Tag: Webinar

CIAOPS December Virtual Tech Meeting–Resources

Thanks to Boon Tee for his presentation at the meeting. Here is a recording of that presentation for anyone who missed it.

Here also is the list of resources mentioned in the news section:

Amazon workspaces – https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/

Office 365 admin app – http://www.windowsphone.com/en-au/store/app/office-365-admin/76f9b288-37bc-4d75-8164-16d1df0447a2

Ingress – http://www.ingress.com

Office 365 Power BI – https://blog.ciaops.com/2013/11/office-365-power-bi.html

Office 365 message encryption – http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/11/21/introducing-office-365-message-encryption-send-encrypted-emails-to-anyone.aspx

Cloud Business Blueprint – http://www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com/

I hope you can join us at our next planned meeting in February. Keep an eye out for registration details here in the coming weeks.

CIAOPS Virtual Technology Meeting–December

The final CIAOPS Virtual Technology meeting 2013 will be held on Wednesday December the 4th at 4pm Sydney time. You can register for free now at:
https://ciaops1213.eventbrite.com.au
This meeting will feature a presentation by Windows Server MVP Boon Tee focused on connecting on premise servers to Office 365. Here, in broad strokes is what Boon will be covering:
1. Integrating Office 365  into the network.

a. WS2012E R2 features
b. How it fits together
c. Using ProPlus
d. Migration

– i. From SBS
– ii. From POP3/iMAP
– iii. MigrationWiz

2. Bug check

a. Essentials only DC or integration will break.
b. Unscheduled Server Backup after reboot
c. GPO setup
d. Licensing

The meeting will the usual swag of news, information and discussion so I hope that you’ll come along and join with us for this last meeting before Christmas and let me know what you’d like to see in the coming year.
I hope to see you there.

CIAOPS November Virtual Meeting–Resources

After a bit of a technical hiccup during the meeting yesterday I decided to re-record the video which you can now on my YouTube channel:

Here are the remaining resources I mentioned during the meeting:

Some resources on the Office 365 Public web site:

Office 365 Public website examples:

I hope to see you at the next meeting on December 4th featuring Boon Tee talking about on premise server integration with Office 365. Registrations will be available shortly.

CIAOPS Virtual Technology meeting–reminder



Don’t forget the CIAOPS Virtual Technology meeting this Wednesday the 6th of November from 4pm Sydney time. Registrations are still available via:
https://ciaops1113.eventbrite.com.au/
At this meeting I’ll be doing a presentation and demonstration of the Office 365 public web site basics and capabilities. The details of the session are:
You may not be aware that every Office 365 plan that includes SharePoint Online comes with the ability to create a public website linked to any domain. In this demonstration you’ll learn how to configure this public website and how to customize it for your needs.
There will also be the usual news, product updates, general discussion as well as questions and answers.
So if you want to get the latest make sure you register now.
I look forward to seeing you on the day.

Training and certification opportunity from Microsoft

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I am pleased to announce that Microsoft Australia is planning a new training and certification campaign, Ready, Cert, Go which I will be involved with.

To start off with there will be complimentary 60 minute instructor lead tutorial webcasts in November which will cover the topic to be offered in full day exam prep courses in December 2013 at Microsoft in Sydney.

Here are the links to the upcoming webinars:

Server and Tools

Monday – 4 November 2pm, System Center 2012 (Exam 70-247)

Tuesday – 5 November 12pm, SQL Server 2012 (Exam 70-462)

Wednesday – 6 November 12pm, Windows Server 2012 (Exam 70-410)

Thursday – 7 November 12pm, Windows 8 (Exam 70-688)

Friday – 8 November 12pm, Windows Azure (Exam 70-487)

You can register for these webinars at:

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&Mode=0&ActivityID=852862

Business Productivity

Monday – 4 November 12pm, SharePoint 2013 (Exam 70-331)

Tuesday – 5 November 2pm, Lync (Exam 70-337)

Wednesday – 6 November 2pm, Exchange (Exam 70-341)

Thursday – 7 November 2pm, Office 365 (Exam 74-325) (with me!)

Thursday – 7 November 3pm, Office 365 (Exam 70-321) (with me!)

