IT@Galway Event: Vista, Office 2007, Exchange 2007 (IT Pro Pre-Launch Event)
IT@Galway in conjunction with Microsoft is hosting an ICT conference in Galway on Thursday 12 October 2006, 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM. There will be parallel tracks running on the day including a Developer Track, an IT Pro track and a CEO Forum and an Architect Forum. For full conference details you can click here.
I particularly wanted highlight the the content in the IT Professional Track. It will provide IT Pros with a first look at Vista, Office 2007, Exchange 2007 from a technical perspective so should be very interesting.
If you would like to register or get more information check out the website here.
Seminar 1 9.30 - 11.00
Getting ready for Exchange 2007? Come and find out how Exchange 2007 will ensure that your e-mail system stays up and running and is protected from security, technology and business threats. See how it will satisfy the needs of your users who are demanding access to their information from anywhere and from any device. Find out how it will make your lives easier with its simplified management console and the ability to script every management function.
What will be covered:
- Features of Exchange 2007.
- 64-bit only version of Exchange - availability and security.
- Information access: Outlook 2007, New Outlook Web Access, New Outlook Voice Access, Windows Mobile and Outlook Mobile Access
- Exchange Management Console and the new Exchange Management Shell
Break 11.00 - 11.15
Seminar 2 11.15 - 12.30
Business Intelligence in the 2007 Microsoft Office system
You already know how SQL Server 2005's Integration Services and Reporting Services make the task of manipulating your data into useful information easy. Now find out how to surface your Key Performance Indicators and Line Of Business data using the 2007 Microsoft Office system without a single line of code.
What will be covered:
How Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 can be a BI platform by leveraging the new Excel Services, SQL Server 2005 KPI's (via Analysis Services) and the new Business Data Catalog of MOSS 2007.
Lunch 12.30 - 13.30
Seminar 3 13.15 - 15.15
How Windows Vista will Improve the Manageability of your IT Infrastructure?
Want more insight into how to drive down operational costs? This session will provide an overview of how Windows Vista is easier to deploy, and less expensive to maintain, than any other version of Windows. How it will simplify system administration and significantly reduce the cost of monitoring and troubleshooting desktops in your organization?.
What will be covered:
- Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
- Entire deployment process - based on Microsoft's Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) Demonstrate the new levels of management granularity in Group Policy.
- Windows Vista's new management tools such as the Reliability Monitor and a new Event Viewer.
Launch 16.00 - 17.00
Pre-Launch Vista and Office 2007 - A FIRST look at the future
Demo of how Microsoft Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and Exchange 2007.
- In this whistle-stop tour, learn how all three product lines, separately and together, work to simplify the challenges of today's workplace and empower people in the following ways:
- Simplify how people work together. Wherever people work in your organization, it's now easier for them to communicate and work together in teams and with customers and partners.
- Help protect and manage content. Streamline the everyday business processes and content compliance procedures that are slowing your people down.
- Find information and improve business insight. People across your organization now have faster, easier access to the information they need, and the tools to make sense of that information.
Reduce security risks and deployment costs. Reduce security risks and simplify both desktop and server deployment and management, reducing cost and complexity.
Champagne Reception & Dinner 17.00 - 18.00