latest projects around Microsoft Deployment which include repackaging a game to App-V and streaming it as well as shifting XP to Windows 7, and more.

Mike Terrill and Keith Combs

Length: 00:05:22 | IT Professional

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Join Keith Combs, Sr. Program Manager Server & Tools Online at Microsoft, and Mike Terrill, Systems Management Practice Lead at 1E, for a discussion around Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Mike is an expert in deployment consulting and discusses the challenges and solutions he is seeing with today's customers around deployment.

Aaron Margosis and Matt Hester

Length: 00:05:57 | IT Professional

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Join Matt Hester and Aaron Margosis, Principal Consultant at Microsoft, as they discuss Windows Sysinternals tools. Aaron currently works with US Federal government customers on Windows, security, and getting apps to run on the latest Microsoft platforms. Aaron shares the top 3 tools he recommends for IT Pros.

Jim Zimmerman and Harold Wong

Length: 00:04:59 | IT Professional

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Join Harold Wong and Jim Zimmerman, CTO at Thuzi and Windows Azure MVP, as they discuss the cloud. Jim was one of the first MVP's to utilize Windows Azure. Jim used Azure when creating a Facebook application for Outback Steakhouse since he wasn't sure how it was going to scale and Azure made it easy to spin up instances, etc.

Ramon Resma and Harold Wong

Length: 00:03:50 | IT Professional

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Join Harold Wong, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Ramon Resma, Software Architect Principal at Travelocity as they discuss the advantage of using Windows Azure for web based applications. Ramon recently worked on a new solution release for the Travelocity site.

Jennifer Mason and Matt Hester

Length: 00:05:26 | IT Professional

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Hear from Matt Hester, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Jennifer Mason, Senior Consultant at SharePoint911 as they discuss Microsoft SharePoint and newly launched Microsoft Office 365. Office 365 is essentially Microsoft Office in the cloud. Jennifer talks about some different scenarios for what works with Office 365.

Don Jones and Harold Wong

Length: 00:06:03 | IT Professional

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Join Don Jones, Sr. Partner & Principal Technologist at Concentrated Technology for a discussion around Windows PowerShell. Don talks to the many benefits of PowerShell including how you can automate the mundane and manual everyday processes and more quickly move onto the next thing.

Dave Nielsen and Chris Henley

Length: 00:07:27 | IT Professional

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Join Chris Henley, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft, and Dave Nielsen, Co-founder of CloudCamp for this discussion on the Cloud from an IT Pro perspective. Dave picks apart the misconceptions, addresses the challenges and also highlights the many opportunities that IT Pros have around the Cloud.

Matt Hester and Chris Henley

Length: 00:05:19 | IT Professional

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Hear from Matt Hester, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft as he discusses the great features of Windows PowerShell 2.0 and breaks down some of the myths/misconceptions surrounding it. Matt also talks about his new book on PowerShell and how to use it from a server perspective.

Jason Buffington and Matt Hester, Part 2

Length: 00:05:47 | IT Professional

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Matt Hester, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft and Jason Buffington, Sr. Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft, discuss the latest Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM 2012). They touch on the new additions to version 4 of DPM that IT Pros will like.

Marc Shepard and Keith Combs

Length: 00:05:35 | IT Professional

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Join Keith Combs, Sr. Program Manager Server & Tools Online at Microsoft, and Marc Shepard, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft for a discussion around Windows Intune. This product launched in March and is essentially a configuration manager in the cloud helping IT Pros to manage their desktops with ease and scalability.

Harold Wong and Greg Shields

Length: 00:05:22 | IT Professional

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Hear from Harold Wong, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Greg Shields, Sr. Partner & Principal Technologist at Concentrated Technology, as they discuss and break down Private Cloud Solutions and how to really manage these from an IT perspective.

Johan Arwidmark and John Baker

Length: 00:06:21 | IT Professional

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Join John Baker, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Johan Arwidmark, Chief Technical Architect at Knowledge Factory for a discussion around deployment. Johan gives some tips and tricks along with customer scenario examples when using Windows Deployment Services (WDS), Microsoft Deployment Toolkit(MDT), and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager tools.

Jeremy Moskowitz and John Baker

Length: 00:05:12 | IT Professional

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John Baker, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Jeremy Moskowitz, Chief Propeller Head at Gpanswers.com talk about the latest features in Microsoft Windows Group Policy. Jeremy touches on XP to Windows 7 migration along with other insights that give administrators real control over their desktops and users.

