Special invitation for experienced VMWare IT Pro

Attain training on Microsoft Server Virtualization and Management technologies today! Course Date: 18-20 April 2011****Venue: NetAssist Services Pte Ltd298 Tiong Bahru Road #08-02/03 Central Plaza Singapore 168730 About this Course This 400-level, three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the in-depth knowledge and skills needed to design a complex data center architecture using Microsoft virtualization and management technologies, including Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and the System Center Suite. This complimentary workshop is extended only to invited clients. Limited to two seats per organization. Please send replacement if the registered attendee cannot attend else a “No Show” fee of S$600 per seat will apply. Approval of your registration is subject to providing proof of VMware certification or years of experience in current or prior employment. Audience This course is intended for IT architects with extensive VMware experience who have the responsibility for designing and deploying virtualization data centers based on Microsoft technology with potential VMware integration. At Course Completion After completing this course, students will be able to: ...

.NET + Visual Studio 2010: Did you know...

We sincerely invite you to an afternoon of interesting learning with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET framework. See how .NET has evolved over the years and how Visual Studio meets all your development needs… To register for this event email Helen at [MSmarketing@swap.com.sg](mailto:MSmarketing@swap.com.sg?subject=RSVP to VS2010 and .NET event &body=Please complete the following fields:- %0A%0AName: %0AJob Title: %0APhone: %0AMobile: %0AEmail Address: %0ACompany Name: %0A%0AThank you.%0AHelen %0APhone: +65 6227 7445) or call for more information at +65 6227 7445. Date 13th April 2011 (Wednesday) Time 1:30pm to 6:00pm (Registration starts at 1.30pm) Venue Level 21, Auditorium, NTUC Centre, One Marina Boulevard, Microsoft Singapore Who Should Attend TDM, IT Manager, Project Manager, Application Manager, Architect, Development Team Leader, Developer, Programmer, Test & Quality Manager Agenda: ...

Students - We want YOU!

Hi Students! Hope this blog post finds you well and ready for your exams! Have you planned what are you going to do this summer? How about joining the Microsoft Innovation Centre (Singapore) this summer for a great learning opportunity. Job Description Microsoft Innovation Center is seeking Software Developer Interns to join the team. The position is a 3-month period internship. You will be working on cutting edge technologies, building proof-of-concepts and pilot projects. Dive into state-of-the-art technology, bring forth innovations and showcase solutions to customers and partners! Job Requirements ...

WebFest 2011 - The Next Web, a New Strategy

If you are interested in the Web and constantly asking yourself “What’s Next?”, you won’t want to miss this annual affair where we showcase the best of Microsoft on the Web front. Get it from the best – we will be featuring a guest presenter from Redmond USA, Gavin Warrener. Gavin Warrener started his career in the Internet industry and was a successful entrepreneur for over 10 years founding two companies: Amorphous New Media and Mint Net. Gavin worked for the first 6 years of his Microsoft career in web strategy, and was most recently the Customer Segment and Web Lead for Microsoft Middle East & Africa, building a web evangelism business that executed evangelism initiatives spanning 76 countries. In 2009, Gavin transferred to Microsoft HQ in Redmond, where he now has responsibility for the global web application ecosystem in the Developer & Platform Evangelism team. Be one of the first to find out more about IE9, our newly launched WebMatrix, PHP on Windows and many more! Find out for yourself ‘What’s Next?’ and see how it will impact you and your business. To register for more information email Sandy at: MSmarketing@swap.com.sg or call +65 6227 7445 ...

Win a KINECT with WebsiteSpark Part II

Calling all WebsiteSpark members! If you missed out on your chance to win a Kinect Bundle the last time round, this is the time for you to participate in this contest. Simply follow the steps below and you could be the one who walks away with a Kinect + Xbox 360 bundle worth over S$500. *For those who has reported websites but hasn’t validated them, you are also eligible. This is the time to validate your sites!* How to win the Kinect + Xbox 360 bundle? Criteria 1: Report your websites via http://websitespark.com Criteria 2: Report the most number of sites and win! Criteria 3: Each site submitted must have a unique IP and running on IIS 7.0 and above *If you are not a WebSiteSpark member but would like to join, please vist http://websitespark.com and sign up as a member first. How to submit your entry? ...

SSQL Server UG January Meet-up

Singapore SQL Server User Group January User Group Meeting Resources Governor Explained One of the improvements in SQL Server 2008 is Resources Governor. It has been very popular, but often misunderstood. The tool makes us easier to allocate resources in term of CPU and memory to specific application, database, or users. While configuration is pretty easy, there are some caveats and planning we need to understand to obtain a guaranteed resource. Speaker profile: Name : Choirul Amri Blog : http://choirulamri.org Choirul Amri is Principal Consultant with Avantus Training. As an SQL Server MVP, he is no stranger to Singapore IT community. Date: January 27th, 2011 Time: 7:00PM – 8:30 PM Registration starts at 6:30 PM Venue: NTUC Building 21st Floor Microsoft Office One Marina Boulevard Please confirm your attendance by sending email to SGSQL@LIVE.COM

Awesome WP7 Apps for Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is here again! The festive season of binging on goodies, collecting ‘ang bao’ (red packet) and endless visits to relatives that you only see once a year. Oh what fun! Here are some WP7 apps that will definitely help you along with your CNY activities and ensure you spend quality time on important things. Don’t sweat the small stuff, let your WP7 do all the dirty work. ...

In case you did not catch CodeMash 2011. Beware, Not for the timid.

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SharePointPros.SG Meet-up on 13 Jan 2011

Date : 13 January 2011 Time : 06:30PM – 09:00PM Location: Microsoft Singapore Level 21. One Marina Boulevard ** Refreshments will be provided Session Agenda Automated Installation of SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell Chyan Yee Goh, Consultant at Microsoft Consulting In this session, we will start with some PowerShell basics in SharePoint 2010. After that we will cover the reasons behind the usage of PowerShell and we will go into the challenges and scenarios when installing SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell scripting. Word Automation Service K.Mohamed Faizal, Lead Consultant at NCS This session you will lean creating custom solution to convert Word documents to PDF using document library list item event receiver to call Word Automation Services to convert Word documents to PDF when they are added to the list. The event receiver checks whether the list item added is a Word document. If so, it creates a conversion job to create a PDF version of the Word document and pushes the conversion job to the Word Automation Services conversion job queue. About Faizal: Faizal has over a decade of experience in Information Technology with a focus on enabling portals, Internet and Intranet. His area of specialization include but are not limited to evaluate and develop migration strategies for Lotus Notes application to SharePoint/.NET based solution, design content management, web-based self-service and collaboration solutions

{Community} Technology Update 2010

{Community} Technology Update 2010 Technical Updates for the community, by the community The 7th iteration of CTU is back – Once again, the Singapore User Groups have come together to bring a full day of technical sharing ranging from topics for developers, IT professionals and database administrators. We’ve packed a full day of contents which is meant to get you up to date with the latest technologies in the Microsoft stack. If you’re one person who learns better only with practice, come on and sign up for our Hands-on Lab! ...