Your one-stop center for Swiss IT Pros (and all interested) in Microsoft & related technologies. http://swissitpro.ch Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:05:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://swissitpro.ch/images/M_images/weblink.png http://swissitpro.ch Your one-stop center for Swiss IT Pros (and all interested) in Microsoft & related technologies. http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=2 Two-for-one to go before the summer break (August). At our next every first Tue monthly event on 6 July 2010, we shall be bringing you a first look at Communications Server 14 and the PowerShell Script Club. Both breakout sessions are presented by our resident speakers.Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr Information / Plus information ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=2 Reminder: Tue 1 Jun 2010 - ZurichThe Swiss IT Pro User Group is running the PowerShell Script Club in May and June 2010 as part of our regular monthly event by IT Pros for IT Pros. A Script Club is a great way to learn PowerShell. Ideally, you bring a laptop, your problems, and your curiosity. Everyone at Script Club helps everyone else get up to speed on PowerShell, answers each others questions, and solves their scripting problems.Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr Information / Plus information ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=2 Script Club is a great way to learn PowerShell. Ideally, you bring a laptop, your problems, and your curiosity. Everyone at Script Club helps everyone else get up to speed on PowerShell, answers each others questions, and solves their scripting problems.Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr Information / Plus information ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=2 For the month of January and February 2010 the Swiss IT Pro User Group is really excited to bring you not one but two technical sessions on Office Communications Server 2007 R2. In conjunction with Microsoft TechNet, the first 2 webcasts of the Office Communication Server Series for the year are outlined below. Click on Read more... below for more information and registration. Ten Ways to Become a Hero with Microsoft Office Communications Server (Level 200) Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Network Considerations for Deploying Communications Server 2007 R2 (Level 300) Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=34 Die Swiss Windows 7 Launch Party - Photo HighlightsDi. 27 Okt 2009 ab 1930 Uhr bei Bohemia in ZurichBitte klicken Sie hier (http://housepartyhostlists.cmail4.com/t/y/l/uyjdjl/kykjhhkhy/y), um an der Windows 7 Launch Party Gaesteumfrage (bitte nur Gaeste) teilzunehmen.Sponsored by Digicomp Academy and Microsoft Schweiz. To access more content under the Members Only / Events link, sign up or log in with your free account today!Click on Read more... below for more information. http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=2 What better way to welcome our newest core Swiss IT Pro User Group team member! Marc van Orsouw, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) PowerShell for 4 years in a row, brings to our members the very first (free) Zurich PowerShell Script Club in Zurich next week Tuesday 3 November 2009.What is a PowerShell Script Club you may ask? ...Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr info ... / Plus info ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=2 ( dieser spezieller Event ersetzt den monatlichen Event am Di.6.10.09 ) Es ist endlich so weit! Die Swiss Windows 7 Launch Party wird am Di. 27.10.09 ab 1930 Uhr bis zirka 2130 Uhr bei Bohemia (http://www.bohemia.ch/)in Zurich stattfinden. Ein Wettbewerb mit Verlosung von originalen Windows 7 Ultimate DVD/Lizenz, mehrer special edition Windows 7 UBS memory sticks (4GB), uvm. wartet auf Sie. Lassen Sie sich diesen Event in einer entspannten Umgebung zu feiern nicht entgehen, wertvolle Preise zu gewinnen und nutzen die Gelegenheit aus, neuen Leute, Peers, IT Pro Community Fachleute (MVP, MCT, usw.) und Freiwillige kennen zu lernen. Finger food und Getränke sind on the house solange vorrätig.Beschränkte Plätze auf first-come-first-serve Basis. Herzlichen Dank für unseren Sponsor(s): (http://www.microsoft.ch) (http://www.digicomp.ch/microsoftevolutionday) Teilnahme ist gratis aber Anmeldung ist erfoderlich. Klicken Sie auf Read more für weiteren Informationen. The Swiss Windows 7 Launch Party will take place on Tu 27.10.09 from 1930 hrs to about 2130 hrs at Bohemia (http://www.bohemia.ch/)in Zurich. Lucky prize draw of original Windows 7 Ultimate DVD/license, special edition Windows 7 USB memory sticks (4GB), etc. await you. Do not miss this opportunity to celebrate the launch in a relaxed, social environment with your peers, network with IT Pro volunteers, specialists (MVP, MCT, etc.), friends and colleagues and even win a lucky draw prize.Finger food and drinks