Upcoming TechNet Webcasts: August 2004
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Webcast Series
This series of webcasts is designed to help you to get the most out of your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 deployment and to introduce you to new topics and capabilities.
TechNet Webcast: Managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices - Part 1: Operations and Tasks - Level 200
Monday, August 02, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Kevin Remde , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Do you want to gain a better understanding of some of the basic concepts of managing Windows Server™ 2003? Then join us for this four-part series on managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices. In part one of the webcast series we will discuss the tasks required for managing Active Directory® and the frequency at which they should be performed. Specifically, we will cover backup and restore, database maintenance and recovery. The session will follow Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) guidelines for planning, deploying, and maintaining IT operational processes in support of mission-critical service solutions.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32584
TechNet Webcast: Project Server Deployment for High Scalability and Availability - Level 300
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Brian Kennemer, Project Server Specialist, Quantumpm
Deploying Project Server 2003 for high scalability and high availability requires planning to properly execute. Join this webcast discussion on the planning, roles and resources required to successfully deploy Project Server 2003.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32589
TechNet Webcast: Managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices - Part 2: DHCP Operations and Tasks - Level 200
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Kevin Remde , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Do you want to gain a better understanding of some of the basic concepts of managing Windows Server™ 2003? Then join us for this four-part series on managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices. In part two of this webcast series we will discuss the administrative tasks and the frequency at which they should be performed when managing DHCP servers. Specifically, we will look at backup and restore, scope and database maintenance. The session will follow Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) guidelines for planning, deploying, and maintaining IT operational processes in support of mission-critical service solutions.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32591
TechNet Support Webcast: Using Internet Authentication Service server to set up 802.1x networks
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
10:00 AM Pacific Time
Wednesday, August 4, 2004: 10:00 A.M. Pacific time (Greenwich mean time- 7 hours).
Sam Salhi, Microsoft Corporation
This webcast discusses setting up 802.1x networks using IAS as the RADIUS server and talks about various kinds of setup. This presentation gives recommendations and troubleshooting tips and includes information about Certification Authority services, Active Directory, and Group Policy.
https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842439
TechNet Webcast: What Do You Want to Script Today? - Level 200
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Microsoft Scripting Guys, , Microsoft Corporation
Once you begin to master the basics of system administration scripting, you are faced with two questions. First, where do I go from here? And second, how do I get there? In this follow-up to the Scripting Week webcasts, the Microsoft Scripting Guys will introduce you to the tools, documentation, Web sites, and other resources that will help you make full use of your new-found scripting knowledge.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32594
TechNet Webcast: NT 4.0 and Windows 2003 Active Directory Interoperability - Level 200
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Chris Avis , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Find what you need to know about Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows Server™ 2003 Active Directory® interoperability and migrating migration. This session will cover trust relationships, using the Active Directory Sizer tool, name resolution methods, directory and file replication between Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Server 2003, and the interoperation of system and group policy.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32598
TechNet Webcast: Managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices - Part 3: DNS Operations and Tasks - Level 200
Thursday, August 05, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Chris Avis , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Do you want to gain a better understanding of some of the basic concepts of managing Windows Server™ 2003? Then join us for this four-part series on managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices. In part three of this webcast series we will discuss the administrative tasks and the frequency at which they should be performed when managing DNS servers. Specifically, we will look at backup and restore, scope and database maintenance. The session will follow Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) guidelines for planning, deploying, and maintaining IT operational processes in support of mission-critical service solutions.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32599
TechNet Webcast: Monitoring SMS 2003 using MOM 2005 - Level 200
Thursday, August 05, 2004
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Peter Lamanna, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft® Operations Manager has great capabilities for monitoring Windows® systems. MOM 2005 includes components that provide monitoring of SMS 2003 environments. In this session, we'll discuss how to monitor SMS 2003 SP1 using MOM 2005.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30920
TechNet Webcast: A Shoptalk Discussion -- Microsoft IT Experiences: Five Sarbanes-Oxley Key Controls For the IT OS SECURITY Location - Level 200
