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InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Productivity Riwut Libinuko, MVP SharePoint Server Microsoft InfoPath 2010 provides easier way than ever to design electronic forms. It includes Office Fluent UI which allows us to create powerful, interactive forms without having to write any code. This session will show how to use InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to increase your productivity in solution delivery. Formatted mostly as on stage scenario – demos , we are expecting to expose all new functionalities. InfoPath Forms + SharePoint Workflows = Business Applications Hoo Kai Sheng, K2 As an application platform, SharePoint comes with a wide collection of building blocks that enables both business and technical users to create applications to suit varying business needs. We will be exploring forms and worklows in SharePoint - two commonly seen building blocks in a business application and review how can they be combined to establish high performance SharePoint solutions with the minimal effort possible. Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of K2 Singapore. Please RSVP to ssofian@mvps.org to confirm your attendance

My first brush with SQL was in 1996, with SQL 6.5. It was known as the “mickey mouse” database for some reasons i couldn’t understand then (well, i was still a student u know). I had huge respects for DBA (Database Administrators) and earned my first DBA Certification (MCDBA) from Microsoft in 2002. And subsequently upgraded my certifications several rounds. Yes, i’m on my next round of certification updates. This time i’m eyeing on SQL Server 2008 R2. From a simple database server to now, it has grown so much (Felt like my brains are swelling from picking it up). I just wanted to share a very cool set of resources that i picked up on Channel 9. It is a Developers Training Course for SQL Server 2008 R2. Supposedly to be meant for developers, but i felt IT Pros benefits from understanding the information too. (Warning to IT Pros: Might be a bit too developer focused. Good for DBAs to know the capabilities). To make it easy, i’m listing the topics here. But do visit the main page for a collection; ...

Session 1: 7.15pm to 8.30pm Abstract for Exchange 2010 High Availablity for CAS and Hub Transport Server by: Speaker: Shaji Firoz This month we are going to touch on recommended way to deploy CAS / HUB servers with HA in mind to provide various Exchange services like OWA, Outlook Anywhere, Autodiscover, Free Busy, etc. Also Shaji will discuss on the importance of implementing Reverse Proxy technology and the need to place hardware Load balancer in the architect design and certificate requirements for various Exchange services. This will offer load balancing across CAS/Hub Servers to overcome the native Windows Network Load Balance shortfall. He will share with us on how users get to use 2 factor authentication when they access company mail using OWA from Public places. 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. Session 2: 8.45pm to 10pm Abstract for Exchange 2010 High Availability for Mailbox Server (DAG): Speaker: Triston Wan This topic will share with you on how Exchange 2010 High Availability for Mailbox role (DAG) was architected. How this new HA solution will help companies achieve its highest availability with the lower cost. The speaker will discuss how simple it is to implement DR solution as compared to the early versions of Exchange server. You will also learn DAG designs based on different scenarios that Enterprises could consider and why backup is not required with Exchange 2010. We will also deep-dive into DAG solution with more details. About Triston Wan: Wan Ziyang (Triston) is Sr.Consultant with a System Integrator based in Singapore. He is MCSE since year 2005 and MVP in Exchange Server. Triston leads Singapore MessagingTalk User Group activities where folks interested in Microsoft Messaging Technologies gather for learning and networking. He has done several implementation on various versions of Exchange Servers. He is also Redhat Certified Engineer on EL4. Registration For registration, please email to tristonwan@gmail.com.com with the following: ...

 Singapore SharePoint Community Date 08 July 2010 Time 06:45 PM – 9:30PM Location Microsoft Singapore Level 22 CF-12 Scalable SharePoint Infrastructure Management William Tay, Microsoft Singapore Come by and enjoy a highly-interactive session with William as he talks about the latest and neatest trick in the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack called PowerPivot and how it fits into the entire Microsoft Business Intelligence solution – and more importantly, how it democratize Business Intelligence in the enterprise with the Microsoft belief of BI for the Masses. Introduction to Claims Authentication in SharePoint 2010 Chyan Yee Goh, Microsoft Consulting Services When it comes to identity management intensive applications, it’s hard to top SharePoint. Whether you are signing in a portal, accessing a document or using a webpart for reaching out to external web services, your identity is going to be the factor that drives it all. In this session, we will give an overview of how claims based authentication is used in SharePoint 2010 and how this opens up opportunities for authentication scenarios that were not possible before. Refreshments will be provided, courtesy of AvePoint Singapore. Please RSVP to ssofian@mvps.org to confirm your attendance. And reserve your SharePoint 2010 shirt. Whilst stocks last.

