Bootcamp Week – The one & only

 

We are pleased to invite you to the Bootcamp Week. This is THE opportunity for IT professionals and developers to learn about Microsoft’s newest products & technologies, share best practices, experience the latest product innovations, and learn new skills and techniques.

The Bootcamp week consists out of two parts:

1. the Ignites of Office 2013 – 299 euro/person

2. Additional tracks about Office, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Azure, … – all free!

Ignites Office 2013 – October 16th – 19th

What is an Ignite?
It’s a 4 day technical Partner training with level content 300. The curriculum is cross product, hands-on labs & presentations.

• Lync Ignite Technical training (4 days) – Register now! 299 euro
  In Lync 15 many new capabilities are introduced. This track focuses on Lync investments in on-premises, online, and hybrid scenarios. Topics covered in this track include manageability, people, presence, and chat, video and collaboration, business voice, mobility, and Lync Online.

• Exchange & Office 365 Ignite Technical training (4 days) - Register now! 299 euro
  This track dives deep into the new capabilities of Exchange and Office for the IT professional. Topics covered in this track include Exchange upgrades, Office deployment, Web Apps, archiving and compliance, moving to Office 365, and Hybrid architectures.

• SharePoint Developer Ignite Technical training (4 days) – Register now! 299 euro
  The DEV workshop focuses on building apps for Office and SharePoint. Office, Exchange, and SharePoint introduce a new cloud app model. This workshop covers both Office and SharePoint Developer topics including: the cloud app model, app hosting options, authentication, managing apps, managing an app in the store, workflow, BCS, search, social, BI, Office document-centric apps, and mail apps.

• SharePoint IT PRO Ignite Technical Training (4 days) – Register now! 299 euro
  This is a separate track for IT Professionals. SharePoint architecture is redesigned to scale to businesses and implementations of all sizes. This workshop will enable you to effectively design, deploy, and administer solutions specific to SharePoint 15 products.

Additional tracks – all for free

• Exchange & Office 365 “What’s New” Technical training
  October 16th- – Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

• Meet Windows Azure: From the basics to a working app in 1 day
  October 16th – Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

• SharePoint & Office 365 SMB Technical training
  October 17th – Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

• Windows 2012 exam cram
  October 17th -Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

• Lync Community Technical Training
  October 18th – Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

• Building Metro Style Apps
  October 18th – Register now!
  
  

  Millions of people around the world use Windows every day. Windows 8 gives you the opportunity to access this huge potential market by listing your apps in the Windows Store! Your day starts off with a good overview of Windows 8 Platform for Windows 8 style apps and Windows Runtime, covering the final material and the principles of apps.Then we dive into the details of the platform with focus on the platform specifics for C# and XAML developers as well as HTML/JavaScript for Web developers. We take you to User Interfaces and layout, integrating with Windows 8 Experiences such as contracts, tiles and notifications and application lifecycle. Your opportunity with the Windows Store is huge: you’ll learn all about it in our closing session. Agenda 1. Opening keynote Windows 8 Platform for Metro Style Apps 2. Building Windows 8 Metro Style UI controls, data and optimizing views 3. How and When Metro Style Apps Run 4. Integrating with Windows 8 Experiences Search, Share Contracts 5. Bringing your Apps to Life with Tiles and Notifications 6. Store and oppurtunity

• SharePoint Enterprise “What’s New” Technical training
  October 19th – Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

• Visual Studio 2012
  October 19th – Register now!
  More info is coming soon!

Kick-start your mobile business and leverage the power of the cloud

We would like to help you kick-start your mobile business for Windows Phone and benefit from the cloud (also for other mobile platforms like iPhone and Android).

Therefor we invite you for a one day free workshop where you will get up to speed around Windows Phone opportunities and cloud. You will get an insight in how to get started (with the help of Microsoft) with WP7 development and you will learn how you can leverage the cloud for your iPhone and Android applications. The morning is foreseen for a more business approach, in the afternoon the content will be more technical and we will go hands-on and put some apps in the cloud … so bring your labtop

It’s ok to attend the morning and or afternoon only but you will get the most out of it by attending the whole day.