Thursday, August 05, 2004
11:30 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Mark Lawrence, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act, passed by Congress in July 2002, contains requirements regarding business process controls for many companies that file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Companies subject to the SOX Act are working to document and evaluate processes, leading to senior management certification and auditor attestation that effective controls are in place. These controls implicitly extend to IT security. Join us for this 30-minute webcast to learn how Microsoft IT used Microsoft technologies such as Active Directory® directory services and Microsoft® Windows® Group Policy to identify, define, implement, and test five "Key Controls" focused on the Operating System Security subcycle location to help Microsoft comply with the SOX Act.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32601
TechNet Webcast: Managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices - Part 4: WINS Operations and Tasks - Level 200
Friday, August 06, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Chris Avis , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Do you want to gain a better understanding of some of the basic concepts of managing Windows Server™ 2003? Then join us for this four-part series on managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices. In part four of this webcast series we will discuss the administrative tasks and the frequency at which they should be performed when managing WINS servers. Specifically, we will look at backup and restore, scope and database maintenance. The session will follow Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) guidelines for planning, deploying, and maintaining IT operational processes in support of mission-critical service solutions.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32603
TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Active Directory: New Features - Level 200
Friday, August 06, 2004
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Michael Murphy , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Making changes to your Active Directory®? Get a comprehensive view of the Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Active Directory® operations along with a focus on some new features for deployment, administration, forest trusts, Group Policies, and application support. You will want to join this webcast whether you are adopting Active Directory for the first time in Windows Server 2003, or are considering an Active Directory upgrade from Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows® 2000.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32605
TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003: Technical Overview - Level 200
Friday, August 06, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
William Bryan Von Axelson , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Have you seen all the new features available Exchange Server 2003? Exchange has new security enhancements which include better anti-spam and anti-virus features. Join this webcast for an up-close look at administration improvements to the Mailbox Recovery Center, Error Reporting, Public Folder management and the Exchange System Manager. Also, see the improvements to the Outlook Client side, Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Outlook Mobile Access (OMA).
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32608
TechNet Webcast: Automating Administration of Windows Server 2003 - Level 200
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Kevin Remde , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how command line tools can automate the administration of a broad range of Windows Server™ 2003 tasks, including administration of Active Directory®, management of printers and print queues, and remote information-gathering by help desk personnel. This session provides Windows Server 2003 administrative scenarios, an overview of select command line tools and scripts and concludes with a discussion of the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32612
TechNet Webcast: Top 10 Tools for Administrative Scripting - Level 200
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Don Jones, Book Author and Founder of ScriptingAnswers.com,
VBScript and batch files can be effective automation tools for Windows administrators, but you may sometimes feel as if you're spending more time writing scripts than you would have spent just doing everytthing manually! Learn the tricks the pros use to make scripting painless, as Don Jones, founder of ScriptingAnswers.com, introduces the top ten tools for administrative scripting. Learn about advanced script editors, script creation wizards, script templates, and more. There's something for everyone, whether you prefer VBScript, batch files, KiXtart, or even JScript.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30746
TechNet Webcast: A Shop Talk Discussion on Optimizing Network Bandwidth Usage and Application Performance - Level 200
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
David Wilson, Microsoft IT Network Analyst, Microsoft Corporation
How does Microsoft successfully manage their growing wide area network demand and escalating operating costs? Microsoft IT assembled a small, dedicated team, tasked with identifying and implementing ways to improve engineering, operating, and management efficiencies for overall bandwidth consumption. They set and met goals to increase network efficiency by 12 percent and reduce costs by nine percent. Through strategies such as rigorous auditing of existing bandwidth usage and more accurate forecasting of future bandwidth needs, existing capacity was utilized more efficiently and costs were reduced. Come view the tools Microsoft uses to help manage their network more effectively.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32614
TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Fundamentals - Part 1 - Level 200
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
John Baker , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
