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
The Future of SQL Server I believe that there are many of you are busy migrating. Moving and upgrading from previous version to SQL Server 2008, and some of you already using SQL Server 2008 R2. There are tons of R2 features we can count on, especially on BI part. We already have countless meeting in the past talking about those BI enhancements, its benefit, and how does it improve and impact our development. Now it’s time for reflection. What we have done in the past. What we have achieved, and what are our expectation for the future. Are there any features you want to include in the next release? Do you have any idea on how to make this platform better in the future? Come and join us with 2 executives from SQL Server product team in our next meeting. This is the right time to hear about strategic direction of SQL Server directly from people who made the product. You may have some concerns, wish list and feedback. Nobody knows better other than us on how SQL Server performs in daily production. Our feedback will be very valuable for the product team to make necessary improvements. Bring your boss too; he/she may have strategic idea that will be valuable for our meeting. We will discuss the following topics: ...
The Post PDC10 Viewing Party, 8th November at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, co-hosted by Hammad Rajjoub from was a smashing success as we had a good time watching PDC10 keynotes from Steve Ballmer and Bob Muglia and talking about some of the technologies mentioned in PDC10. There was awesome freebies, insightful content and engaging conversations going around the room. It all ended with a scrumptious dinner that everyone enjoyed immensely and of course the grand lucky draw prize of an Xbox 360 + Guitar Hero package was given out to Veerasivanantham Paramasivam of Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. Here are some snapshots of the event: During the event, Ziriad’s (Microsoft Singapore DPE Director) keynote covered some of the key technologies such as Cloud, IE9, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 etc. which was followed by two break-out sessions. You can check out Ziriad’s slides here: [slideshare id=5774621&doc=pdc2010update-101114035258-phpapp01] First break-out session is from Mingfei (Microsoft Developer Evangelist) on Windows Azure AppFabric. Slides below: [slideshare id=5774665&doc=boacloudcomputing-101114040211-phpapp02] Second break-out session is from Hammad (Microsoft MVP, Lead of ) on Windows Server AppFabric. Slides below: [slideshare id=5741540&doc=windowsserverappfabric-pdc2010-101111065307-phpapp01]
So here is how the story goes… we have a winner for our “Guess what she is smiling about” contest and here are the top 3 entries that we think are the most creative! In 3rd place… “I guess the lady is saying about having an application that knows whether the guy she adores likes her based on his heartbeat rate.” -Lin Liyi In 2nd place… “She wants an app that lets her share what her boyfriend sings to her.” -Anuj Bheda and the winner of our KINECT… “She needs an app that can detect the peak frequency of laser emissions coming out from someone so she can plan her counter attack accordingly..” -Jocelyn Villaraza Big ‘Thank You’ to all who have participated, Re-Tweeted, shared this contest and congratulations to Jocelyn for giving us such an entertaining and creative answer. Jocelyn’s app would really come in handy in the future, when all of us carry around our laser guns and light sabres ready for a showdown anytime, its like the wild wild west 2.0! By the way, did I mention that the 2 runner ups gets super awesome limited edition WP7 stickers? Yes… WP7 stickers, you will get, hmmm. ...
Don’t miss out on the Southeast Asia’s biggest SharePoint event of the year! This is the conference to learn about SharePoint 2010 with expert local and international speakers presenting on topics that will help you understand and succeed with your SharePoint implementations and add real value to your organisation and businesses. In addition to the session content you’ll have ample opportunities to network with your peers in the community and technical and industry experts including local and international Microsoft Most Valued Professionals and Southeast Asia’s top Certified Partners. ...
September Meet Up Agenda Date: 29th Sept 2010 Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00PM Venue: Microsoft Singapore (Conference Room SINOMB 22CF-12) 7:00 PM to 7:15PM - Registration 7:20 PM to 8:30PM – Third Party Archive Integration in Exchange 2010 by Shaji Firoz 8:30 PM to 8:45PM - Toilet/Stretching Break 8:45PM to 10PM – Synergy in Microsoft Productivity Solutions by David Lim Abstract for Third Party Archive Integration in Exchange 2010: With release of SP1 in Exchange 2010, archiving is in-built now. However, this session will be focusing on third party archiving solution, namely, SourceOne from EMC.We will be going through high level framework of SourceOne architecture, its integration with Exchange 2010, general features and lastly, how to manage it. Session will emphasis mostly on used case basis, where users moved from Notes mail system to Exchange Server, manage their huge NSF file in SourceOne Archiving Server. Also, the session will discuss about features such as Journaling, Shortcuting and PST ingestion. So join us in this month’s meet up and get to know more about this beta release. Abstract for Synergy in Microsoft Productivity Solutions: Demo how the IW (informationWorker) can leverage Microsoft Unified Communication on daily work. In this session, will demo how OCS 2007 a simple phone call can become a conference call or a video conference on the fly. Voice-mail and faxes move over the network like email and will arrive in the Microsoft Office Outlook inbox where users can sort, prioritize, and forward them, just like any piece of email. Users on the road can dial in over any telephone to hear their emails and appointments. About Shaji Firoz: Shaji Firoz is a Senior Consultant working for IT Outsourcing company in Singapore. Shaji works mostly on Microsoft Technologies - with keen on messaging environment. He leads the development & implementation efforts in Exchange & Active Directory environments. He authors MS Exchange based technical articles in this site and spends time on blogging about Hosted Exchange in msexchange.org blog section. In recognition of his knowledge of Windows & Exchange Servers and his willingness to share the information and help to community, Microsoft recognized him with MVP in Exchange Server. About David Lim: David Lim works as a Solution Manager that focuses on Microsoft Infrastructure Solution and Microsoft Unified Communication in Local System Integration Company; a Microsoft Gold Partner and Microsoft Voice Specialized Partner. His expertise in Microsoft Unified Communication, based on Microsoft Exchange and Communication Server Solutions. I also experienced in Microsoft Virtualization Technology and System Center. Registration For registration, please email to tristonwan@gmail.com with the following: ...