on the house while stocks last. Limited seats on a first-come-first-serve basis. Participation is free but registration is mandatory. Click on Read more... below for more information. ----- Additional Sponsors always welcome; please contact us ----- http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=2 The Swiss Windows 7 Launch Party is planned to take place on an evening in Zurich (between 22 to 29 Oct 2009) to celebrate the worldwide launch of Windows 7 on 22 Oct 2009.Click on Read more... below for more information.Note: This special event is organized in place of the regular monthly 1st Tuesday Swiss IT Pro User Group event in Zurich. http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=2 ----- Update (26 Aug 2009) -----Als Swiss IT Pro User Group Mitglied haben Sie die Moeglichkeit gratis durch Live Meeting (LM) an diesen Event am Di. 1.9.09* teilzunehmen. Einfach melden Sie mit Ihrem Vor- und Nach- name als Mitglied kostenlos per Email an info(a+) swissitpro (d0+) ch an und Sie werden die LM Teilnahmeinformation per Email erhalten. Lassen Sie sich diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen!You can participate for free as a Swiss IT Pro User Group member via Live Meeting for this event on Tue 1.9.09*. Sign up for your free membership with your first- and family- name to info(a+) swissitpro (d0+) ch and you will receive the LM participation information via email. Do not miss out on this opportunity!* jeder 1. Dienstag des Monats / every 1st Tuesday of the month----- Update (26 Aug 2009) -----The summer vacation is almost over while it may just be starting for some, we are very excited to invite you to the next free monthly event (every first Tuesday of the month).Taking place on Tue 1. Sep 2009 in Zurich around the theme Unified Communications in der Praxis / PowerShell , we are pleased to welcome back Philip from the Institute for Networked Solutions HSR, Rapperswil to talk about QoE und QoS - Gibt es wirklich einen Unterschied? Our resident speaker Desmond will present Managing OCS 2007 R2 with PowerShell , its importance and relevance to you as an administrator in today's complex infrastructure.Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr info ... / Plus info ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=34 Here is a sample of the photo highlights for last week's Tue 7 Jul 2009 Swiss IT Pro User Group monthly event in Zurich. To access the presentation materials and more photos under the Members Only / Events link, sign up or log in with your free account today! http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=104&Itemid=2 The Swiss IT Pro User Group is excited to announce a great line up of guest speakers for our next monthly event on Tue 7 Jul 2009. Virtualization powerhouse VMware and Microsoft will dive into technical discussions on the latest vSphere v4.0 and Hyper-V v2.0.----- Update (3 Jul 2009) -----Dieser monatlicher* Event am Di 7.7.09 (Zürich) ist ausgebucht!Trotz können Sie als Swiss IT Pro User Group Mitglied gratis durch Live Meeting (LM) daran teilnehmen. Einfach melden (../../../index.php?option=com_registration&task=register&lang=en-US) Sie kostenlos als Mitglied an und Sie werden die LM Teilnahmeinformation per Email erhalten. Lassen Sie sich diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen!This monthly* Event on Tue 7.7.09 (Zürich) is fully booked!Nevertheless, you can still participate for free as a Swiss IT Pro User Group member via Live Meeting. Sign up (../../../index.php?option=com_registration&task=register&lang=en-US) for your free membership and you will receive the LM participation information via email. Do not miss out on this opportunity!* jeder 1. Dienstag des Monats / every 1st Tuesday of the month----- Update (3 Jul 2009) -----Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr info ... / Plus info ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=2 This monthly Swiss IT Pro User Group event is a special edition of the currently running Swiss Roadshow: Exchange Server 2010 E14 Beta (May/Jun 2009) throughout the country. Besides hearing from Switzerland's very own MVP Exchange, you will have the opportunity to network with the core IT Pro community, peers, Microsoft techies and other Microsoft Most Valuable Professional at this event.To register for this free event on Tue 2 Jun 2009 at Digicomp Limmatstrasse 50 Zurich (1745 - 2030 hrs with kleiner Apero), send an email with your first and last name to info (a+) swissitpro com. You can read more details about the event here (http://www.digicomp.ch/sitpug). ( note that the page may not yet be updated for registration for the event on 2 Jun 2009 ) http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=2 *************** Update ***************Presented by Dejan Foro (http://www.exchangemaster.net/) (MVP Exchange, MCT) and Stefan Di Nuto (MCT), the Swiss Exchange Server 2010 E14 Beta roadshow is scheduled to take place in various cities across