You can register for these webinars at:

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&Mode=0&ActivityID=852931

Here are the dates for the Exam Preparation Sessions, designed to get you across the line, first time. It’s $150 per day and includes an Exam Voucher, which is usually $206:

Server and Tools

Monday – 9 December, System Center 2012 (Exam 70-247)

Tuesday – 10 December, SQL Server 2012 (Exam 70-462)

Wednesday – 11 December, Windows Server 2012 (Exam 70-410)

Thursday – 12 December, Windows 8 (Exam 70-688)

Friday – 13 December, Windows Azure (Exam 70-487)

You can register for these certification days at:

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&Mode=0&ActivityID=852912

Business Productivity

Monday – 9 December, SharePoint 2013 (Exam 70-331)

Tuesday – 10 December, Lync (Exam 70-337)

Wednesday – 11 December, Exchange (Exam 70-341)

Thursday – 12 December, Office 365 (Exam 74-325) (with me!)

Friday – 13 December, Office 365 (Exam 70-321) (with me!)

You can register for these certification days at:

https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/management/registrationex/LMS_Registration.aspx?UserMode=0&Mode=0&ActivityID=852965

Even though I am giving the Office 365 content I have signed up myself for the SharePoint and Lync sessions as I see this as a great opportunity to not only learn about the product but also hopefully pass the certification. I’d love to do the Windows 8 and Azure sessions as well, alas, not to be this time.

I hope to see you there at the webinar or on the day.

CIAOPS Virtual Tech Meeting–November


Registrations are now open for the CIAOPS Virtual Tech Meeting on Wednesday the 6th of November. You can register at:
https://ciaops1113.eventbrite.com.au/
This meeting will features a presentation by on the public website capabilities in Office 365 by myself. Details are:
You may not be aware that every Office 365 plan that includes SharePoint Online comes with the ability to create a public website linked to any domain. In this demonstration you’ll learn how to configure this public website and how to customize it for your needs.
There will also be the usual news, product updates, general discussion as well as questions and answers.
So if you want to get the latest make sure you register now.
The resources from the latest meeting are also available at:
https://blog.ciaops.com/2013/09/ciaops-virtual-tech-meetingoctober.html
I look forward to seeing you on the day.

CIAOPS October Virtual Technology Group resources

For who missed the CIAOPS Virtual Technology group meeting for October you’ll find the video of Mark O’Shea’s presentation up on the CIAOPS YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fwU_RZxTCA

Here are the links mentioned from the parts of the meeting not recorded:

How Microsoft views business today – http://www.geekwire.com/2013/chart-microsofts-business-today-changing/

Money Microsoft makes from android – http://www.zdnet.com/apples-new-iphones-are-fine-but-microsoft-really-profits-from-smartphones-7000020502/

http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-most-profitable-mobile-operating-system-android-7000015094/

Nexus 5 coming –

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/complex-questions-posed-by-users-prompt-google-search-formula-rejig/story-e6frgakx-1226728308465

Surface 2 –

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/sep13/09-23surface2pr.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-au/pre-order

http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-surface-2-launch-what-to-expect-7000020947/

Amazon Kindle HDX enterprise ready –

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/kindle-fire-hd-and-kindle-fire-hdx-are-enterprise-ready-2013-09-25

Microsoft Partner summit Sydney 28th 29th Oct –

 https://training.partner.microsoft.com/learning/app/SYS_ModalDialog.aspx?IsModal=1&Path=/learning/app/management/LMS_ActSummary.aspx%3FActivityId%3D848609%26GroupMode%3D1%26DispMode%3Dpopup%26UserMode%3D0

Stay tuned for registration details on the November meeting.

CIAOPS Virtual Tech Meeting–Reminder

Just a quick reminder about the CIAOPS Virtual Technology Meeting next week featuring Mark O’Shea (Device and Platform Lead, Paradyne Pty Ltd). Details are:
On October 18 Microsoft will be unveiling a range of updates to their server line up, with a big focus on new capabilities that help customers take advantage of public and private cloud technologies. During this online event Mark will cover new capabilities of the Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 product, as well as how some of these technologies are now more broadly available to larger enterprises as well.
You can register at:
https://ciaops1013.eventbrite.com.au/
So come and join us for a what will no doubt be a great presentation by Mark along with technology news and discussions with other IT Professionals.