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FOR48PAL : Forefront Protection Suite Licensing Overview
Presented by: Brita Jenquin
Webcast Date: 10/1/2009
Webcast Start Time: 8:00 AM (Pacific)
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PLC Registration Link for Partners
Level: 200
Partner Audience: Partner Business Decision Maker, Partner Marketing, Partner Sales, Partner IT Professional
Join this session to learn how your customers can license the Forefront Protection Suite starting Nov. 1, 2009. The Forefront Protection Suite is the next generation of the Forefront Security Suite – and the vehicle for bringing Microsoft Forefront codename Stirling to market. Availability on the Nov. 1 price list will coincide with the availability of the Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server and Forefront Online Protection for Exchange, the first releases in the “Stirling-wave” of products.
This session will cover:
What the Forefront Protection Suite will look like on Nov. 1, how the Suite will evolve to provide more value for your customers over the next 6 months, new technologies being included in the Suite, how the Suite and individual suite components will be licensed, what guidance to provide your customers on existing and future management of Suite products, and why (and what) your customers should purchase now.
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IDA25AL : Forefront Protection Suite – Best Practises
Presented by: Brita Jenquin
Webcast Date: 10/1/2009
Webcast Start Time: 8:00 AM (Pacific)
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PLC Registration Link for Partners
Level: 200
Partner Audience: Partner Business Decision Maker, Partner Marketing, Partner Sales
Join us for an hour as we walk through all the best practices and technologies available to extend and secure SharePoint to for your customer’s employees on the go, partners and vendors.
After this session you'll know how to:
1. Protect your SharePoint server from malware and inappropriate content.
2. Protect your data from leaking into the wrong hands.
3. Easily and securely publish your SharePoint for access by remote employees and partners.
4. Simply establish trusts and federation between business partners leveraging claims.
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WES24PAL : Managing Your Business Through a Slow Economy with Key Performance Indicators
Presented by: Michael Cocanower & Dan Hay
Webcast Date: 10/7/2009
Webcast Start Time: 9:00 AM (Pacific)
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PLC Registration Link for Partners
Level: 100
Partner Audience: Partner Business Decision Maker
The past year has been a challenging one in almost every industry, and technology is no exception. That being said, if you’ve made it through the last 12 months, it shows your resilience as an organization. Fortunately, many leading indicators are starting to point upwards. What that means is that now is the time to act to get yourself strategically positioned for the recovery. During times like these, key performance indicators (KPIs) become more important than ever before. In order to emerge stronger than your competitors, you need to watch the right numbers, and make sure your organization is making the right amount of progress in the right areas. Attend this webcast presented by two of the top partners in the US when it comes to KPIs. We will discuss which KPIs are the most important to watch over the next year, and how you should adjust your ‘every day’ KPIs as we move from recession to recovery. By making the right adjustments in how you monitor KPIs, and making sure you are watching the appropriate KPIs, you will position yourself with a competitive advantage over others in your marketplace.
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WES31PAL: Windows EBS 2008 Exam Cram, Part 1
Presented by: David Fabritius, Beatrice Mulze & Brent Reeser
Webcast Date: 10/12/2009
Webcast Start Time: 9:00 AM (Pacific)
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PLC Registration Link for Partners
Level: 200
Partner Audience: Partner Training, Partner Developer, Partner IT Professional
(Part 1 of 2) This exam groundwork session will guide you in your preparation for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exam 70-654, Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuring. No matter if you are building on existing certifications or going for the first time, this session will provide clarity to help you succeed. Learn about the exam scope and what it means, get the right point of view, as well as the strategy and knowledge required to pass this exam. You may even pick up a mental aid that will give you just the advantage you need!
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WVC83PAL : Windows® 7 Professional in Small and Medium Sized Businesses
Presented by: Winni Verhoef
Webcast Date:10/14/2009
Webcast Start Time: 8:00 AM (Pacific)
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PLC Registration Link for Partners
Level: 200
Partner Audience: Partner Sales
Here’s your chance to get the latest information on the business opportunities Windows 7 Professional may bring to you and your business. We will share how to address the right business customers and how Windows 7 Professional offers great new potential partner solutions and services helping you drive increased margins and business growth. We will also review how to position Windows 7 Professional towards customers, and how Microsoft is going to market at time of launch and beyond
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WVC67PAL : Proving App-V Cost Saving to Prepare for Windows 7 Deployments
Presented by: Alexander Rublowsky & Karri Alexion-Tiernan
Webcast Date:10/14/2009
Webcast Start Time: 9:00 AM (Pacific)
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Level: 200
Partner Audience: Partner Business Decision Maker, Partner Marketing, Partner Sales, Partner Developer, Partner IT Professional
App-V can save $155/PC/Yr in direct costs (11.6% of PC TCO) plus $125/PC/YR in user productivity gains. This session will review the results of this research to ensure you have the necessary background and understanding to successfully deliver this material in an effort to drive, Windows 7 deployment and MDOP sales and renewals in your accounts. This savings is based on 6 customer cost studies, 45 case studies, industry analyst research, and the PC Lifecycle Cost Study (Optimized Desktop). The sources of direct savings generated by App-V are detailed across automated deployment, patching/updates, non-standard applications, image management, PC provisioning and replacement, and installation risk, as well as productivity gains.