Jason Buffington and Matt Hester, Part 1

Length: 00:05:56 | IT Professional

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Matt Hester, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft and Jason Buffington, Sr. Technical Product Manager for System Center at Microsoft, discuss the latest Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr 2012). They touch on the new additions to OpsMgr, including Application Monitoring, Network Monitoring and Customized Dashboarding.

Andy Lapin and Chris Henley

Length: 00:06:39 | IT Professional

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Chris Henley, Sr. IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft, and Andy Lapin, Chief Architect at Kelly Blue Book, discuss the many benefits of Windows Azure for growing businesses today.

Rhonda Layfield and John Baker

Length: 00:05:45 | IT Professional

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Join John Baker, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Rhonda Layfield, Sr. Deployment Architect at Deployment Done Right as they discuss Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and compare it with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).

Tom Ziegmann and Matt Hester

Length: 00:07:18 | IT Professional

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Join Matt Hester, Sr. IT Evangelist at Microsoft, and Tom Ziegmann, a student and MVP as they discuss what's happening in colleges today from an IT generation perspective.

Wally Mead and Keith Combs

Length: 00:06:29 | IT Professional

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Why would a company want to deploy Systems Center Configuration Manager 2012? Wally Mead, Senior Program Manager for System Center Configuration Manager, shares the "three pillars of investment".

Jim Lucey and Harold Wong

Length: 00:06:44 | IT Professional

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More companies are moving e-mail into the cloud. Jim Lucey, Sr. Technical Product Manager for Exchange Server, covers the many, simple ways IT Pros can migrate Exchange from on premise to the cloud, based on company size.

Scott Hanselman and Matt Hester

Length: 00:05:42 | IT Professional

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Are IT Pros and Developers truly like oil and water? Not according to Scott Hanselman, Principal Program Manager and Matt Hester, Senior IT Evangelist, both from Microsoft. They discuss how the line between IT and development can get blurred.
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions

Community-led discussions from TechEd 2011, covering a broad array of technologies.
How Do Organizations Plan for the Cloud?

Length: 01:15:37 | Developer

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Are there planning strategies and patterns out there that leverage Cloud Computing? What about Enterprise Integration Patterns... are there best practices that can be applied to the Cloud? Join us if you or your organization was an early adopter or is about to make the change and you want to learn more.

Fundamentals of IT Leadership: Making Every Situation a Win-Win

Length: 01:15:05 | IT Professional

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Discuss the significance of IT department as team player, game changer, and heartbeat of operation in most organizations. We share challenges and best practices in identifying talent, measuring real technical knowledge, and building an innovative and cutting-edge cohesive service-oriented technology team.

Silverlight, Flash, and HTML5/CSS: And the Winner Is?

Length: 01:14:36 | Developer

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The demand for rich Internet applications has increased the use of Microsoft Silverlight, Flash, and now HTML5/CSS. Join your peers for an open discussion about these competiting, or maybe complimentary, technologies to determine how you can develop the best user experience for your solution.

Notes from the Field: Common Pitfalls of Early Exchange 2010 Deployments

Length: 01:26:20 | IT Professional

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Are you planning to deploy Exchange Server 2010? If so, join a group of Microsoft Certified Masters as they discuss real-world experiences from early and complex deployments. Learn how to avoid pitfalls that were encountered in environments of all sizes and best practices to help your project succeed.

Private Consulting in the Current Economy: Is It For Me?

Length: 01:15:59 | Developer

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Lots of technologists have made or are considering making the leap to become private consultants, but there's so much to think about. Let's get together to discuss some of the considerations - we invite and welcome existing consultants and contractors at any level, as well as anyone who is curious!

Lessons from the Field: Learn from Experts on Building Clouds and the Effect on Your Enterprise

Length: 00:55:30 | IT Professional

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Join this discussion around how the cloud will affect infrastructure and development within an organization. We discuss planning strategies and patterns to help IT professionals and developers understand how to their organization leverage cloud computing.

Is an Objects-First or Database-First Development Approach Better?

Length: 01:08:09 | Developer

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The external debate continues unabated! DBAs versus developers, old schoolers versus new schoolers, perhaps by joining this discussion or just listening, the other side might just change your mind and expand your viewpoint.

