Richard Qi

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SharePoint is popular and widespread today. To help you understand how to deploy, configure and manager SharePoint 2010, we are having two SharePoint 2010 Administration Hands-on labs. It is completely free and only 21 seats per session. Register today to secure a seat! Registration link: 7th April: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032481003&Culture=en-SG 21st April: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032481010&Culture=en-SG Location: Avantus Training Pte Ltd, 79 Robinson Road CPF Building Agenda: Deploy SharePoint 2010 Understanding Server Roles Software Requirements The install process Configure SharePoint 2010 ...

Topic: SQL Server Technology update & roadmap – focus on TDE, integration with SAP, SQL Server Audit, security best practices & resources A deeper look at SQL Server Security – investments, developments, benchmarks, performances where possible. Date: March 18th, 2011 Time: 7:00PM – 9:00 PM Registration starts at 6:30 PM Venue: NTUC Building 22CF-12 Microsoft Office One Marina Boulevard, Singapore 018989 Please confirm your attendance by sending email to SGSQL@LIVE.COM Speaker profile: Il-Sung Lee, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server Engine Security, Microsoft Corp. Il-Sung Lee is a Senior Program Manager for the Engine team in the SQL Server product group and is the PM owner for SQL Server Engine Security component. Il-Sung has over thirteen years of experience in the database industry as a developer and a program manager focusing on database security and database communications. His current focus is to advance the capabilities of SQL Server in areas such as authentication, authorization, cryptography, audit, and data leak prevention. He is a regular presenter at TechEd and SQLPASS and has spoken at numerous other domestic and international conferences over the past several years. Il-Sung graduated with an M.Eng degree from McGill University and subsequently worked for several years at IBM in their Information Management group prior to joining Microsoft, initially with the SQL Server Protocols team before moving to the Core Security Infrastructure area. We welcome for any feedback to improve interaction and activity in our user group. We are looking for a brave speaker too! If you have anything to share, something interesting from your daily jobs, please share and present for us. Send your thought to SGSQL@LIVE.COM. If you have changed to another role or not around in Singapore anymore and want to be removed from our list, please email us at SGSQL@LIVE.COM. Thank you and have a nice day ahead!

Date: 22nd March 2011 (Tuesday) Time: 7.00pm to 9.30pm Venue: 1 Marina Boulevard #21-00,MS Singapore – Auditorium 6.30pm: Registration 7.00pm: Session 1 – Introduction to Windows PowerShell 8.15pm: Break 8.30pm: Session 2 – Introduction to Windows Intune 9.30pm: Home Sweet Home Session 1 – Introduction to Windows Power Shell (June Blender) Abstract: Windows PowerShell is a powerful weapon which all IT Pros should be equipped with. It combines the interactivity of KSH or BASH, the programmability of Perl or Ruby, and the production-orientation of AS400 CL or VMS DCL. Whether you’re solving the problem at hand or scripting, standardizing, and automating your IT processes, Windows PowerShell can help. Join us for this informal, interactive session. It’s filled with demos so don’t expect too many slides from us, and you should be able to pick up some knowledge that is going to be useful in your work. A little about the speaker: June Blender, Senior Programming Writer for the Windows PowerShell Core Engineering Team, writes the help that you see when you type “Get-Help.” A fifteen-year veteran Microsoft employee, June has written about performance optimization, the Windows registry, command-line tools for system administrators, and tools for driver developers, in addition to writing widely about Windows PowerShell. She’s visiting SEA to share her experience in Windows PowerShell and to invite you to participate in developing the future of Windows PowerShell scripting and collaborative documentation. Session 2 – Introduction to Windows Intune (Matthew Hardman) Abstract: We presented to you the new cloud service, BPOS, sometime last year and now we have something new for you. Windows Intunes targets to help in simplifying PC management for business. Join Matthew Hardman for an introduction to Windows Intune, Microsoft’s cloud solution for managing desktops remotely. In this session we will examine how Intune can help you do patch management, endpoint security and reporting. Registration For registration, please email to admin@sgwindowsgroup.org with the following: - SWUG ID - Name - Email Address Note: There won’t be an event confirmation. Just turn up, we don’t turn people away. However, please register if you’re coming.

We will be running the following two TechNet Live Meetings in March. Register today! Innovating Virtualisation - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Live Meeting Session - Friday, March 11, 2011 1:00 PM, Singapore, Duration:60 Minutes Dynamic memory and RemoteFX are two exciting new capabilities in Windows server 2008 R2 SP1. In this session, we will cover more in details on these two new features and help you to understand their benefits. Optimizing SharePoint® Collaboration - SharePoint Live Meeting Session - Monday, March 14, 2011 1:00 PM, Singapore, Duration:60 Minutes In this session, we will cover the SharePoint flexible deployment options and how to manage and monitor your SharePoint farm with a centralized browser-based interface.

The Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate is available for download. Download it , see it in action and find out more at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-SG/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/home For ITPros, the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 9, and Internet Explorer 9 Blocker Toolkit are also available through Microsoft Download Center. Start to explore new capabilities and tools for Microsoft’s enterprise-ready browser today.

Keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level with Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Now available through Windows Update, or the Microsoft Download Center, SP1 provides ongoing improvements to the Windows operating system including previous updates delivered over Windows Update and incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms based on customer and partner feedback. Find out more at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-SG/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx