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Shijaz Abdulla on 01.02.2010 at 15:03
Last week I was in Dubai for the Dynamic Datacenter workshop along with two partners from Qatar – Mannai Trading and EBLA Consulting.
Among Qatar attendees, we had Pradeep Joy and Johny John from Mannai Trading and Bashar Badr from EBLA.
The course provides IT Professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to install and configure the underlying components of a Microsoft Dynamic Data Center solution. Partners were trained on how to onboard a Proof of Concept using the DDC Toolkit. The products include Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, System Center Operations Manager, Configuration Manager, Data Protection Manager and Virtual Machine Manager.
The trainer was Jeffrey Roach from Wright & Robbins (a Microsoft vendor based in Seattle) and it was four days packed with excitement and interaction. Jeff is now in Prague, delivering the same workshop to our European partners.
While we were in Dubai, we also got a chance to attend a separate Unified Communications Sales training, which included a hands-on user experience of Microsoft UC solutions.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 03.01.2010 at 19:17
I posted earlier about Microsoft Tech·Ed. It is the premier technical education and networking event for any technology professional interested in learning, connecting and exploring a broad set of current and soon-to-release Microsoft technologies, tools, platforms and services.
- Only Tech·Ed combines knowledge, expertise, inspiration, connections and friendship… all at the one event.
- Connect with International and Local Technical Experts, Microsoft Staff, Partners, MVPs, community influencers and industry peers
Immerse yourself in 3 days of intensive technical learning and discussion at Tech·Ed Middle East 2010. No other event provides such in-depth knowledge in such a short time.
- Learn through 2 keynote addresses and 99 technical education sessions
- Ask your questions in over 30 focused interactive discussions
- Touch the technology through 22 PC-based instructor-led training labs
- Meet with product experts and see product demos at the Technical Learning Centre
- Explore industry solutions at the Tech·Ed Partner Expo
- Connect with peers and industry leaders at the evening social functions
Register before January 31, 2010 and save US$130 on your registration fee.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 31.12.2009 at 08:02
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Microsoft takes great pride in inviting Gulf partners to Tech Talk. One of the key objectives of the initiative is to help build partner capacity especially on leading-edge Microsoft technologies: To achieve this is Microsoft invites partners to quarterly events where you can experience the best training available to better yourself, your company and your customers.
Microsoft’s success is directly related to their relationships with Partners and the ability to listen to, understand and service the needs of our partners better.
Date: January 7th, 2010
Venue: Microsoft, Building No.8, Dubai Internet City
LiveMeeting is available for partners outside the UAE.
For more information/registration, please contact me.
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Arrival / Coffee
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08:30 AM
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Introduction and Welcome keynote
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09:00 AM
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Wael / Salim
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SharePoint 2010
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09:15 – 10:15 AM
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Mohammed Alaa
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SharePoint 2010 session: The purpose of this session is to walk our partners through an overview of the SharePoint 2010 capabilities with a focus on the different investment areas, of this major release. The session is optimized for Partners’ Technical Decision Makers (TDMs) that are already familiar with SharePoint 2007
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Exchange 2010
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10:15 – 11:15 AM
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Zahid Tikrity
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Introduce the new version of Exchange and highlight some of the key new features and architectures
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Coffee Break
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11:15 – 11:30 AM
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Business Intelligence / Performance Point
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11:30 – 12:30 PM
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Mohammed
Maseehuddin
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Business Intelligence : Review the latest developments and trends in Microsoft BI/DW platform
Performance Management Solution : Discuss Performance Management solution overview along with products and technologies
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Break
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12:30 – 01:30 PM
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Virtualization
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01:30 – 02:30 PM
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Frederico De Domenico
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Review the latest developments in operating system virtualization made by Microsoft with the release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, including Hyper-V R2, Windows Virtual PC, SCVMM, and Med-V
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Deployment & Systems Management, MDOP
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02:30 – 03:30 PM
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Frederico De Domenico
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Deployment and Systems Management: review the latest developments in operating system and application deployment and systems management made by Microsoft, including MDT 2010, App-V, VDI, SCCM 2007 SP2, SCOM 2007 R2. I will also give some information as to what to expect in the near future.
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Unified Communications
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03:30 – 04:30 PM
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Zahid Tikrity
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Unified Communications: Integrating OCS 2007 with Exchange 2010
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Shijaz Abdulla on 20.12.2009 at 23:27
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Shijaz Abdulla on 12.10.2009 at 23:52
Join us at this year’s GITEX 2009 from October 18-22 at Hall 7, Stand B7-1, (Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre) for an exclusive preview of our latest technologies. This year’s Microsoft stand hosts 21 partner and Microsoft pods demonstrating latest products and solutions.
Day 1| Monday October 19th 2009| 10:00am – 11:30am
SMB panel debates: Understanding risk and combating threats by David Maskell, Security Solution Specialist, Microsoft Gulf
Day 2| Tuesday October 20th 2009| 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Business meets IT: Knowing your customers and keeping them by Ahmad Salama, CRM Solution Specialist, Microsoft Gulf
Day 3| Wednesday October 21st 2009| 10:00am – 11:30am
SMB Panel debates: Integrating consumer technologies at work by Stuart Simms, Mobile Communication BG Lead, Microsoft MEA
Day 4| Thursday October 22nd 2009| 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Business meets IT: Government 2.0: IT in the public sector by Ahmad Salama, CRM Solution Specialist, Microsoft Gulf
Day 5| Thursday October 22nd 2009| 1:00pm – 1:45pm
Developer Day: Microsoft Technologies by Anton Delsink, Developer Tools Evangelist, Microsoft Gulf
Vendor Theaters
Visit Microsoft @ the Vendor theaters on Wednesday and Thursday October 21 & 22 respectively; located at the Consumer Electronics Hall at the Trade Center, running a series of sessions around Windows 7, Windows Phone, Windows Live and XBOX.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 06.10.2009 at 12:56
The next Tech-Ed Middle East is being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre from March 1-3, 2010.
Tech-Ed is Microsoft’s premier technical education and networking conference where you can connect one-on-one with Microsoft insiders and IT peers, get your toughest questions answered and hear expert advice – right from the source!
For updated information, join the tech-ed mailing list, or visit www.teched.ae. Don’t forget to mark your calendars.
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Shijaz Abdulla on 21.10.2008 at 09:17
Been to Gitex yesterday.
Nothing worth writing home about. It was just another ordinary exhibition – lots of small and medium IT companies running very generic PowerPoints at their stalls. A few big players showing off some of their stuff – to me it was all kind of deja vu.
The Chinese pavilion looked… um… red… and colorful with all the blinking LEDs, gadgets, motherboards and stuff. In consumer electronics, Sanyo had this camcorder that you can dip into water, and Sony had the largest High definition plasma. This was impressive.
But I still don’t understand how products can be promoted by model girls wearing heavy makeup and skimpy clothes simply dancing around to music on an open stage waving notebooks, camcorders and gadgets. I don’t know – but the last time I checked – people buy notebooks and cameras by evaluating the specification!
Many visitors poured in to browse everything in general. Some others strolling around looking for stalls with specific interests. Some others were there just to collect the goodie bags loaded with cheap freebies.
For the two hours I spent driving from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, the further one hour I spent looking for a parking spot (only to find one in the rear end of Parking C – which is the farthest), and for the kilometer I walked in the sun to reach the exhibition hall, and later on – for the two hours I spent in the Dubai traffic jam to get back on the highway, and for the 2 hours back to Abu Dhabi….
… I really don’t think it was worth it.
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