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A limited number of attendees will win an exclusive trip to Microsoft’s Launch Event
in Baltimore, MD on Friday, May 23. All expenses are on us, including round trip
limo transportation. It’s sure to be a great time!
Test drive Windows Server®2008, Microsoft SQL Server® 2008, and Microsoft
Visual Studio® 2008. Enjoy hands-on labs, face-to-face Q&A sessions, and
other opportunities to interact with development team members.
To qualify to win the free trip, you need to attend. Take the first step, and reserve your place at the Delmarva Technology Expo today!
Take home a promotional kit with versions of all three products.
IT Infrastructure
What’s New In Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008--in addition to incorporating new capabilities and enhancements to existing features--includes a number of improvements in the core OS that enhance the Operating System’s capabilities; such as features aimed at increasing the ability of Windows Server 2008 to support highly critical workloads by improving operational reliability, reducing system failures, and easing management. We will also discuss improvements in other related elements of the platform that help Windows based systems and services move an organization's IT Department forward.
Virtualization and your Infrastructure
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The new Windows Server Virtualization technology, Hyper-V, and Presentation Virtualization technologies like Terminal Services RemoteApp are core features in Windows Server 2008. This session will provide you with an overview of virtualization in Windows Server 2008: the scenarios, features, and benefits that make server virtualization important. Virtualization management is becoming a critical tool for improving overall manageability for the IT environment; join us in this session to learn how Hyper-V and our management technologies build a strong flexible platform and improve overall manageability.
Securing your IT Infrastructure with Windows Server 2008
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Windows Server 2008 offers rich capabilities for securing your IT Infrastructure and proving tools to ease with compliance mandates. This session will discuss the Windows security and compliance features such as Network Access Protection, Right Management Services, Active Directory Federation Service subsystem, why auditing is important and how to configure an audit policy in the updated Windows Server 2008 event subsystem.
IT Data Platform
Mission Critical Applications on SQL Server 2008
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Attend this session to learn how newly enhanced SQL Server 2008 provides you with the highest levels of availability, protects your business critical data and scales across growing data volumes and mixed workloads. This session provides an overview of the new security, scalability, performance and availability features in SQL Server 2008.
Simplify Management of your Data Infrastructure
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Attend this session to learn about the new manageability improvements in SQL Server 2008 that enable you to administer, monitor and maintain your data platform infrastructure while reducing the time and cost of management. This session provides an overview of the new manageability improvements that enable you to manage the infrastructure with policies, monitor and optimize your platform with insights and relevant information, and scale your management across multiple servers.
Exploring Business Intelligence and SQL Server 2008
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Attend this session to learn how the new enhancements in SQL Server 2008 provide a comprehensive and scalable Business Intelligence platform that enables you to integrate and manage your growing data volumes, comprehensive analysis and enterprise reporting, and deliver insights through the Microsoft Office System. This session provides an overview of the new data warehousing, reporting, analysis and integration features in SQL Server 2008.
TDM & Partner
Welcome & Enabling Dynamic IT – Optimizing your infrastructure, processes and people
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Working Lunch – Optimizing your IT Infrastructure with Windows Server 2008
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The Application Platform: Where IT Meets Business
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Partner Opportunities and Positioning for Windows Server 2008
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A solid technology infrastructure is a required foundation for any successful business. Providing your customers the best possible server solutions is the goal of Windows Server 2008. During this module, we will focus on the market opportunities and solutions you can offer by leveraging Power Shell, Server Manager, and Server Core for more efficient management; Bit Locker, Read Only Domain Controllers, and Network Access Protection for improved security; Window SharePoint Services 3.0 and Internet Information Server 7.0 for a robust web experience; and virtualization and Terminal Server enhancements for better support of distributed customer architectures.
Expanding your Business with SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008
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As your customers’ businesses mature, their need for specific line-of-business solutions increases. Supporting those solutions with professional data management is imperative for success. Join us as we discuss and demonstrate the benefits of implementing SQL Server 2008 into your customers’ environment.
But your customers don’t live on better data management alone. Tools for helping integrate that data into their daily business process are also required. Visual Studio 2008 will allow you to deliver custom solutions involving Office, SharePoint, and Windows Mobility.
Providing the Right Solutions with Microsoft Small Business Server
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Here’s your chance to take a peek at the new Windows Essential Server Solution family of infrastructure products designed and priced for small and midsize businesses with enterprise class computing needs. We will discuss the advances and innovations made to the next version of Windows Small Business Server and provide an architectural overview of the new Windows Essential Business Server integrated infrastructure solution. We will demonstrate unique features to these solutions aimed at simplifying the deployment and day to day management of IT, boosting system reliability and productivity.
Developer
Reach End-Users with Next Generation Web Applications
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Visual Studio 2008 enables developers and IT operators to dramatically reduce the amount of time, effort and code required to develop and deploy real-world Web applications. ASP.NET 3.5, Visual Studio 2008 and IIS 7 each provide much improved administration and management support, on top of dramatically improved performance. Also covered are support for ASP.NET AJAX, JavaScript enhancements, rich support for CSS standards and rapid development of data-bound Web pages.
Create Instantly Familiar Applications with the Microsoft Office System
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The 2007 Microsoft Office system has evolved into a business application platform that developers can use to build and deploy Office Business Applications (OBAs), an emerging class of applications that address critical business problems. This session demonstrates how developers can use Visual Studio 2008 to build OBAs, customize Microsoft Office applications, and utilize the Microsoft Office platform to build scalable line-of-business solutions based on Microsoft Office.
Defy Occasionally Connected Challenges with Smart Client Applications
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This session introduces the new features and improvements incorporated into Visual Studio 2008 for smart client development. This session also introduces new client services that allow your applications to authenticate users providing role-based UI, and be occasionally connected with offline data storage. We demonstrate how you can leverage both Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Forms in a single application to build the right experience for your customer. Finally, we show feedback-driven improvements to existing features in Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Foundation, and ClickOnce.
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