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Here’s the recording from our second Cloud Business Blueprint weekly ‘Ask Us’ webinar.
Remember it is free to attend so please register for the upcoming webinars at:
http://www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com/ask-weekly-webinar
and let others know who maybe interested.
Also, if you can’t make it along then email your question to info@cloudbusinessblueprint.com and we’ll do our best to answer it and get it into the next recording so you can view it at your leisure.
We have posted the highlights reel of our first Ask Us webinar to Youtube and you can find it here:
Ask Use Webinar 1 – Highlights
In the video we cover some information on creating a SharePoint Online demo site as well as comparisons of SharePoint Online to Office 365. Unfortunately, it is limited to 10 minutes because our Cloud Business Blueprint YouTube account is yet to be verified. We’ll take care of that for our next Ask Us Webinar on the Thursday the 13th of February at 12.30pm. Cloud Business Blueprint members can view the complete highlight reel in the members forum (since we are using a different technology there with video).
You can sign up for the next Ask Us Webinar and actually any Ask Us Webinar at:
http://www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com/ask-weekly-webinar
Remember, there is no cost for these webinars. Also, if you have a topic you like to see covered then by all means shoot me an email or leave a comment on this blog about the topic or question you have and we’ll do our best to answer it in the upcoming webinar.
We hope to see you there.
I am happy to announce that we have scheduled our first Cloud Business Blueprint “Ask Us” webinar for Thursday the 6th of February at 12.30pm Sydney Australia time. This is a follow up from the CIAOPS Virtual Meetings that I ran last year. You can register at:
http://www.cloudbusinessblueprint.com/ask-weekly-webinar
Schedule willing, we plan to offer this webinar on a regular weekly basis, so you’ll be able to use that same URL to register for each weekly event. These may be not the same day every week but certainly we are aiming to run it regularly.
So what’s the “Ask Us” webinar all about? Well, it’s designed to allow you to ask any question you want about the cloud, business or technical it doesn’t matter. I am also happy to take questions in regards to SharePoint as well. There is no set agenda, just turn up at any time during the webinar and ask any question you want and we’ll do our best to answer it. If we can’t answer it during the webinar we’ll aim to get you the answer afterwards. We can also demonstrate anything specific on the screen.
Again, there is no obligation and the webinar is free for anyone to attend. We encourage you to attend to get all those burning cloud questions answered or just attend to see what others are asking.
Of course if you can’t attend this session look out for upcoming webinars at the same URL.
We hope to see you there.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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 