This three-part webcast series covers some of the basic concepts of Active Directory®; logical concepts as they relate to Domain, Trees and Forests and the physical concepts of Domain Controllers and Sites. Part One of the webcast series looks at the logical concepts of the Active Directory, including Domains and how they form the boundaries for elements such as security and administration. See how domains form forests as either a single entity or grouped together as trees and learn to use Organizational Units for administrative grouping.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32620
TechNet Webcast: UrlScan 2.5 and IIS 6.0 - Level 200
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Chris Adams , Web Platform Supportability Lead, Microsoft Corporation
The UrlScan security tool goes hand-in-hand with IIS 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1, but how does the latest version of the tool apply to IIS 6.0? This session outlines the specifics of UrlScan 2.5, explaining when and how you should use it with IIS 6.0. Join this webcast to learn about the changes in UrlScan 2.5 that support the new IIS architecture and how to troubleshoot problems by using the UrlScan log.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28757
TechNet Webcast: Project 2003 – Integration with Windows SharePoint Services - Level 300
Thursday, August 12, 2004
9:00AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Brian Kennemer, Project Server Specialist, Quantumpm
Your Project Server implementation can benefit from the additional features of Windows® SharePoint™ Services (WSS). Learn how WSS integrates with Project Server along with discussing deployment and scalability options.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32623
TechNet Webcast: Introducing the NEW Microsoft Office 2003 Access Conversion Toolkit - Level 200
Thursday, August 12, 2004
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
David Smith, Senior Consultant, Entirenet
The Microsoft® Office 2003 Access Conversion Toolkit is a new set of tools and documentation to help you plan and carry out a successful Access conversion effort. This webcast explores the features of the Access Conversion Toolkit for IT professionals who are tasked with managing conversion of Access databases in the Enterprise environment. We will also demonstrate important features of the Toolkit, provide background on Access versions and conversion issues, and offer links to further resources.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32624
TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Windows Server 2003 - Level 200
Friday, August 13, 2004
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
William Bryan Von Axelson , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
See how the new features of Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 can be used to streamline administration, speed deployment, and resolve issues with past Windows® network deployments. This session covers a broad range of topics including file system features, application support, Active Directory® enhancements, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, Group Policy management, and scalability.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32627
TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2003: Recovery and Preparedness Strategies - Level 200
Friday, August 13, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
William Bryan Von Axelson , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Server down; now what? Join us for this important session on how to prepare and recover your Exchange Server 2003 system to reduce server downtime. A broad array of disaster preparedness and response strategies for Exchange Server 2003 administration are covered in the webcast. The Microsoft presenter will discuss and demonstrate best practices for backing up Exchange 2003 servers, preparing and performing an alternate server recovery, replacing a damaged server and the new features of Exchange 2003, including the Mailbox Recovery Center and the Recovery Storage Group.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32629
TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Fundamentals - Part 2 - Level 200
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Blain Barton, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
This three-part webcast series covers some of the basic concepts of Active Directory®; logical concepts as they relate to Domain, Trees and Forests and the physical concepts of Domain Controllers and Sites. Part Two of the webcast series looks at the physical concepts of the Active Directory including Domain Controllers. Learn what they are and what function they perform. We will discuss sites and site topology as the means of grouping well connected IP subnets. The presentation finishes with a look at the Domain Naming Service and its importance to the Active Directory environment.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32631
TechNet Webcast: Effectively using IIS Diagnostics Tools - Level 200
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Chris Adams , Web Platform Supportability Lead, Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft® IIS product group has put in many hours of labor towards building tools that enhance your ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems within the IIS core server. These tools, SSLDiag, AuthDiag, IIS Debug Toolkit, and WFetch are versatile and can save administrators hours of painful research and diagnostics work. This presentation briefly discusses the features offered in each tool and also demonstrates how each might be used to resolve your problems. Whether it be debugging an IIS application or a SSL related problem, these tools are invaluable to you the administrator.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31008
TechNet Webcast: Troubleshooting SMS 2003 Management Points - Level 300
Thursday, August 19, 2004
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Wally Mead , Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
SMS 2003 Advanced Clients rely heavily on Management Points for their communications with the SMS site. Installation of management points have specific requirements to allow successful installation. In this session, we'll look at the requirements for management points, and how to troubleshoot common installation failures.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=30929
