Well it’s just under a week until the BIG event starts. My lovely wife and I are flying out (1:55am yawn) to Brisbane this Friday to checkout the sights over the weekend before TechEd begins.

I am quite excited about the event, as it’s my first TechEd, I had wanted to attend previous years but the timing never worked out, but now that my blog as taken off it a good a reason as any to make the time, it also gives me a chance to meet the guys & gals from Microsoft, as well as other key players in the Industry.   

Since the TechEd Australia CommNet website opened I have been going thru the sessions, and have finally (more or less) decided on the sessions that I am planning to attend. See the list below:

Tuesday 30 August 2005

Register & Collect bag
Welcome Party

Wednesday 31 August 2005

Opening Keynote - Iain McDonald
MSG201: Accessing Exchange Server from Your Mobile Device
MGT301: Best Practices: Architecting and Deploying Systems Management Server 2003 SP1
MSG302: Common Troubleshooting and Support Issues for Exchange Server 2003
PRT302: SharePoint Portal Server 2003: Best Practices for an Implementation
MSG303: Designing High-Performance Exchange Server 2003 Storage Solutions
Ask The Experts Forum 

Thursday 1 September 2005

MGT303: Architecting and Deploying Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
MSG304: Outlook Anywhere Client Access to Exchange 2003 over the Internet
MSG305: Upgrading from Exchange Server 5.5 and 2000 to Exchange Server 2003
SVR206: Introduction to System Centre Data Protection Server (DPS)
MSG306: Monitoring Exchange Server with Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
TechEd Party
 
Friday 2 September 2005

MSG307: Exchange 2003: Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts
MSG308: Migrating from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Collaboration Solutions
SVR310: Efficient Storage Management and Simple SAN Deployments with Windows Server 2003 R2
MSG209: Exchange 2003: SP2 and the road ahead
MSG310: Live Communications Platform: Architecting, Deploying and Building Custom Solutions


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