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Tech.Days Online is back!

We are extremely proud to announce that Tech.Days online is back!!! An unmissable virtual online experience jam-packed with exciting topics including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Azure and Systems Center 2012. Following on from this we’ll have discussions on the fast-paced IT Industry. This 2-day event commences on the 30th and 31st October and is not to be missed!

These impactful sessions headlined by Simon May, Andrew Fryer and Steve Plank will be co-hosted by guest speakers. That’s right! Presenters from Microsoft’s very own Most Valuable Professional (MVP) community will be sharing their own real-world experiences.

The presenters will be tackling various topics, uncovering what’s new with OS and App Deployment, how to manage virtualization with Virtual Machine Manager, the new features of Windows Azure aimed at IT Pros and much, much more.

We appreciate you can’t all be in the same place at the same time in real-life and so we are going to get you up to speed virtually with these amazing technologies whether you’re a Windows Azure fan, Windows 8 fanatic, Windows Server 2012 geek or System Center specialist!

See you on the 30th and 31st Oct - Click here to register and find out more :

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Tech.Days Online 2012 Evaluation Form Prize Draw Terms & Conditions

               

  1. ELIGIBILITY.  This promotion is open to
    any person resident in the United Kingdom who is eighteen (18) years of age or
    older at the time of entry.  Employees of
    Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotion agencies
    are not eligible, nor are members of these employees’ families (defined as
    parents, children, siblings, spouse and life partners).

 

  1. ENTRY.
         Register for one or more of the following events: Tech.Days Online
         Conference –  Windows Server and
         Windows Azure, Tuesday 30 October 2012 or Windows 8 and System Center 2012,
         Wednesday 30 October 2012. Complete and submit the online evaluation form
         sent to you in the post event email, including your name and email
         address. Ensure that you tick the option to be entered into the prize
         draw.

 

To the extent that
entry requires the submission of user-generated content such as photos, videos,
music, artwork, essays, etc., entrants warrant that their entry is their
original work, has not been copied from others, and does not violate the
privacy, intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or
entity.

 

Entries will be
ineligible for the prize draw if they:

  • are
    incomplete;

  • exceed
    the maximum number of entries allowed per person;

  • violate
    the rights of any other person or entity; or

  • are
    received outside of the Promotion Period set out below.

 

Only one (1) entry
per person will be accepted. No purchase necessary to enter the promotion. Entry
constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these Terms and
Conditions.  Microsoft is not responsible
for lost, corrupted or delayed entries. 
Microsoft reserves the right to disqualify anyone who violates these
Terms and Conditions.

 

  1. TIMING.
         This promotion runs from 12.01:00 am GMT on 22nd October 2012
         until 11.59:59 p.m. GMT on31st
         October 2012 (inclusive) (the “Promotion Period”).

 

  1. USE OF YOUR ENTRY.  Personal data which
         you provide when you enter may be used for future Microsoft marketing
         activity if you indicate your consent on the entry form (if
         applicable).  Otherwise your
         personal data will be used by Microsoft and agents acting on Microsoft’s
         behalf only for the operation of this promotion.

 

  1. SELECTION OF WINNERS.  All valid entries
         will be submitted for the prize draw judged as a finalist.

 

 

Winning entries will be determined by a random
draw conducted by Wunderman on 12th November 2012 and will be
supervised by an independent adjudicator. 
Chances of winning depend on the number of entries received.

 

A maximum of one prize per eligible entry is
allowed.  Winners will be notified by
email to the address provided by the potential winner by 31st
November 2012. If a potential winner has not
confirmed receipt of the notification
within TEN (10) days after the first attempt, an alternative winner will be
selected on the same basis as described above (either at random for prize draws
or according to the same judging criteria for competitions). Winners may be
asked to provide identification proving their eligibility before they are
entitled to receive the prize.  Winners may be required to participate in
further publicity or advertising.

 

  1. PRIZE(S) .
          There will be two (2) prize(s) in
         total.  The prize(s) will be as
         follows:

 

  • 1 Windows Phone 8 [SJB1] for the winner selected from attendees on 30
    October;

  • 1 Windows Phone 8 for the winner selected
    from  attendees on 31 October

 

Prizes are as stated and are not transferable.  No cash alternatives available.  Microsoft reserves the right to substitute the
prizes with prizes of equal or greater value. 
All prizes will be sent by Microsoft or its agent no later than 28 days
after the prize draw has been made by Microsoft.  Unless otherwise stated, all prizes are subject
to their manufacturer's warranty and/or terms and conditions.

 

Prizes may be considered as a taxable benefit to the
winners. Winners will be directly responsible for accounting for and paying to
HMRC, or other relevant tax authority, any tax liability arising on their
prize.  Please contact ukstat@microsoft.com for any
query related to the taxable amount for reporting to HMRC, or other relevant
tax authority. 

 

  1. WINNERS LIST.  Each winner consents to his/her surname being
    made publicly available upon request.  Winners’
    names will be available for a period of 28 days after the selection of winners
    by written request to uktechdays@microsoft.com.

 

  1. OTHER.
          No correspondence will be entered
         into regarding either this promotion or these Terms and Conditions. In the
         unlikely event of a dispute, Microsoft’s decision shall be final.  Microsoft reserves the right to amend,
         modify, cancel or withdraw this promotion at any time but only
         before the delivery of prizes, without notice.

 

Participants in this promotion agree that
Microsoft will have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, costs, damage,
disappointment or losses of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly from acceptance, misuse or use of a prize, or from participation in
this promotion.  Nothing in this clause
shall limit Microsoft’s liability in respect of death or personal injury
arising out of its own negligence or liability arising out of Microsoft’s fraud.

 

Microsoft cannot
guarantee the performance of any third party and shall not be liable for any
act or default by a third party.  

 

  1. SPIRIT OF THE COMPETITION. If an entrant
         attempts to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this promotion
         by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in ANY way, we may seek
         damages from that entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law. Further,
         we will disqualify that entrant’s entry to this promotion and may ban the
         entrant from participating in any of our future promotions, so please play
         fairly.

 

Promoter: Microsoft Limited (“Microsoft”), Microsoft
Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, England