It's up! The session schedules for Tech.Ed Australia and Tech.Ed New Zealand are here:

Australia Sessions

New Zealand Sessions (note that the Kiwis are Sold Out)

Of course, these are still subject to some change, but we're pretty much locked down*.

* Your mileage may vary, contents may be hot, don't run with scissors, speakers, times, abstracts, content may change etc ...

Celebrate the new Financial Year with another great set of labs. ASP.NET Virtual Labs (from the MSDN Suite of Virtual Labs)

With ASP.NET you create richer Web applications with fewer lines of code. These virtual labs teach you about the innovations that debuted with ASP.NET 1.x and introduces you to the major improvements introduced with ASP.NET 2.0. These include dozens of new controls, new Membership and Profile application services and support for creating multiple pages based on a common template using Master Pages. Begin exploring Web development with ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition today.

What's new in ASP.NET 2.0
Virtual Lab Express is the fastest and easiest way to test drive Microsoft products and the Virtual Lab environment. These are 20-minute hands-on overviews of some of your favorite Microsoft products and developer tools. Try them out online now - no need to download full trial versions or dedicate test machines.

ASP.NET 2.0 Virtual Labs

• What's new in ASP.NET 2.0
• Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers - Tips and Tricks for ASP.NET
• ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration and Health Monitoring
• ASP.NET 2.0 Data Access
• ASP.NET 2.0 Membership, Login Controls, and Role Management
• ASP.NET 2.0 User Interface Enhancements: Master Pages, Themes, and Controls

ASP.NET Virtual Labs

• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with C# -Part 1
• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with C# -Part 2
• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with J# - Part 1
• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with J# - Part 2
• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with VB - Part 1
• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications with VB - Part 2

Fritz Onion's Intro to ASP.NET Virtual Labs

• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 1 of 4 - ASP.NET Fundamentals (in C#)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 2 of 4 - Web Forms (in C#)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 3 of 4 - ADO.NET and Data Binding (in C#)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 4 of 4 - Configuration and Deployment (in C#)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 1 of 4 - ASP.NET Fundamentals (in Visual Basic .NET)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 2 of 4 - Web Forms (in Visual Basic .NET)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 3 of 4 - ADO.NET and Data Binding (in Visual Basic .NET)
• Fritz Onion’s Intro to ASP.NET Part 4 of 4 - Configuration and Deployment (in Visual Basic .NET)
• Fritz Onion’s Movie Review Site Walk-Through (in C#)
• Fritz Onion’s Movie Review Site Walk-Through (in Visual Basic.NET)

You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module. You can sign up for additional 90-minute blocks at any time.

Today, a great series of labs for developing Office solutions, including a bunch of brand-new labs on Visual Studio Tools for Office. Microsoft Office Virtual Labs (from the MSDN Suite of Virtual Labs).

The 2007 Microsoft Office System delivers an entirely new level of programmability and extensibility to Office client applications and new scenarios via Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. These Virtual Labs will walk you through the development of Workflow, programmatic manipulation of Office Open XML Formats and the new Office client interface.

Virtual Lab Express: Introduction to the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Virtual Lab Express is the fastest and easiest way to test drive Microsoft products and the Virtual Lab environment. These are 20-minute hands-on overviews of some of your favorite Microsoft products and developer tools. Try them out online now - no need to download full trial versions or dedicate test machines.

2007 Microsoft Office System Virtual Labs

• MSDN Virtual Lab: Using the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Mining Add-Ins for the 2007 Microsoft Office System New!
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Office Business Application Reference Application Pack for Manufacturing Plant Floor Analytics New!
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Custom Office Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Part 1 - Data Binding with Word Content Controls New!
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Custom Office Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Part 2 - Create an Outlook Add-in with a Form Region New!
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Custom Office Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Part 3 - Build an Excel Add-in with Ribbon and Custom Task Pane Integration New!
• MSDN Virtual Lab: Building Custom Office Applications Using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Part 4 - Create a SharePoint Workflow New!
• Building InfoPath Forms that Run as Both Rich Client and Browser Applications
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Installation and Configuration
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Installation and Configuration
• Business Intelligence: Building Integrated BI Solutions Leveraging SQL 2005 and Office 2007 Servers
• New Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Programmability
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Records Management Deployment and Configuration
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise Features Administration
• What's New in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Feature Walkthrough
• What's New in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Feature Walkthrough
• First Look at Microsoft Office 2007
• Programmatic Manipulation of the Microsoft Office Open XML Formats
• Understanding the 2007 Microsoft Office System User Experience and Interface Design
• Introducing Content Types for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Office 2003 Virtual Labs

• Developing with Visual Studio 2005 for Microsoft Office 2003
• Word 2003 - Understanding How Word 2003 Uses XML
• Excel 2003 - Building Microsoft Office Excel 2003 XML Solutions
• Excel 2003 - Understanding XML and Microsoft Office Excel 2003
• Excel 2003 - Building Microsoft Office Excel 2003 XML Solutions
• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solution Development with Excel 2003
• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solution Development with Word 2003
• InfoPath 2003 - Creating and Deploying Forms
• InfoPath 2003 - Managed Code, Task Panes, Modifying Schemas, Digital Signatures

You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module. You can sign up for additional 90-minute blocks at any time.

I just entered 30-odd cabana sessions to be delivered by our sponsors during breaks between sessions. Here's my favourite title and abstract:

SPON026 - Websense Sponsor Session - Wizards, Warlocks, and Websense - Internet Security in the world of Hogwarts

10/08/2007 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM

Voldemort's Death Eaters are running rampant in their organised Security Crimes. Never before has the world seen so much mayhem and feels powerless to stop this ever increasing threat. The Ministry for Magic just doesn't have the resources to keep up! Join the world of Hogwarts and Harry Potter as we embark upon a humorous journey with a dark side on what the Wizards are doing to help organisations learn new spells to defeat the powers of the Dark Lord and his cronies!

Track(s): Security, Windows Server Infrastructure

Check out the full list of sessions.

This in my inbox today from David Kean:

We have another two Team System chats this Wednesday – the second chat is later in the afternoon (Pacific Time) so that Asia and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, etc) can join us.

Join members of the Visual Studio Team System product group to discuss features available in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Architecture Edition, Development Edition, Database Edition, and Test Edition. In addition, discuss what's new in Beta 2.

We will be holding two sessions:

Join the chat on Wednesday, August 1^st, 2007 from 10:00am - 11:00am Pacific Time. Add to Calendar | Additional Time Zones

                -or-

Join the chat on Wednesday, August 1^st, 2007 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm Pacific Time. Add to Calendar | Additional Time Zones

This is a public chat, so please forward onto customers and partners.

Brian Harry's just announced the availability of the evolution of TeamPlain - Team System Web Access Power Tool (I love how we take a boring, long-winded name and change it into something snappy and memorable).