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SQL104PAL : Accelerating SQL Server Upgrades with MAP Toolkit Assessments & SQL UnBlock
Presented by: Baldwin Ng and Bill McKinley
Webcast Date: 10/15/2009
This webcast will be offered live at two separate times to accommodate various time zones and busy schedules. The presenters will cover the same topics at each session; please attend the one that best fits your schedule.
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· Session 1: Webcast Start Time: 8:00 AM (Pacific)
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· Session 2: Webcast Start Time: 5:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 100
Partner Audience: Partner Business Decision Maker, Partner Marketing, Partner Sales, Partner Developer, Partner IT Professional
SQL Server 2008 upgrade opportunities are everywhere - you just need to know where to look and how to unblock deployment blockers! Introducing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 (MAP) that helps you discover the hard-to-find SQL Server instances that are currently running in your customers’ environments. Run the network-wide MAP scans to determine good candidates to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 and onboard them to the EAP agreement. In addition, we will present the SQL Unblock program that answers the common customer question “What do we do about our 3rd Party applications that do not support SQL Server 2008?.” The SQL Server 2008 UnBlock program is designed to identify and accelerate sales opportunities where non-compatible ISV applications (including strategic competitive apps. Oracle, MySQL, etc.,) are preventing customers from deploying Microsoft Products.
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WES32PAL : Windows EBS 2008 Exam Cram, Part 2
Presented by: David Fabritius, Beatrice Mulze & Brent Reeser
Webcast Date: 10/15/2009
Webcast Start Time: 9:00 AM (Pacific)
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PLC Registration Link for Partners
Level: 200
Partner Audience: Partner Training, Partner Developer, Partner IT Professional
(Part 2 of 2) This exam groundwork session will guide you in your preparation for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exam 70-654, Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuring. No matter if you are building on existing certifications or going for the first time, this session will provide clarity to help you succeed. Learn about the exam scope and what it means, get the right point of view, as well as the strategy and knowledge required to pass this exam. You may even pick up a mental aid that will give you just the advantage you need!
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OCS08PAL : Audio, Video, Web Conferencing deployment with Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (Part 1 of 6)
Presented by: Craig Brown
Webcast Date:10/20/2009
Webcast Start Time: 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 300
Partner Audience: Partner IT Professional
The Office Communications Server 2007 webinar series provides foundational support for the successful deployment of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Conferencing features and related architecture. The structure of the webinar will be comprised of demonstrations and lecture covering the three major areas of a successful Conferencing Solutions.
The topic areas are:
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
The Conferencing components
Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations will focus on the Active Directory, DNS Support, IIS requirements, Http Reserve Proxy, Certificate infrastructure, and Network Protocols/Port and Firewall Requirements. Bandwidth requirements and usage will also be discussed.
The conferencing components consists of An overview of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, an overview discussion of the Conferencing Solution, an examination of the components used in an On-premise Conferencing Solution, a discussion of configuring the client and user related settings, an examination of the conferencing Life cycle design, and an overview of the Federation design for the conferencing Solution.
Several web conferencing and audio conferencing deployment scenarios will be examined. The following web based conferencing solutions are discussed: Basic default, PSTN/PBX Expanded, Edge Service Expanded, and Enhanced Scenarios. The audio scenarios will consist of Edge Services, Expanded Video and Web Conferencing, Enhanced Audio Conferencing. The additional scenarios of PSTN/PBX Integration, PSTN integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, PBX integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration with an IP/PBX using Direct SIP, Integration with an IP/PBX using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration using an Open Interoperability Program-Certified SIP Trunk.
Part 1 of 6: An Exploration of the Microsoft Foundation Support for the Conferencing Solution of Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
This is the first of our six part series that will explore the Conferencing components of Office Communications Server 2007 R2. During this session we will explore the Microsoft foundational support for the Conferencing Server. The foundational support discussion will discuss Active Directory preparation, Domain Name System Support, IIS requirements, Certificate Infrastructure and bandwidth requirements.
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OCS09PAL: Audio, Video, Web Conferencing deployment with Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (Part 2 of 6)
Presented by: Craig Brown
Webcast Date:10/21/2009
Webcast Start Time: 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 300
Partner Audience: Partner IT Professional
The Office Communications Server 2007 webinar series provides foundational support for the successful deployment of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Conferencing features and related architecture. The structure of the webinar will be comprised of demonstrations and lecture covering the three major areas of a successful Conferencing Solutions.
