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AVIcode delivers market-leading .NET application performance monitoring capabilities to help ensure the availability of business-critical applications and services, regardless of where they are deployed. It is part of System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) and can be installed as a Management Pack. To download the AVIcode management pack, go to HERE. AVIcode really allows the infrastructure team to provide more valuable information to the application engineering team. The process of sending these valuable information can be as easy as right click on the alert in SCOM and select send to engineering team. This is achieved through SCOM TFS connector (Read my post on TFS connector to know more). More importantly, it helps to identify where the real problem is. We don’t have to second guess whether the problem comes from infrastructure or application. AVIcode has capabilities like ...

The 8th iteration of CTU is back – It’s the time of the year User Group of Singapore come together and put up a full day technical sharing event for the community. Organized by the community for the community, we have sessions that suits IT Professionals, Developers and Database Administrators. We have arranged for you a full day of contents to help get you up to date with the latest technologies in the Microsoft stack. If you are someone who like hands on more than anything, you are welcome to sign up for our Hands-on Lab on the actual day itself! Don’t miss this chance and start registering today! Why you should attend this event: ...

Tech·Ed North America 2011 just happened this week. If you attended the event, please share with us your experience. For many of us who cannot go, the contents are available online now. Go to HERE to see all the videos available. Make sure you watch the Keynote as Corporate Vice President,Server and Tools Marketing,Robert Wahbe and Corporate Vice President,Visual Studio,Jason Zander showcase a broad array of technology There is a wide swath of topics for IT professionals especially on Private Cloud and System Center 2012. Below list only covers some of them (view full list on System Center here). To try out System Center 2012, join the Community Evaluation Program today! ...

Microsoft Cloud Day was held on April 27th 2011 with 170 attendees representing 130 companies. It was a full day event with the aim of updating our community on Windows Azure Platform. We had extensively covered a mix of business and technical contents, from introducing the importance of cloud computing to deploying and monitoring Windows Azure application on the cloud. Highlights of the event includes the participation of Windows Azure AppFabric product team sharing the roadmap which was beneficial to our customers. We had excellent speakers from our SI Partner aZaaS, NCS and we also invited our customer Yolk for showcasing its Azure solution. All training partner booths (aZaaS, NCS and NetAsset) showcasing MS learning and cloud courses were well received. ...

It’s Time For CTU 2011!! It is time of the year again that we hold CTU for our local community. CTU 2011 is set to be on 25th Jun 2011 (Sat). It will be a full day event covering 3 track, IT Pro, Developer and Special Track. Early bird registration is set at $12/pax and onsite registration at $20/pax. Interesting topic have been planned for the community. Attendees can expect to walk away with valuable and latest information on the new technology in the market. Do join us in May meet up as Desmond share with you more detail for this upcoming CTU. Meanwhile, mark down on your calendar and you won’t want to miss this valuable yet interesting event. More detail will reach you in a separate email, so do keep a look out for that. May Meet Up Agenda Date: 11th May2011 (Wednesday) Time: 7.00pm to 9.30pm Venue: 1 Marina Boulevard #21-00,MS Singapore–Level 21 Auditorium 6.30pm: Registration 7.00pm: Session 1 – System Center Management Suite 8.15pm: Break 8.30pm: Session 2 – System Center Configuration Manger 9.30pm: Home Sweet Home Session 1 & 2 – System Center Night (Sainath) Abstract: System Center Management Suite is a solution for Mid-Size and Enterprise Organizations which provide end-end management of both Physical and Virtual Infrastructures. You will learn the different products embedded into one management suite along with their features which include SCOM 2007 R2, SCVMM 2008 , SCCM 2007 R2 , SCDPM 2007. In the second session we concentrate on one of the best products of System Center Suite, System Center Configuration Manager. We will discover in detail about the abilities which SCCM would bring in for the administrators and the features it provides. We also make quick comparison between Microsoft and IBM BigFix product. Registration For registration, please email to admin@sgwindowsgroup.org 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. ...

Yes. It is absolutely FREE. 15 hours of HD-quality videos from the “Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals” Jump Start course are now available for free on TechNet Edge for IT Pros. Additionally,every module will be made available with assessment questions on the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) later this month. The 15-hour course is broken into three sections: (1) Platform, (2) Management, and (3) VDI “Team-teaching” approach led by Microsoft partner and virtualization architect, Corey Hynes,and Microsoft Technical Evangelist**, Symon Perriman.** Every module is an engaging discussion, packed with best practices and real-world demonstrations Over 2,300 people joined the three-day course in U.S., 86% said the course improved their perception of Microsoft’s approach to virtualization ...

Deep dive into the world of Cloud Computing with Microsoft as we bring you across a series of topics ranging from Web Applications on Cloud, Implementation & Security as well as Cloud Computing Architecture. Seize this golden opportunity to speak to Alex Chan, one of the leading minds in Cloud Computing, and let him shed some light on your burning questions about the Cloud. ****Alex Chan joined Microsoft in 2005 to help establish the Server and Tools Business (STB) in China. He currently serves as the Product Unit Manager of the AppFabric Developer Experience (ADX) team based out of Shanghai, responsible for global product development and local customer and partner engagement in the region.****Come and find out for yourself the power of Cloud Computing. Click here to view the full agenda with session abstract. ...

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Just in case you haven’t gone through the updates for Windows Azure announced at MIX 11, below is a summary of the new services and functionalities that will be available / is currently available for Azure. New Services and Functionality An update to the Windows Azure SDK that includes a Web Deployment Tool to simplify the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. This new tool integrates with Visual Studio 2010 and the Web Platform Installer. This update will ship later today. ...

Date: April 28th, 2011 Time: 7:00PM – 9:00 PM Registration starts at 6:30 PM Venue: NTUC Building 22CF-12 Microsoft Office One Marina Boulevard Speaker profile: Renaud HARDUIN is ESSILOR European IT Singapore Developement Service Manager, in Singapore (ESSILOR ITSS / 38 people / 6 teams). He is in charge of Europe IT Development Team and provides support for various Business Support. Renaud is MVP on SQL/BI since 2005. Michael LABASTIDA is ESSILOR BI Technical Leader & BI Expert In charge of one of the major BI ESSILOR Project in ESSILOR ITSS. Alvin Lau is your average Joe in the application space and is a large advocate of .NET technologies since 2005. In his spare time, he runs SGDOTNET, a Singapore-based .NET user group, and loves to share his experience and knowledge. His area of interests includes ASP.Net, Agile development, SharePoint and Microsoft BI. ...