PowerShell: Best Practices from the Field

Length: 01:13:54 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11844_Str.wmv

Join the hosts of the popular weekly PowerScripting Podcast and Microsoft's own Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, as well as several superstar PowerShell MVPs for an informative and interactive discussion of PowerShell Best Practices.

Is My Data Really Secure in the Cloud?

Length: 01:16:21 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11828_Str.wmv

Come join this open discussion to learn about implementing cloud security and share any experiences about what has worked and not worked for you.

When is Cloud an Option?

Length: 01:08:16 | IT Professional

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The cost savings and "always-on" benefits of cloud services is a viable option for many organizations. However, it does not work for everyone in all cimcumstances. Join this discussion about when the cloud is or isn't an option and why.

How on Earth Do I Keep Up with All the New Technologies that Come Along?

Length: 01:15:02 | Developer

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How do you decide what technologies to learn amongst the demands of your job and family? Share how you have tackled this issue in this open discussion, and collectively maybe we can come up with a way to approach this issue we all face.

Microsoft Exchange Server High Availability: DAGs and Disaster Recovery Best Practices

Length: 01:24:58 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11847_Str.wmv

This discussion gives you an opportunity to hear from others but also to share your best practices on how to respond to the challenges of managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 high availability. We share our best practices on backup and restore procedures.

Mobile Apps Everywhere: What's the Best Way to Get Started?

Length: 01:16:17 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11830_Str.wmv

Do you want to develop a mobile application but are not sure how to start? How much will you need to learn? Join fellow developers for an open discussion to share your experiences in mobile development or just learn how to make an informed decision.

Getting Published Online or Off

Length: 00:59:52 | IT Professional

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Ever consider trying to get published? Ever wonder what is involved? If you want to share what you know with others, then you have a number of options ranging from posting in forums to writing a blog, to writing articles, to creating a book. Come discuss what it takes to get published and what can be gained by being published.

Between WebForms, MVC, WebPages, Dynamic Data, and More

Length: 01:16:50 | Developer

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Today there are many types of ASP.NET from which to choose, including WebForms, MVC, Dynamic Data, and now even WebPages. Which flavor of ASP.NET is right for your next project? Debate the pros and cons of all of these and learn how to make a choice with confidence, not confusion.

Get a Better Work/Life Balance Through Process Improvement

Length: 01:13:29 | IT Professional

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Join us to share your experiences and learn how you can get process improvement implemented or kicked up a notch in your organization.

Is Scrum Better for My Projects?

Length: 01:14:39 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11832_Str.wmv

Have you thought about, or are you using Scrum as a project management framework for agile software development? Jump start your learning or, if you're a Scrum veteran, share what you have learned with fellow developers. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses, best practices, pitfalls, and more in this session.

What I Should Know About eDiscovery and SharePoint

Length: 01:15:57 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11850_Str.wmv

SharePoint sites have arguably become the most cost-effective way to share information with dispersed teams. Join this discussion to learn how and what you need to preserve from your SharePoint environment for efficient recovery and litigation readiness.

Developing for Windows Azure: Real-World Lessons from Real-World Projects

Length: 01:12:13 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11833_Str.wmv

Migrating an application to Windows Azure or starting a new one can be challenging. In this session we discuss the best ways to approach the common technical, operations, and economic issues as well as some of the key reasons to consider building on Azure.

Microsoft Certifications: Today and Tomorrow

Length: 01:14:57 | IT Professional

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Are you considering or currently holding a Microsoft Certification? Join us for a conversation on your perceptions of Microsoft Certifications today and help us evolve to tomorrow’s certification products. We'll share some of our ideas but mostly want to hear from you.

Balancing Customer Needs with the Pursuit of Perfection

Length: 00:56:35 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11834_Str.wmv

As software developers, engineers and craftsmen, we are focusing more and more on improving the code that we write, shifting from mere Delivery to Code Elegance. But our customers typically want the lowest cost, fastest to market option. Join us to learn (and to share) how to manage this balance.

Exchange Unified Messaging

Length: 01:26:55 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11852_Str.wmv

Find out what you need to know, so you can ask the right questions of your Voice team. Where should I put my UM servers? What are the questions I need to ask my Voice team? Learn about design considerations for unified messaging.

How Do I Design Scalable Cloud Applications?