The topic areas are:
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
The Conferencing components
Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations will focus on the Active Directory, DNS Support, IIS requirements, Http Reserve Proxy, Certificate infrastructure, and Network Protocols/Port and Firewall Requirements. Bandwidth requirements and usage will also be discussed.
The conferencing components consists of An overview of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, an overview discussion of the Conferencing Solution, an examination of the components used in an On-premise Conferencing Solution, a discussion of configuring the client and user related settings, an examination of the conferencing Life cycle design, and an overview of the Federation design for the conferencing Solution.
Several web conferencing and audio conferencing deployment scenarios will be examined. The following web based conferencing solutions are discussed: Basic default, PSTN/PBX Expanded, Edge Service Expanded, and Enhanced Scenarios. The audio scenarios will consist of Edge Services, Expanded Video and Web Conferencing, Enhanced Audio Conferencing. The additional scenarios of PSTN/PBX Integration, PSTN integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, PBX integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration with an IP/PBX using Direct SIP, Integration with an IP/PBX using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration using an Open Interoperability Program-Certified SIP Trunk.
Part 2 of 6: Configuring the On premise Conferencing Solution of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
Part two of the series examines the components utilized by the conferencing data store. In addition, The Focus process and sub processes related to Focus coordination are inspected. The Conferencing Attendant, Conferencing Announcement Service, and Response Group service are explored. An analysis of the conferencing servers (MCU) functions is also explored.
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OCS10PAL: Audio, Video, Web Conferencing deployment with Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (Part 3 of 6)
Presented by: Craig Brown
Webcast Date:10/22/2009
Webcast Start Time: 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 300
Partner Audience: Partner IT Professional
The Office Communications Server 2007 webinar series provides foundational support for the successful deployment of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Conferencing features and related architecture. The structure of the webinar will be comprised of demonstrations and lecture covering the three major areas of a successful Conferencing Solutions.
The topic areas are:
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
The Conferencing components
Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations will focus on the Active Directory, DNS Support, IIS requirements, Http Reserve Proxy, Certificate infrastructure, and Network Protocols/Port and Firewall Requirements. Bandwidth requirements and usage will also be discussed.
The conferencing components consists of An overview of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, an overview discussion of the Conferencing Solution, an examination of the components used in an On-premise Conferencing Solution, a discussion of configuring the client and user related settings, an examination of the conferencing Life cycle design, and an overview of the Federation design for the conferencing Solution.
Several web conferencing and audio conferencing deployment scenarios will be examined. The following web based conferencing solutions are discussed: Basic default, PSTN/PBX Expanded, Edge Service Expanded, and Enhanced Scenarios. The audio scenarios will consist of Edge Services, Expanded Video and Web Conferencing, Enhanced Audio Conferencing. The additional scenarios of PSTN/PBX Integration, PSTN integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, PBX integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration with an IP/PBX using Direct SIP, Integration with an IP/PBX using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration using an Open Interoperability Program-Certified SIP Trunk.
Part 3 of 6: Configuring User related Settings providing access to the Conferencing Solution of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
Part three of the series will examine the Client side components of the Conferencing solution of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
The Live Meeting client configuration settings are examined. The client deployment methods for both internal and external clients are examined. The on-premise Conferencing roles are discussed. Finally, The Conferencing entry control configuration of Open Authentication, Closed Authentication and Anonymous are discussed and deployed.
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OCS11PAL: Audio, Video, Web Conferencing deployment with Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (Part 4 of 6)
Presented by: Craig Brown
Webcast Date:10/27/2009
Webcast Start Time: 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 300
Partner Audience: Partner IT Professional
The Office Communications Server 2007 webinar series provides foundational support for the successful deployment of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Conferencing features and related architecture. The structure of the webinar will be comprised of demonstrations and lecture covering the three major areas of a successful Conferencing Solutions.
The topic areas are:
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
The Conferencing components
Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations will focus on the Active Directory, DNS Support, IIS requirements, Http Reserve Proxy, Certificate infrastructure, and Network Protocols/Port and Firewall Requirements. Bandwidth requirements and usage will also be discussed.
The conferencing components consists of An overview of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, an overview discussion of the Conferencing Solution, an examination of the components used in an On-premise Conferencing Solution, a discussion of configuring the client and user related settings, an examination of the conferencing Life cycle design, and an overview of the Federation design for the conferencing Solution.
Several web conferencing and audio conferencing deployment scenarios will be examined. The following web based conferencing solutions are discussed: Basic default, PSTN/PBX Expanded, Edge Service Expanded, and Enhanced Scenarios. The audio scenarios will consist of Edge Services, Expanded Video and Web Conferencing, Enhanced Audio Conferencing. The additional scenarios of PSTN/PBX Integration, PSTN integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, PBX integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration with an IP/PBX using Direct SIP, Integration with an IP/PBX using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration using an Open Interoperability Program-Certified SIP Trunk.