Date

29th of March

Agenda

8.45h- 9.15h : Coffee and croissants

9.15h 10.45 : Windows Phone : What’s in it for you and how to get started  (speaker: Christophe Peerens from Neomyic)

10.45h – 11h : Break

11h-12.30h : Leveraging the cloud for your mobile apps (speaker: David Sleeckx from 2sky)

12.30h-13.45h : Lunch

13.45h – 15.15h: Building your first Azure app – part 1 (Christophe Peerens + David Sleeckx)

15.15 – 15.30h Break

15.30h – 17h:  Building your first WP7 app leveraging Azure – part 2 ((Christophe Peerens + David Sleeckx)

Location:

Technoport

CRP Henri Tudor

PO Box 144 66,

rue de Luxembourg

L-4002 Esch-sur-Alzette Free

parking places are available at the domaine Schlassgoart visitor car park

To register you simply send a mail to agency@microsoft.com informing us you will be present for the morning and/or afternoon. Further details will then follow.

Feel free to forward this event to anybody who would be interested and let us know if you have additional questions via agency@microsoft.com.

See you on the 29th !

Activate your free Azure benefits in 3 steps

Developers working at a company that has a Microsoft competency have a nice set of free Azure benefits.  The benefits come with the free MSDN that comes with obtaining a competency (for example for the web development competency you get 10 MSDN accounts and 35 when you’re gold).
(check the overview of benefits that come with the different competencies)

Every MSDN has a value of 1500 € worth in Azure spending per year.

So in the case of a Silver web development partner yfor example, you could save up to 15000 € Azure of spending per year!

Here are a few steps to help you in the activation process:

1) The person managing the company profile in MPN should attach the developers that could benefit from a free MSDN account to the company with a LiveID. We recommend to use the business email address.

2) This person will then also be associated to the company and will get a Technical ID in MPN. This technical ID needs to be handed over to the developer.

3) Via the MSDN site the developer can then create an MSDN account and start using ALL MSDN benefits including the Azure benefits. Click on “Acces benefits from my account” on www.msdn.be.

If you encounter an issue in the process, please contact the free support number for Belgium at 0800 165 64. They will help you if you have an issue related to MPN or forward you if the issue is related to MSDN or Azure.

Hope this helped,

tom

Azure lunches: Food for thought

We believe that many companies out there still have questions and second thoughts when it comes to Cloud. That’s why we are setting up some Azure lunches, open for all and free to attend. The set-up is simple: we’ll bring the food, you bring some thoughts.

  During the lunches, Azure Microsofties will be available to think with you about your questions. Our hope is to inspire you and help you with your next step into the Cloud. So why not spend your lunch time at Microsoft – Here are a few dates we’re proposing, pick one and Register Now

- Thursday 23/02

- Thursday 08/03

- Thursday 22/03

- Thursday 05/04

- Thursday 19/04

- Thursday 03/05

- Thursday 17/05

In case you have a problem when registering – just send a short mail to agency@microsoft.com with your date of preference. Feel free to bring along a customer, partner or friend. The lunches are open for all !

Ps: max 6 persons per lunch

Azure, get to know the invisible friendly giant

The Windows Azure Platform … what is it and what can it do for you. That’s what we want you to find out. You can read stuff on websites or watch some video’s but it’s always good to meet people and interactively discuss what you want to know.

So … If you’re wondering why there’s so much fuzz about Azure but you don’t really know what it is and how you could benefit from it, then consider putting this in your agenda:

We are organizing an informal evening combining drinks with info at a location near you

• 16/01: Brussels (Microsoft Offices – Da Vincilaan 3, Zaventem)
• 17/01: Ghent (De Zebrastraat – Zebrastraat 32/001, Ghent)
• 18/01: Antwerp (Grand Café Leroy – Kasteelpleinstraat 46, Antwerp)

Her’s how we planned the evening:

18.30h – 19.00h:

Welcome with food and drinks

19h – 19.45h:

What the Windows Azure platform is and what’s in it for you?

Expect a non-technical business approach explaining the platform with the help of scenario’s and real life examples. (applications for devices and mobile, social media marketing campaigns, departmental apps on premises and/or in the cloud, Extend SharePoint to the public cloud, highly-scalable and worldwide websites or applications)

19.45h – 20h:

short break

20h -20.30h:

How to get started with the Azure platform

Learn where to start and how to get help from Microsoft. We’ll also include some pricing examples.

