TechEd North America

Women in Technology: WomenBuild
Join us at Tech▪Ed for Microsoft’s WomenBuild (LEGO Serious Play) program! This hands-on process draws on the power of creative thinking to shift group conversation from talking heads to collaborating, focused minds. Through this interactive workshop on Thursday night, you’ll share real l...ife experiences, network and build on-going relationships with other Tech-Ed attendees (both women and men) who are interested in finding solutions to the challenge of involving more women in technical careers. Both MEN and WOMEN are welcome. All attendees receive a complimentary WomenBuild Lego kit.

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Moving Forward Together: The Potential of IT
In today’s economic environment, your company is faced with unprecedented pressures to reduce costs and drive operating efficiencies. At the same time, the demands on IT to deliver more connected services and greater flexibility continue to grow. With the upcoming release of ...Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange “14,” Microsoft helps IT organizations better meet these competing demands. Join Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President of Windows Business, as we explore how these technologies combine to give you the tools and resources to better manage your infrastructure—from back-end services through client-side experiences, and the network in between.

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We are bringing back GeekFest! Join us at Lucky Strike for a night of pizza, beer, and bowling. There is limited invitations available, so what are you waiting for? If you are attending the TechEd 2009 conference and you are a developer, you are invited. To register pick up your "duck" ticket (and wristband) in the Tec...hEd Technical Learning Center (TLC) at the Developer Tools & Languages (DTL) information desk. You must have wristband to get in.Read more

Patrick Salmon - Deploying MDM 2008 is easier (and cheaper) than you think.
Friday, April 24th, 2009 (11:30am – 1:00pm PT )

SCMDM is a complex product with a lot of dependencies which must all be in place in order for it to work correctly. This session, which takes almost 2 years of hands-on experience of deploying im...plementing SCMDM in the field steps through how to successfully (and cost effectively) implement this product in the enterprise. The objective of this session is to address the misconception that SCMDM is hard to implement while showing how MDM eliminates almost all of the overhead associated with Blackberrys while retaining and elevating both manageability and security.
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