Length: 01:10:01 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11835_Str.wmv

Have you developed a cloud-based application using Windows Azure or other platforms like Amazon or Google? Are you interested in learning the pros and cons before you start? Join us for this open discussion to share your experiences or learn from your peers.

Public vs. Private Cloud

Length: 01:15:50 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11853_Str.wmv

This session is intended to encourage discussion on which cloud solution is better and why. Should we invest in private cloud and our own supporting staff, or should we buy services from some public cloud vendor? Is the solution somewhere in the middle as Microsoft proposes?

Oracle Database and .NET Development: What are the Latest Tips, Tricks and Newest Features?

Length: 01:09:13 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11837_Str.wmv

Come discuss your development experiences with Oracle database and .NET. Share tips and tricks, trials and tribulations with Oracle .NET experts and your peers.

Challenges in Automation for Microsoft Data Repositories (SQL Server, DPM and SharePoint)

Length: 01:14:57 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11854_Str.wmv

Join this open discussion to see how your peers are managing their data infrastructure, how they automate routine tasks, and what they do to monitor and maintain automation. We discuss infrastructures both big and small, with an emphasis on SQL Server relational database automation.

Are You Ready to be an Entrepreneur?

Length: 01:10:50 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11838_Str.wmv

Learn and share your experiences of being an entrepreneur from forming your own company, hiring employees and legal questions, to handling intellectual property.

Embedding IT Certifications into Degree Programs

Length: 01:10:12 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11855_Str.wmv

The parallel worlds of college IT degrees and IT certifications have converged with many programs now integrating certification exams into their curriculum. Join us to discuss the new Microsoft MTA certifications and how these and other “certs” can enhance college and university programs.

Search Engine Optimization: How Do I Get Noticed?

Length: 01:13:31 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11839_Str.wmv

In this session we not only discuss what SEO is, but we share best practices and lessons learned in the area of optimizing applications so they can be found by the search engines and ultimately by users.

Exchange 2010 and PSTs: Necessary or Not?

Length: 01:15:42 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11856_Str.wmv

IT admins have been dealing with PST files for years. With Exchange 2010 Online Archive can we finally eliminate PSTs? Join us to share PST management best practices with your peers.

Agile Development: Can it Work for Everyone?

Length: 01:09:52 | Developer

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11840_Str.wmv

Jump-start your learning or share what you have already learned by discussing the strengths and weaknesses of agile as well as best and worst practices to drive adoption in your organization.

Active Directory Change Auditing: Pains and Solutions

Length: 01:04:04 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11857_Str.wmv

Join this informal discussion to share the pain, your own experiences, and the solutions you've tried - and how they worked for you. Also hear insight from the discussion leader, Don Jones, a Principal Technologist for IT education and analysis firm Concentrated Technology.

Advanced Architectures for SharePoint 2010

Length: 01:16:38 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11858_Str.wmv

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.

How to Overcome the Challenges of Leading a User Group

Length: 01:01:43 | IT Professional

http://wmbmodigital.microsoft.com/a10125/o9/events/videos/11902_Str.wmv

Join this panel discussion to learn how to overcome the challenges of leading a user group - membership growth, leadership transition, meeting topics and speakers.
TechNet Edge On Site

Interviews from the TechNet Edge folks, recorded live on-site at TechEd 2011.
Intro: Edge On Site at TechEd 2011

Length: 00:05:15 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/59aac24f-4f5a-45bd-8935-1c7ed5dc006c.wmv

Intro and overview of the video content you'll find with Edge On Site at TechEd 2011.

Behind the Scenes: Private Cloud at TechEd 2011

Length: 00:13:07 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/cbabfe4e-6ec1-412c-99f1-8b65dc753304.wmv

Have you ever wondered how the demo environment is built at TechEd North America? In this video, Symon spends time with datacenter specialist Corey Hynes as he takes us behind the scenes in Atlanta to show how floor is configured as multiple Private Clouds.

System Center 2012 Highlights

Length: 00:12:52 | IT Professional

http://content1.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/877e78ef-9490-40be-b2fa-16cd163d9a6d.wmv

Symon sat down with Operations Manager and Data Protection Manager expert, Jason Buffington, a Senior Technical Product Manager, to discuss some of the new features in the upcoming releases.

