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Join us! Subscribe here. Are you successful? Are you succeeding on purpose? Make sure you have a specialisation. Make sure you have a ‘success super power’ as \@docjamesw puts it. Don’t just ‘work hard’ or ‘impress your boss’. How to succeed. Businesses know there is shortage of skilled personnel. Employers understand that they need to invest in developing you, their staff. As an IT Professional who is constantly learning and upskilling you are an asset. You have more motivation, are more productive and bring more value to the company, your clients and the industry. And yourself. Start here. They say once you stop learning you grow old. So if you’re noticing that your once indestructible metabolism isn’t what it used to be… at least you can continue to upskill! On a more serious note, over 970 Kiwis use the hundreds of courses at Microsoft Virtual Academy to plan their success and make steps in a purposeful direction. Join them and the 800,000 users worldwide. The courses are delivered by Microsoft experts with new ones published weekly. Courses relevant to your career are available right now, with free videos, PDFs and self-assessments. Know this stuff: Effectively implement identity and access management solutions across diverse devices and hybrid environments. Get the foundational skills from enabling single sign-on to extending your domain with Azure AD Build on your foundational cloud skills with the Microsoft Azure experts Keep up with Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO, in this in-depth Azure training for IT Pros Explore networking and hybrid connectivity to extend your datacentre Focus on open source technologies on Azure Know what workloads can be leveraged in the Cloud Platform as a Service I’m running two types of one-day, free IT Camps. The Hybrid Cloud IT Camp shows you how to get the best of both worlds by taking advantage of external resources when it makes sense for your business. They'll be held in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton with some dates in April and March. There’s also the Enterprise Device Infrastructure IT Camps. Make sure you can balance enabling devices with ensuring the security of corporate assets and data. Register now for Christchurch or Wellington in March. For any feedback on what you should be learning reach out to the NZ TechNet Team or me. Cheers, Regan Murphy Infrastructure Technical Evangelist Microsoft NZ Start being successful on purpose here. Below are some of our most popular and best rated courses from Microsoft Virtual Academy. Azure IaaS for IT Pros Build on your foundational cloud skills and take this course Windows Server Administration Fundamentals Get fundamental knowledge of Windows Server Administration here. Networking Fundamentals Learn network security fundamentals here. Hybrid Cloud Workloads Take this introductory course on the strategies and features of both on-premises and cloud solutions in the area of storage. 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Check out when they'll be visiting your town and register for a workshop here. IT Camp: Extend your Datacenter with Microsoft Azure 19 March. 21, 23 & 30 April When you extend your datacenter to meet the public cloud, you are working in a hybrid cloud model that provides your business a flexible IT infrastructure that can scale on demand. Attend this IT Camp to learn how the Microsoft hybrid cloud combines Microsoft Azure with your own datacenter, or a hosting service providers datacenter. IT Camp: Modernizing your Infrastructure with Microsoft's Cloud OS 14, 16 April & 12, 14 May Attend this IT Camp to learn about the benefits of modernizing your infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 R2. You will explore identity in the modern world with virtualised Domain Controllers and Azure Active Directory sync. We’ll take a look at the storage, networking, and management enhancements, plus plenty of hands on experience with PowerShell! IT Camp: Extend your Datacenter with Microsoft Azure 21, 23 & 30 April When you extend your datacenter to meet the public cloud, you are working in a hybrid cloud model that provides your business a flexible IT infrastructure that can scale on demand. Attend this IT Camp to learn how the Microsoft hybrid cloud combines Microsoft Azure with your own datacenter, or a hosting service providers datacenter. eResearch NZ 2015 23, 24 & 25 March eResearch NZ aims to promote shared approaches to supporting eResearch needs across institutions and disciplines. If you’re interested, join the discussion on how eResearch can highlight current and emerging research priorities. Have a Windows app project on the side? Show it off! Share it with the rest of the community in the Kiwi Windows Apps Facebook group or send an email to technetnz\@microsoft.com to have your app featured here! © 2015 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use :: Trademarks Microsoft respects your privacy. 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• Anonymous
  March 17, 2015
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