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Join me at the PASS Summit 2014, Nov. 4-7 in Seattle, WA #summit14

October 23, 2014 1 comment

Hi

As you look to get the most from your database environment and career, I wanted to extend a special invitation for you to join me and 5,000 fellow professionals from around the world at PASS Summit 2014, Nov. 4-7 in Seattle, WA.

COME ALONG and meet me at the Birds of a Feather Luncheon (BoF) and interact with MVPs, SQLCAT architects, speakers, peers and members of the PASS Board and HQ team in this closing-day lunch focused on bringing people with the same passions together. We will discuss, debate and share ideas from your experiences and past week with others at this interactive sit-down. I will be covering topics like virtualization, cloud, security, Professional Development.

PASS Summit – the world’s largest SQL Server conference – is an amazing opportunity to connect, share, and learn with other SQL Server and BI pros like you and me.

With over 200 sessions across 5 topic tracks and 70+ hours of networking opportunities, PASS Summit is packed with the most intensive SQL Server and BI training available anywhere. Summit’s practical sessions are designed to help you increase your knowledge, keep your skills up-to-date, and gain strategic insights from the world’s leading experts that you can put into action immediately when you get back to the office. Plus, you can bring your pressing questions to the Microsoft SQLCAT team, meet me and other MVPS and community experts in the Community Zone, talk with your local PASS Chapter leader, and more – every day at Summit is a chance to make lifelong friends, like I have.

I hope to see you at Summit – here’s where you can register – and please let me know if you’re attending so that we can connect!

Cheers,
Alessandro

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TechEd Australia 2014 Melbourne and Sydney editions

October 6, 2014 1 comment

This year TechEd Australia will be held in Melbourne (Oct, 7th – Oct 8th) and in Sydney (Oct, 27th – Oct 28th)

I will be speaking about Azure Remote App on both editions and if you come along and tweet about my session you will enter into a draw to win a copy of my book along with Savision Polo.

It is an interactive demo. I will be using Hyper-V  to show how to build a custom RemoteApp image as well as demo the RemoteApp client on different devices.

Bring scale, agility and global access to your business applications. Azure RemoteApp helps employees stay productive anywhere, and on a variety of devices – Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, or Android. Integrate Azure RemoteApp with your company’s existing on-premise infrastructure and bring your own Remote Desktop Session Host, or deploy Azure RemoteApp using our pre-built app collections for a stand-alone cloud service. Quickly ramp up and provide seasonal workers, vendors, or large groups of new employees access to company applications without paying for new servers and expensive on-premise infrastructure.

Melbourne Edition

Date: Tuesday, October 7

  • Time:9:40 AM – 10:40 AM
  • Room: Datacentre and Infrastructure Management
  • Session Type: Breakout
  • Session Code:DCI301
  • Session Levels:300

 

Sydney Edition

Date:Monday, October 27

  • Time:10:10 AM – 11:10 AM
  • Room:Datacentre & Infrastructure Management
  • Session Type:Breakout
  • Session Code:DCI301
  • Session Levels:300
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It’s time for a new Windows. Announcing Windows 10 : One Product with a tailored experience for each device

October 1, 2014 1 comment

Windows 10 represents the first step of a whole new generation of Windows. Windows 10 unlocks new experiences for customers to work, play and connect. Windows 10 embodies what our customers (both consumers and enterprises) demand and what we will deliver

Microsoft promise that Windows 10 will deliver the right experience on the right device at the right time. It will be our most comprehensive platform ever

more details about what Windows 10 will have for these customers, check out this blog post on the Windows for your Business blog.

 

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Check out the Windows 10 Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=84NI5fjTfpQ

And form Windows Server and System Center perspective:

Infrastructure upgrades: Rolling upgrades for Hyper-V clusters to the next version of Windows Server without downtime for your applications and workloads. This includes support for mixed versions as you transition your infrastructure.

Networking:  New components for our software-defined networking stack that enable greater flexibility and control, including a network controller role to manage virtual and physical networks.

Storage: New synchronous storage replication that enhances availability for key applications and workloads plus storage Quality of Service to deliver minimum and maximum IOPS in environments with workloads with diverse storage requirements.

Remote Desktop: Enhanced application compatibility with OpenGL and OpenCL support.

Identity and Access Management: New scenarios to reduce the risk profile of administrators with elevated rights, including time-based access with fine-grained privileges, and new application publishing capabilities.

The DOWNLOAD it is not yet available but if you want to download the bits or try them on Azure, it will be published here http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=404281

 

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