TechEd New Zealand 2008 Twilight

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Intergen ran this Twilight presentation for those of us who couldn't attend Microsoft's annual TechEd event in New Zealand. Targeted at IT professionals, this presentation takes a broad look at the event and what was covered.

Transcript of TechEd New Zealand 2008 Twilight

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Tech·Ed New Zealand 2008

A whistle-stop tour

“We are ultimately the buffer between the hype of

Microsoft and the reality of our clients”

Strategy & Innovation

Monday 1st September to Wednesday 3rd September

8:30 am to 5:30 pm each day

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Deeper Technical Content

Better Food

More Free Stuff

What would make you come to TechED?

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Catching up on email

Reading the latest news

Using social networking sites

What will you do most during TechED while you're online?

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A new job

Technical Education

Meet new people

What would be your top priority at TechED this year?

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Looking for a potential partner

Dancing

Drinking

What will you be doing at TechFest?

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What does it cost?

Individual Registrations

Single delegate $1,860

Corporate Registration Packages

Up to 5 delegates $6,000

Up to 10 delegates $10,200

Up to 20 delegates $18,600

Up to 40 delegates $34,800

Up to 75 delegates $55,200

Up to 120 delegates $72,000

Over 2000 tickets in

less than 3 weeks!!!

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11 tracks, 140 sessions,100+ national and

international speakers, Hands on labs……………………...PRICELESS

Ticket to the conference………………………………….......$2000

Flights and accommodation……………………………….....$1200

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TechEd Agenda

Sunday – Free Code Camp

Monday – Day One

Keynote

Sessions

Ask the Experts

Girl Geek Dinner

Bloggers Dinner

Tuesday – Day Two

Sessions

TechFest

Wednesday – Day Three

Sessions

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Key Themes

VirtualizationJust released Windows Hyper-V

Cloud ServicesMicrosoft will make major announcements in late October

Currently Shipping Bits.NET 3.5, Vista, SQL 2008

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Day One Big Sessions

Overview of SQL Server 2008 – new featuresJeremy Boyd

ADO.NET Data Services – The zen of RESTfulness and

the art of “Astoria”Scott Hanselman

Virtualisation and Security: What does it mean for me?Steve Riley

Extending the application development platform with

cloud servicesChris Auld

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Ask the Experts

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Girl Geek Dinner

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Bloggers Dinner

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Day Two Big Sessions

21st Century networkingSteve Riley

How IT will change in the next 10 years and why should

you care?Miha Kralj

Web futures – the next 18 monthsExpert Panel chaired by Chris Auld

Creating content centric publishing sites with MOSS 2007Mark Orange + Zac Smith

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TechFest

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Day Three Big Sessions

Silverlight 2 for DevelopersJonas Folleso

Do these 10 things or get 0wn3dSteve Riley

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE tips and tricksKirk Jackson

C# tips and tricksJeremy Boyd + John Daniel Trask

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Hands On Labs

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Market Place

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Getting Involved

Attendee

Speaker

Voice of the Customer

Technical session

Sponsor/Exhibitor

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Other Key Events

Microsoft PDCEvery 2-3 years

Future roadmap looking out up to 36 months

Generally in Los Angeles

Broad Microsoft platform coverage

Microsoft MixYearly in Las Vegas

Focus on Web technologies and rich applications

Microsoft platform plus more general sessions

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Other Key Events

Microsoft Convergence

Over 4000 attendees

Annual Microsoft Dynamics Conference

CRM

NAV

AX

Office

Copenhagen

and Orlando

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