June 22nd, 9am PST
Forrester Discusses Windows 7 Commercial Adoption
Overview
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 9:00AM – 10:00AM Pacific Time
Join an online live conversation with Microsoft Community Managers Matt Bernardy and Jake Grey on May 4th, 2010 from 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. PMT. This is your opportunity to learn more about the Clubhouse, Microsoft Answers, the MVP Program, and to ask questions about all the Windows community programs. To join, follow these simple steps:
On April 29th, Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich, will be leading a discussion around the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization.
Mark will be joined by a panel of IT professionals who are currently in the piloting and deployment process, along with Microsoft subject matter experts who will speak in depth about the technologies. The event will be broadcast live over the web at 9:00 am PDT, and will be available for on-demand viewing following the broadcast.
The discussion will be open and candid, with the panel sharing insights, dispelling myths and getting down to the real story around technical adoption of Windows technologies. Specific topics will include the role of the pilot and the critical information it provides, best practices and tips & tricks for ensuring a successful effort, tools and technologies that will help automate the pilot and deployment processes, and conducting a frank post-pilot assessment.
During the event, Mark will field questions coming in via the web from viewers across the globe. Questions can also be submitted in advance to vrtable@microsoft.com.
Join Mark on Thursday, April 29 at: https://ms.istreamplanet.com/springboard.
Windows 7 Helps Bring Touch PCs to the Tipping Point
Touch screens may finally be ready for prime time, thanks to multitouch technology built into Windows 7.
If you weren’t at PDC 09, and missed the super Windows 7 Developer Boot Camp, here’s a chance to watch it online.
Jump-start your Windows 7 experience by joining some of the top Windows 7 engineers, including Mark Russinovich, Landy Wang, and Arun Kishan, for an intense, high quality boot camp. Whether you are looking to create more performant, reliable, or secure applications, or you are an application developer looking to leapfrog past your competition, this FREE Boot Camp can get you from zero to hero in less than eight hours! This fast-paced Windows 7 marathon will cover it all including: (1) Kernel and architectural improvements, (2) new shell integration points: taskbar, libraries and search, and (3) applied tips for getting the most out of today’s hardware with the sensor & location platform, multitouch, and the new graphics libraries (Direct2D, DirectX 11) that take advantage of the GPU. Whether you’re a C++, C# or Visual Basic developer, building a .NET or a Win32 application, we’ll give you actionable tips to get the most out of the Windows platform.
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