Session 1 – Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service Abstract: AD LDS provides directory storage and access for applications, AD LDS uses the same standard application programming interfaces (APIs) as Active Directory to manage and access the application data. The resulting conceptual and programming compatibility makes AD LDS ideal for applications that require directory services, but do not require the complete infrastructure features of Active Directory. Skill Level: 200-350 (Intermediate to Advance) Session 2 – Infrastructure Troubleshooting Abstract: Regardless of how well your infrastructure is designed, mysterious problems always plague Systems Engineers and Administrators. There are a myriad of tools to use, but which is the right one? Using the right tool is crucial is finding out what is wrong and how to fix it. This session introduces Advanced Troubleshooting Tools followed by Debugging techniques to troubleshoot User Mode problems which includes LeakDiag, Process Explorer, Process Monitor, ADPlus utility and Windbg. We will also do an elementary debugging techniques using Windbg. Skill Level: 200-350 (Intermediate to Advance) Registration For registration, please email to swug@mvps.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

Last night, I was invited by IEEE GOLD to speak at a cloud computing event they organized for their members. They wanted me to share with them about what Microsoft was doing in cloud computing. (For those who don’t know, IEEE GOLD stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Graduates Of Last Decade. That’s a long name!) I didn’t know what to expect, since I was told the audience would be a mix of current students, graduated students, researchers, faculty, alumni and industry people. And being an IEEE event, it meant that most of the audience came from an electrical engineering background, instead of an IT background like the technical audiences we normally reach out to. I mean, do electrical engineers really care about cloud computing? Well, surprisingly (to me), yes! As I sort of expected, the audience got the most excited when I spoke about the massive investment that Microsoft is putting into building data centers all around the world. I spoke about how Microsoft is using 4th-generation data center designs and cutting-edge technology allows Microsoft to achieve an average PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.22 in their data centers. (As a reference, Google’s twelve-month energy-weighted average PUE is around 1.18. We are only a little bit behind. :)) And as expected, the PUE discussion triggered off a flurry of questions and further discussions around how PUE is measured and optimized in data centers. All in all it was a great night of conversation with a very passionate audience that was very engaged. Here are the slides that I used for the presentation last night: [slideshare id=4168237&doc=microsoftandthecloud-jonathanwong-100520005112-phpapp01]

The Singapore user group communities, Professional .NET User Group, SQL Server User Group, and Windows IT Pros User Group, once again, have come together to bring to you a day of in-depth sessions and demonstrations of the newMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is packed with a wealth of new features and capabilities that can help organizations to scale with confidence on a trusted platform, improve IT and developer efficiency, and enable self service business intelligence. The benefits of the enhanced capabilities extend to application and multi-server management, complex event processing, master data services and powerful BI tools. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 is an integrated environment that simplifies the whole development lifecycle, from design to development. Developers can use existing skills to model, code, debug and deploy a growing number of applications types. With SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010, users will be able to create compelling applications that deliver business value soonest while maintaining the quality and integrity of your IT assets. Why should you attend the event: ...

I was sharing with SWUG just last week about delivering videos using Windows Server 2008. I was very surprised to learn that many do not know that Windows Server has the ability to deliver videos. I have shared many examples of local deployment of Windows Server 2008 to host video files. This short presentation (about 1 hr), I shared about using Windows Server 2008, loaded with Streaming Media Services and using IIS Smooth media streaming. The session included an overview and also how to setup. It look merely 15 mins to setup both up on the same server. ;-) Easy and fast. Of course, there are a lot more. Anyway, i am sharing my deck of slides used during the session. Feel free to see this video (Example of IIS 7 + Smooth Media Streaming): http://fab.pingdennis.com This is a demo site i use to show IIS7, so might be up or down. :-) ...

Earlier this week, we hosted the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) Cloud Computing and Virtualization Special Interest Group (SIG) at our Microsoft offices for a talk on Microsoft’s cloud computing strategy. This event was the first of their “Cloud Computing Learning Journey into Major Cloud Providers” series of talks which they are organizing for their members. This was also one of the events which kicked-off our Microsoft Cloud Week this week. The turnout was fabulous (100+ attendees), and we all had a lot of fun sharing with the SCS folks what Microsoft is doing with the cloud. [gallery link=“file” orderby=“rand”] Here are the presentation slides from that night: [slideshare id=3743394&doc=scsopeningjohnfernandes-100416021239-phpapp01] [slideshare id=3743390&doc=scsmicrosoftcloudserviceswalterbenjamin-100416021208-phpapp02] [slideshare id=3743398&doc=scsprojectnimbusnenggiinyap-100416021239-phpapp02] [slideshare id=3743401&doc=scswindowsazureplatformjonathanwong-100416021257-phpapp02] [slideshare id=3743387&doc=scsddcdarrylchantry-100416021137-phpapp01]

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