Career Factor Reunion Show

Length: 00:19:42 | IT Professional

http://content1.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/01b3d3b8-b5b6-4e5a-8b44-346644aea32f.wmv

All 8 Career Factor candidates were brought together for the first time, and sat down with Adam Carter to talk about their experience and what the training and certification resources have done for them.

HOL Private Cloud at TechEd

Length: 00:18:19 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/3ede44bf-ca29-4cae-b57b-471cec7c8ab8.wmv

How best to showcase the power of a Private Cloud? Build one onsite at TechEd North America and run Hands on Labs on it! Learn how they did it.

Exchange and Exchange Online announcements at TechEd 2011

Length: 00:10:11 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/66926b08-2da2-41dc-8069-6102da318804.wmv

Ann Vu and Jim Lucey from the Exchange team dropped by the Edge stage to share some news with us.

What's Coming up in System Center Orchestrator 2012

Length: 00:14:21 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/98158380-9e35-4b0f-9e0f-22f6594b08a6.wmv

Senior Technical Product Manager Adam Hall sat down with Symon at TechEd to discuss some of the upcoming changes in the technology formally known as Opalis.

Virtualization, SP1, CentOS and Hyper-V Fast Track

Length: 00:12:31 | IT Professional

http://content1.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/4f229748-369d-4849-8345-1bb334ca6777.wmv

Jeff Woolsey, the Principal Program Manager Lead for Windows Server Virtualization, spent some time with Symon to talk about all the recent virtualization news.

What's New in Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012?

Length: 00:10:59 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/fb8a1b6d-eb1e-443c-841f-b7e349179780.wmv

Mike Chan, Sr Product Manager, lets us know details of what's new in the recently announced Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2012 Beta and how this integrates with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta.

Azure Burst with High Performance Computing

Length: 00:06:25| IT Professional

http://content2.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/88c71c15-a6c0-4774-b84a-85dc48248e6f.wmv

Wenming Ye is an Evangelist for High Performance Computing, and showed how HPC clusters can be extended to include nodes that exist as Azure instances.

Identity with Stuart Kwan

Length: 00:09:29 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/673f6a04-847a-4ba1-9020-3fa44ccfa6fc.wmv

Joey goes into fanboi mode as he talks with identity guru Stuart Kwan. We talked about the history of Active Directory and the evolution of identity.

Why Windows Phone in the Enterprise

Length: 00:15:41 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/5d06de31-36ee-4b24-9db9-37c76eaab1fb.wmv

Paul Bryan, SR Director of Product Management, let us know about all of the great new productivity and enterprise features in Windows Phone codenamed "Mango" announced at TechEd North America 2011.

Small Business Server Essentials 2011

Length: 00:15:33 | IT Professional

http://content1.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/6dd170fa-50f1-4caa-b9d1-cc0c5fbe1ef8.wmv

Michael Leworthy stopped by the Edge stage at TechEd North America to update us on Small Business Server Essentials 2011 (formally code named Aurora).

AppFabric with Burley Kawasaki

Length: 00:15:06 | IT Professional

http://content1.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/e1260555-3005-445c-936e-f45fae6f9bfa.wmv

Richard Campbell talks to Burley Kawasaki about Azure AppFabric.

Getting Started with PowerShell with The Scripting Guy

Length: 00:13:24 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/2f4e132b-4b51-432a-a310-92fdcb864fbf.wmv

The man behind the popular blog, Ed Wilson, came by the Edge stage to talk about some of the great community activity around PowerShell, and some of the resources available on his blog for getting started.

State of Virtualization with Mike Schutz

Length: 00:09:10 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/aab21217-6b10-43d4-920e-40e019704a93.wmv

Mike Schutz leads a product management team for Windows Server and Cloud. He's here to give us an update on the latest momentum and news around virtualization.

Client Security and Management Futures

Length: 00:13:02 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/39020778-f12c-484d-a4c8-06a2cb8fe670.wmv

Garth Fort, GM Management and Security group, lets us know about the numerous System Center announcements made at TechEd 2011.

IT in the Cloud

Length: 00:09:12 | IT Professional

http://content1.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/48face08-1290-4ca6-80c6-dbefd9e4440e.wmv

Robert Wahbe talks about how the IT Pro Role evolves in the Cloud world, addresses why IT should be looking at Public cloud computing including the economics of Cloud Computing.

Cameron Skinner on Visual Studio

Length: 00:20:49 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/c9a13d88-f014-42b4-91cd-fbef2739be42.wmv

Cameron Skinner dives into announcements made at TechEd 2011 related to what's coming in Visual Studio vNext.

