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- TechNet Webcast: Consolidation and Rapid Provisioning (Level 300)
- Contoso has seen the benefits of virtualizing their test and development environments, now Contoso wishes to proceed on a wide-spread deployment of virtualization technologies with a wider scope. This webcast looks at how to use Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to move production servers into a virtual environment, the...
- Tags: Webcast, Consolidation, Environment, Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Contoso, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2009-01-30
- TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Data Mining (Level 200)
- Contoso wants to implement data mining to help the sales department better understand its customer base and forecast future sales based on historical trends. This webcast review the data mining capabilities of the Microsoft Business Intelligence BI platform.
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft TechNet, Contoso, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-05-21
- MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Reporting Services Designer Improvements (Level 200)
- The recent growth at Contoso has been mirrored with the growth of its data, from client voice mails to scanned and e-mail documents. These documents are now common as part of insurance claims or parts of quotes. This growth in unstructured data has led Contoso to look at options for...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Contoso, E-mail, Databases, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-05-08
- MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server: Synchronize Your Data Using the Microsoft Sync Framework (Level 100)
- The presenter of this webcast looks at how Contoso is empowering its mobile workforce to work and synchronize data when away from the office. Contoso has agents and employees out in the field, either delivering or collecting consignments, inspecting consignments, or visiting customers to quote jobs. These field employees use...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Workforce, Contoso, Recruitment & Selection, Tablets, Workforce Management, Pocket PC, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds
- Webcasts 2008-04-04
- TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Simplify Management of Your SQL Server 2008 Data Platform (Level 200)
- The presenter of this webcast shows how Contoso's business in the Far East has grown rapidly, and as such, their major operations at ports in Los Angeles, Tacoma, Rotterdam, and Tilbury have grown too. This has resulted in an increase in SQL Server deployments to handle the data required to...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft TechNet, Contoso, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-03-17
- MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Reach Your Data With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)
- This webcast looks at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. This webcast uses Contoso Container Overseas Shipping Operation LTD as our scenario customer while we explore the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Contoso, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-03-05
- MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Using the Microsoft Data Platform for Easy Data Access With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)
- This webcast looks at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. It uses Contoso Container Overseas Shipping Operation LTD as the scenario customer while it explores the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds of...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Access, Contoso, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-03-03
- TechNet Webcast: Virtualization of Production Workloads Including Active Directory, SQL Server, and Others (Level 200)
- This webcast explains how Contoso started the process of virtualization for some of its earlier servers. Contoso is also considering consolidating its servers running Microsoft SQL Server. The webcast look at the Contoso path to SQL Server consolidation and describe the possible solutions that can be deployed. It concentrates on...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft TechNet, Contoso, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2007-10-24
- TechNet Webcast: Virtualization of Test and Development Environments, and Their Impact on Existing Applications (Level 200)
- This webcast looks at virtualization solutions starting with moving existing applications and infrastructure servers into a virtualized environment. It follows two fictitious companies, Contoso and Fabrikam, through their virtualization path. Contoso has a number of application servers that they wish to consolidate, while also providing new services to clients without...
- Tags: Webcast, Environment, Microsoft TechNet, Development Environment, Contoso, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2007-10-22
Additional Resources
- URL rewriting can help thwart Web app attacks
- A Microsoft Web application security specialist is suggesting an offbeat defense-in-depth strategy to protect Web sites and applications from cross-site scripting XSS and cross-site request forgery XSRF attacks. According to Bryan Sullivan, security program manager for Redmond's Security Development Lifecycle team, Web developers should consider URL Rewriting...
- Tags: Hyperlink, Attacker, Vulnerability, XSS, Web Application, Attack, Microsoft Web Application Security Specialist, Bryan Sullivan, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- TechNet Webcast: If I Virtualize It, How Do I Manage It? (Level 300)
- Contoso wishes to go further and consolidate a number of server workloads to fully realize the benefit of server consolidation. Based on their experience of managing a small number of guests, Contoso needs a management solution that can scale as they consolidate servers, and they also want to provide a...
- Tags: Webcast, Provisioning, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-01-29
- TechNet Webcast: Managing the Virtualized Test and Development Environment (Level 300)
- In this webcast, the presenter looks more closely at the management of this virtual environment. Later in the webcast series, Contoso expands its virtual environment and uses Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM to manage their virtual environment. However, in this webcast, the presenter demonstrates how a smaller virtual...
- Tags: Webcast, Environment, Virtual Environment, Microsoft TechNet, Development Environment
- Webcasts 2009-01-23
- TechNet Webcast: Virtualizing Test and Development Environments for a Quick Return on Investment (Level 300)
- This webcast follows the Contoso IT department as they prepare to deploy Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role. An initial benefit Contoso can take advantage of quickly while they get used to this new way of computing is the virtualization of their test and development systems. When service packs...
- Tags: Webcast, Environment, ROI, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Development Environment, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2009-01-21
- Painless Data Protection
- This webcast starts with a review of the past and current Contoso data protection and management practices. The presenter then looks at some of the key challenges that Contoso is facing and some of the possible solutions. Next, he discusses how to implement centralized storage and examines Windows Storage Server...
- Tags: Data Protection, Storage, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Secure Manageable Messaging
- As Contoso's business practices have evolved to offer workers more flexibility and to encourage collaboration, the messaging infrastructure has become a central hub of activity. This has led the company's IT department to identify the messaging environment as a potential target for attack. In part six of the series, Contoso...
- Tags: Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Moving to the Managed Desktop Environment Part 2
- In part five, the presenter returns to the standardized desktop image created in the previous webcast, and apply it consistently to the internal client computers at Contoso. The presenter examines the resulting benefits of the standardized desktop image, including a reduction in the number of deployed operating systems, simplified support,...
- Tags: Update Management, Desktops, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Moving to the Managed Desktop Environment Part 1
- Having solved several identity and access issues earlier in the series, this webcast focuses on a scenario in which multiple hardware configurations exist. These heterogeneous systems are having an adverse effect on costs, productivity, and security at the fictional company, Contoso. To address these issues, the company's IT group has...
- Tags: Hardware Configuration, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Making Identity and Access Management Real, Destination Reached
- In part three, the presenter expands on the concepts presented in the previous webcast by showing how to move from a "Standardized" to a "Dynamic" infrastructure. Continuing with the example scenario, the presenter shows how a fictional company, Contoso, achieves the Single Sign-On SSO requirement with minimal complexity and cost....
- Tags: Access Management, Microsoft Corp., Single Sign-on, Identity, Authentication/Encryption, Security
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Reporting Services Architecture Improvements (Level 200)
- Contoso plans to provide employees with access to standard reports using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services. This webcast reviews the new features in Reporting Services that enable organizations to easily configure and manage a scalable, high-performance reporting infrastructure, including the new physical architecture of Reporting Services, authentication configuration, the...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Authentication, Microsoft TechNet, Security
- Webcasts 2008-05-31
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