20.30h – 21.30h

Drink & discussion

We encourage interaction and questions during the presentation but we also foresee some time for discussion during a drink.

If you’re not sure this is something for you or if you have some questions, feel free to contact Tom Crombez via v-tocrom@microsoft.com.

Otherwhise : Register now (limited seats per location)

Have a great Christmas and enjoy the New Year!

Learn the All-Up Microsoft Cloud Story and understand the Competitive Advantage

Webcast Compete to Win with the Cloud

Learn the All-Up Microsoft Cloud Story and understand the Competitive Advantage

Harness the “buzz” behind “Cloud Power” and arm yourself to compete with the new Microsoft Sales   Specialist program. The “Time to Thrive” webcast series will help you meet   your Sales Targets — understand the Microsoft Competitive Cloud Advantage by   joining our roundtable of Cloud experts from Windows Azure, Windows Intune, Office 365, CRM OL, and Private Cloud.

Join us on December 14^th at 8:00a.m. (PST) as Ulises Aguilar, a Partner Seller, interviews our   panel.

Go to http://www.mssalesspecialist.com to learn more.

Join the Partner Trainings for the fall ! The Sequel

Below you can find an updated version of all available Class Room trainings for the fall.
Subscribe now and take advantage of this unique possibility to upgrade your skills !

Date	Event Title
26/10/2011 -	Partner Vision Seminar : What is new in SQL Server Denali
26/10/2011 -	Sales Academy: How to sell NWOW
26/10/2011 -	Sales Academy: Successfully sell BI Solutions
27/10/2011 -	Sales Academy: How to Sell DataCenter Solutions
27/10/2011 -	Sales Academy: How to Sell Application Platform Solutions
7/11/2011 -	Educational Licensing (Block the date, more info will follow)
8/11/2011 -	Data Center Management using Hyper-V and System Center
14/11/2011 -	Visual Studio testing
16-17/11/2011 -	Hyper-V for VMware IT Pro
17/11/2011 -	Office 365: Fundamentals
21/11/2011 -	Lync Community Day
23/11/2011 -	The Art of selling Azure
22 – 24/11/2011 -	Advanced Technical on Office 365
28/11/2011 -	Licensing Essentials (Block the date, more info will follow)
29/11/2011 -	Innovate your business with cloud solutions in French
29/11/2011 -	Licensing Competency Training preparation (ILT) 070-67X
30/11/2011 -	Licensing Competency Training preparation (ILT) 070-671 (day 2)
30/11/2011 -	Licensing Essentials in French
30/11/2011 -	Hybrid clouds with Azure
1/12/2011 -	Office 365, Windows Intune, uEA for LAR’s
7/12/2011 -	Lync Migration Best Practices (Block the date, more info will follow)
12/12/2011 -	Sales@Night: Voice (Block the date, more info will follow)

Q8 campaign by These Days runs on Windows Azure

These Days, a respected and well-known innovative digital marketing agency in Belgium and Microsoft partner, realized a campaign for the petroleum company Q8. Customers can register online and win free petrol.

The campaign is available through www.q8fuel.be. You simply need to register and for every fill at a Q8 station you get an additional chance at winning free petrol. If you’re lucky, you could even get one year of free petrol at Q8 ! All prizes add up to more than 50.000 € of petrol.

In order to secure the scalability and availability of the web application, These Days made advantage of the Windows Azure Platform to build, host and scale the application.

The Windows Azure platform allows to focus on development and not infrastructure: there’s no need to buy servers or dedicate resources to infrastructure management and automated service management shields you from hardware failure and routine maintenance.

These days has profound existing skills with Visual Studio and .NET to build compelling applications so they went for a complete Microsoft stack. Nothing stops you however from building apps in Java, PHP or Ruby using Eclipse or other tools.

Everything you might want to learn about  the Windows Azure Platform is also bundled in one single training kit with videos, demos, code, labs, etc.

If you want to get started with the Windows Azure Platform but still have questions/remarks, don’t hesitate to contact agency@microsoft.com.