Switzerland through the months of May and Jun 2009. The free event runs each evening from 6pm to 8pm with light Apéro to encourage networking.If you are interested to learn and watch live demos on the new Exchange Server 2010 (Beta) features and enhancements e.g. PowerShell 2.0, database resiliency, OCS integration, etc. make sure that you register today to secure your seat in a city near you. Sessions will be delivered in German and English (location dependent).Click on Read more below for the dates, event details and registration information. http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=34 *************** News Flash *************** Exchange Server 2010 ( E14 ) and OCS 2007 R2 Roadshow Across many regions and cities throughout Switzerland (May/Jun 2009). Presented by MVP Exchange and Communications Server Speakers. Watch this space for more upcoming information. http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=2 Next Tue 5 May 2009 will see not one but two focused topics on SQL Server 2008. The Swiss IT Pro User Group is pleased to invite Chris Webb (Crossjoin Consulting) and David Tung (xkoto, Inc.) as guest speakers to talk about eliminating downtime for SQL maintenance and effective aggregations in Analysis Services.*** Update *** The 2 sessions will both be simu-casted live via Microsoft Live Meeting. Register your details to the email account to receive conference details (click below).Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr info ... / Plus info ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=2 Every first Tuesday of each month in Zurich is the day/date you should have a permanent bookmark on your calendar of IT Pro events. On Tue 7 Apr 2009, the Swiss IT Pro User Group is delighted to have Sasa Juratovic, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Switzerland as the guest speaker. He will talk about exciting OCS 2007 R2 new features and give an insider look at deployment and migration techniques from previous versions.Take this opportunity to meet the speakers and the core team of volunteers behind the Swiss IT Pro User Group community who are real-world practitioners in the Professional Services and consultancy field.Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr info ... / Plus info ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=2 Our next monthly event is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 3 March 2009 evening in Zurich. The Swiss IT Pro User Group has the pleasure of inviting guest speakers from Microsoft Switzerland and Quest Software to talk about the theme around SQL Server BI Dashboards and Performance Tuning .Click on Read more below for details and registration information.Mehr info ... / Plus info ... http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=2 The theme of our first event of the year (Tuesday 3 Feb 2009 evening in Zurich) is What matters to IT Pros in the real-world . The Swiss IT Pro User Group team is very pleased to invite Rolf Masuch, Product Manager IT Services, as the guest speaker from Germany. He will talk about using PowerShell to solve practical problems for IT Pros and administrators. Desmond Lee, our resident speaker, will share proven best practices in the successful deployment of OCS 2007 in the field, and look ahead at how R2 can increase the UC value proposition.The first 10 registered and confirmed attendees* will each receive a free, full NFR copy of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition at the end of the event.* via emailMehr info ... / Plus info ...( click on Read more below for details ) http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=34 (http://www.geekmania.ch/) Am 4. – 6. Feb. findet im KKL Luzern, die 3. Auflage der geekmania - ein IT-Fachkongress für IT-Professionals der besonderen Art - statt. Erfahren Sie in über 70 verschiedenen Sessions alles über Windows 7 und W2K8 R2, Exchange 14, Netzwerk, Verwaltung und Sicherheit aus erster Hand. Alle Themen werden praxisnah und ungeschminkt von Top-Speakern vermittelt. Detailinformation und die Möglichkeit zur Online-Buchung finden Sie unter www.geekmania.ch! Die geekmania: Ein muss für jeden IT-Professional. http://swissitpro.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=2 For our last gratis event of the year next week (Tuesday 2 Dec 2008 in Zurich), the Swiss IT Pro User Group team is very pleased to invite a guest speaker from the Institute for Networked Solutions HSR, Rapperswil. The topic of Voice und IM Lösung von Microsoft and Cisco integration will be discussed. Our resident speaker will also talk about the virtualization of core Microsoft technologies with Hyper-V, the pros and cons, security best practices and support policy.The first 20 registered and confirmed attendees will each receive a free, full NFR copy of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard Edition at the end of the event.Mehr info ... / Plus info ...( click on Read more below for details )