TechNet Webcast: Understanding Group Policy on Windows Server 2003 - Level 200
Friday, August 20, 2004
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
John Baker , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
View this session on Group Policy in Windows Server™ 2003 and see what’s different from Windows® 2000. See the features of the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), including its use for Group Policy modeling. Join this webcast for a quick review of Group Policy and then explore Software Restriction Policies, Windows® XP-only policies, Windows Server 2003 enhancements and Best Practices.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32633
TechNet Webcast: Windows Rights Management Services: A Technical Overview - Level 200
Friday, August 20, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Kai Axford , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Get a technical overview of the components and features of Windows® Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server™ 2003 and learn the solutions they offer. Join this webcast for product demonstrations, information on platform requirements and deploying the service to servers and clients. We will use Microsoft® Office 2003, an RMS-aware application, to demonstrate RMS, but will also cover how to make your applications RMS-aware. Finally we will look at the administration side of RMS, including polices, revocation lists and logging.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32625
TechNet Webcast: Active Directory Fundamentals - Part 3 - Level 200
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
John Baker , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
This three-part webcast series covers some of the basic concepts of Active Directory®; logical concepts as they relate to Domain, Trees and Forests and the physical concepts of Domain Controllers and Sites. In this third and final webcast we will look at replication, replication methods, the different types of replication that are used depending on Domain Controller location and Operations Masters. Next there is a discussion of the five operations masters within the Active Directory and the presentation ends with a recap of all three parts of the Active Directory Fundamentals webcast series.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32626
TechNet Webcast: Using AuthDiag to Diagnose Problems with Authentication and Authorization in IIS - Level 200
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Chris Adams , Web Platform Supportability Lead, Microsoft Corporation
Learn how to use AuthDiag to help simplify the diagnostic process for logon failures and "Access Denied" errors (401.1 and 401.3) on servers running IIS version 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0. Join this webcast to learn how AuthDiag 1.0 enables you to test user authentication and output, check permissions for individual users and groups, and set up a real-time monitor to locate the source of a problem as it occurs.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28758
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtual PC Technical Overview - Level 200
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
12:30 AM - 2:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Keith Combs , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Uncover key features, benefits and usage scenarios of Microsoft® Virtual PC 2004. Join this webcast to see how virtualization works, using the VPC Console, system requirements, upgrading from the Connectix version and using differencing disks.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32628
TechNet Webcast: Administering your Enterprise Project Management solution - Level 300
Thursday, August 26, 2004
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Brian Kennemer, Project Server Specialist, Quantumpm
Microsoft® Project Server 2003 provides many powerful tools to control features and data enterprise users need. This session explains using some of the key new administration features available within Project Web Access for Project Server 2003. Join this webcast to see how Windows® SharePoint™ Services connects to Project Server, understand how to synchronize user accounts, use the new timesheet lockdown feature. This webcast will also show you how email notifications work and discuss how resources can be deleted.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32630
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtual Server Technical Overview - Level 200
Friday, August 27, 2004
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Blain Barton, TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
Virtual machine technology allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single machine, which can boost administrator productivity and operating efficiency. The technology of Microsoft® Virtual Server helps migrate existing applications and consolidate applications on fewer servers. This webcast will cover what a virtual environment is and how the Virtual Server product compares to the desktop product, Microsoft Virtual PC, and when to use each solution. Installation and setup of these products is also included.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32632
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Technical Overview - Level 200
Friday, August 27, 2004
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time, US & Canada
Kai Axford , TechNet Presenter, Microsoft Corporation
How can your organization benefit from the features and components of SQL™ Server Reporting Services? View this webcast for deployment scenarios that may be used to implement SQL Server Reporting Services. See the architecture of the product, get a description of the clent and server side components, look at the report life cycle, and see how to create, deliver and manage reports.
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=32634
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- Anonymous
July 31, 2004
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Benjamin Mateos