After receiving much comments from various members: Excel PowerPivot in 2010. We’ll give Project 2010 a short break till the next session as I think the broader topic at hand is Business Intelligence in Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint 2010. And so… for this month, we’ll cover just that in a bumper 2 hour session on BI in 2010. Agenda: 1900h Introduction 1905h Business Intelligence in Microsoft Office Excel 2010 including PowerPivot for Excel 2010. 1945h Break 2000h Business Intelligence in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 Covering PowerPivot for SharePoint 2010, Excel Services 2010 and Performance Point 2010. It’s going to be a packed session and do pass word around as few sessions integrate as many products into one demo as this… Date: 15th September 2010, Wed Time: 1845h - 2100h Venue: Microsoft Singapore, Level 22CF-12 To register, simple email Tian-AnTan@avantustraining.com. to confirm your attendance and any number of friends tagging along. Tian-An MVP Office System Singapore Office User Group
SharePoint Content Governance Linden Daniels, Microsoft Consulting Services SharePoint is one of the fastest selling products from Microsoft. Yet it still causes IT and users problems with scaling usability, performance and operations. Find out more by understanding the underlying architecture and what remediation can be done. Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of Microsoft Singapore. Please RSVP to ssofian@mvps.org to confirm your attendance Linden is a Principal Consultant working for Microsoft Singapore, focusing in the areas of Knowledge Management, Document Management and Collaboration. Originally working in Document Management, he has moved on to Portal Technologies where he now specialises the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products and Technologies. Linden has been working in Microsoft Singapore for 10 years and is a leading expert in SharePoint technologies in the South East Asia region. He has helped many large organisations and companies successfully implement SharePoint products and technologies in Singapore, South East Asia, Australia and Europe, such as McKinsey, Singapore’s and the Australian Tax Offices, Major Oil Companies, Ministry of Education, the Law Courts, International Financial and Banking Institutions, International Chip Companies etc. His 15 years of information technology experience has exposed him to a wide range of development platforms and systems. This enables his to understand the strategic nature of information technology across diverse vertical industries.
<We’re giving away a copy of Windows Home Server to a lucky attendee!> Date: 8th September 2010 (Wednesday) Time: 7.00pm to 9.30pm Venue: 1 Marina Boulevard #22-00,MS Singapore – 22FC12 6.30pm: Registration 7.00pm: Session 1 – Kaspersky Open Space Security 8.15pm: Toilet/Stretching Break 8.30pm: Session 2 – Windows 7 Deployment Tools Update 9.30pm: Home Sweet Home Session 1 – Kapersky Abstract: In this session, Mr. Lim Thou Liang will cover in depth why Kaspersky is leading in the world’s top 4 anti-virus solution space with many renowned security vendors like Juniper, Blue Coat, Sybari, Clearswift etc who use their anti-virus engine. He will also demonstrate on the ease of management, administration and support of Kaspersky Central Admin Kit. Speaker’s Profile: Thou Liang graduated from University of New Castle, Australia with a degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Computer). He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, out of which more than 10 years of training experience in system courses, specializing in a complete range of Microsoft BackOffice products. As one of the pioneer MCTs and MCSE in Asia, Thou Liang has been an early starter in Microsoft technology. He is one of the leading IT Trainer/Consultant and has trained numerous IT professionals, both locally and around the S.E Asia region. Thou Liang’s other areas of expertise include NT, Windows 2000/2003/2008, SQL, Visual Basic, various versions of C language, Security, BizTalk Server, Datawarehousing, OLAP, XML and many more. His other exposure includes software development in the arena of C, C++, VB, VB .NET, and C# programming languages Session 2 – Windows 7 Deployment Tools Update Abstract: Join Jay in learning about the new updates made available in helping you deploy Windows 7 in the Enterprise. If you think you already know enough about deployment, think again. We will cover User-Driven Installation (UDI), a deployment framework that combines the flexibility of Lite touch Installation + Control and Automation of Zero Touch Installation. We will also learn how MAP 5.0 can help u do a readiness assessment for Office 2010, software usage tracking for Windows Server, Sharepoint Server, System Center Configuration Manager, Exchange Server and SQL Server. We end off with AppCompat Toolkit 5.6, which now includes Compatibility Testing for 64bit applications, additional detection for Windows 7 deprecated features. Join us, to learn about the updates, ask questions, and make the best use of the tools available to make your life easy. 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.