Part 4 of 6: Federated Solution requirements, implementation, and maintenance configuration of Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
Part 4 of the series discusses the Requirements, Implementation, and Maintenance configurations for successful implementation of a Federated Solution using Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
The Federated Solution covers the Cross-organization conferencing design, Edge Server support for Federation, HTTP Reverse Proxy configuration, Certificate implementation, DNS requirements, and End User configuration settings.
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OCS12PAL: Audio, Video, Web Conferencing deployment with Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (Part 5 of 6)
Presented by: Craig Brown
Webcast Date:10/28/2009
Webcast Start Time: 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 300
Partner Audience: Partner IT Professional
The Office Communications Server 2007 webinar series provides foundational support for the successful deployment of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Conferencing features and related architecture. The structure of the webinar will be comprised of demonstrations and lecture covering the three major areas of a successful Conferencing Solutions.
The topic areas are:
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
The Conferencing components
Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations will focus on the Active Directory, DNS Support, IIS requirements, Http Reserve Proxy, Certificate infrastructure, and Network Protocols/Port and Firewall Requirements. Bandwidth requirements and usage will also be discussed.
The conferencing components consists of An overview of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, an overview discussion of the Conferencing Solution, an examination of the components used in an On-premise Conferencing Solution, a discussion of configuring the client and user related settings, an examination of the conferencing Life cycle design, and an overview of the Federation design for the conferencing Solution.
Several web conferencing and audio conferencing deployment scenarios will be examined. The following web based conferencing solutions are discussed: Basic default, PSTN/PBX Expanded, Edge Service Expanded, and Enhanced Scenarios. The audio scenarios will consist of Edge Services, Expanded Video and Web Conferencing, Enhanced Audio Conferencing. The additional scenarios of PSTN/PBX Integration, PSTN integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, PBX integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration with an IP/PBX using Direct SIP, Integration with an IP/PBX using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration using an Open Interoperability Program-Certified SIP Trunk.
Part 5 of 6: An exploration of the Baseline Scenario of the Conferencing Solution of Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
During this session the Baseline Scenario Configuration of the Conferencing Solution Deployment is examined.
The Baseline Scenario provides an examination of the configuration of the previous sessions components placed into a real world deployment design. Video, Web, and Audio conferencing workloads that are deployed in the Baseline Scenario are examined.
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OCS13PAL : Audio, Video, Web Conferencing deployment with Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 (Part 6 of 6)
Presented by: Craig Brown
Webcast Date:10/29/2009
Webcast Start Time: 12:00 PM (Pacific)
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Level: 300
Partner Audience: Partner IT Professional
The Office Communications Server 2007 webinar series provides foundational support for the successful deployment of the Office Communication Server 2007 R2 Conferencing features and related architecture. The structure of the webinar will be comprised of demonstrations and lecture covering the three major areas of a successful Conferencing Solutions.
The topic areas are:
- The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
- The Conferencing components
- Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
- The topic areas are:
- The Microsoft Enterprise foundations
- The Conferencing components
- Conferencing Deployment Scenarios
The Microsoft Enterprise foundations will focus on the Active Directory, DNS Support, IIS requirements, Http Reserve Proxy, Certificate infrastructure, and Network Protocols/Port and Firewall Requirements. Bandwidth requirements and usage will also be discussed.
The conferencing components consists of An overview of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 architecture, an overview discussion of the Conferencing Solution, an examination of the components used in an On-premise Conferencing Solution, a discussion of configuring the client and user related settings, an examination of the conferencing Life cycle design, and an overview of the Federation design for the conferencing Solution.
Several web conferencing and audio conferencing deployment scenarios will be examined. The following web based conferencing solutions are discussed: Basic default, PSTN/PBX Expanded, Edge Service Expanded, and Enhanced Scenarios. The audio scenarios will consist of Edge Services, Expanded Video and Web Conferencing, Enhanced Audio Conferencing. The additional scenarios of PSTN/PBX Integration, PSTN integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, PBX integration using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration with an IP/PBX using Direct SIP, Integration with an IP/PBX using a SIP/PSTN (Media) Gateway, Integration using an Open Interoperability Program-Certified SIP Trunk.
Part 6 of 6: An exploration of Multiple Implementation Scenarios for the Microsoft Conferencing Solution of Office Communication Server 2007 R2.
The final part of the series will examine several integration Scenarios. The Greenfield Audio Conferencing Scenario is examined.
The Dual-Bridge Conferencing Scenarios of Server-enabled, Legacy Conference Leader - No enterprise Voice, and Legacy Conference Leader - with enterprise Voice are discussed. PSTN/PBX integration designs are explored.
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