Norm Judah on Moving from Servers to Services

Length: 00:14:38 | IT Professional

http://content3.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/0a819987-7b17-4043-b279-f1c9bfe893e6.wmv

CTO Norm Judah joined us on the Edge stage to talk about the things he's doing at TechEd 2011, and in his interactions with customers.

Eron Kelly Update on Office 365

Length: 00:08:45 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/a5c9f8a6-5618-41af-a05b-c184b92274bb.wmv

Eron Kelly stops by the Edge stage to give us an update on the Office 365 beta program, and discusses the opportunities smaller businesses have with Office 365 capabilities.

Jason Zander on Visual Studio v.Next

Length: 00:15:10 | IT Professional

http://content4.catalog.video.msn.com/e2/ds/ce4eb395-5baf-4d64-bff8-32f4f5819ccc.wmv

Jason Zander talks to Richard Campbell about Visual Studio v.Next, specifically the upcoming ALM features.

Microsoft TechEd North America Photo Highlights

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First Release of the Content Catalog is Live

Friday, February 3 6:22 PM
by Brandy Pepper

Posted by: Brandy Pepper

The first release of the Content Catalog is live with a sampling of the Breakout Sessions to be offered at TechEd. This is an important distinction as we have slightly changed how we release content in the catalog, based on customer feedback.

Friday, February 3 6:22 PM

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The Best of TechEd North America Awards Product Nomination Survey is Live!

Wednesday, February 1 8:07 PM
by Chris Kurtz

Posted by: Chris Kurtz

The Best of TechEd (BOTE) North America Awards, produced by Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Pro, SharePoint Pro and Dev Pro, recognize the innovative products and services showcased at Microsoft TechEd North America 2012.

Wednesday, February 1 8:07 PM

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Things Are About To Change Around Here

Friday, January 27 5:44 PM
by Jimmy Cooper

Posted by: Jimmy Cooper

The TechEd website is about to get a makeover. When will that happen and what can you expect?

Friday, January 27 5:44 PM

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Do you have TechEd 2012 Bling?

Friday, January 27 1:34 AM
by Brandy Pepper

Posted by: Brandy Pepper

Need some inspiration on how to implement the new TechEd 2012 blog bling now available on our Spread the Word page?

Friday, January 27 1:34 AM

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TechNet Subscription Professional NFR is back!

Monday, January 16 8:47 PM
by Brandy Pepper

Posted by: Brandy Pepper

TechEd North America 2012 attendees will once again receive a 12-month TechNet Subscription Professional NFR.

Monday, January 16 8:47 PM

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Mark Russinovich
Technical Fellow, Microsoft

"At TechEd, you learn about cutting edge technologies and best practices directly from the Microsoft product teams that will give you an edge in your job."
Jeremy Moskowitz
Chief Propeller-Head, GPanswers.com

"When you come to TechEd, there's so much awesomeness, it's a little overwhelming. But in a 'I'm leaving with tons of new ideas' kind of way."
Jeffrey Snover
Distinguished Engineer, Windows Server, Microsoft

"If you want to learn about Microsoft products and technologies, from the people that developed them and the industry experts that use them, I'll see you at TechEd."
Paul Sheriff
President, PDSA, Inc.

"Microsoft TechEd has a wide variety of sessions and great speakers. You owe it to yourself to come and learn by the best in the industry."
Juval Lowy
Architect, IDesign, Inc.

"TechEd for Developers has content that, if you understand it, means it is part of your job. And that means you need to see it."
Kate Gregory
Partner, Gregory Consulting Limited

"Coming to TechEd means a chance to meet developers who want to advance their skills, Microsoft team members who know all about the latest products, and industry influencers who know which technologies are right for my circumstances."
Rand Morimoto
President, Convergent Computing (CCO)

"There's always so much to cover at TechEd with the latest and greatest, but this year is a HUGE year with so many new technologies... This is going to be an incredible year at TechEd!"
Rick Claus
Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

"Why TechEd? One-stop shop for investing in your IT Skills, supporting your career growth AND developing your Professional Network. The trifecta of success. I wouldn't miss it for anything!"
David Chappell
Principal, Chappell & Associates

"Anybody interested in Microsoft technology should go to TechEd. It's the quickest and easiest way to stay up to date."