Via Christian:

When? Tuesday 6 Nov 2007, 8.30am

Where? Sydney: Clifton and Associates - Sydney CBD, Level 2, 200 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000

Link to Register: Click here to Register Online or register by phone: 132058 (event id 1032352020)

What? Hands-on technical labs for IT Professionals

The official blurb:

The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow demonstrates how the next generation of Web server technology — Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Server 7.0 (IIS 7.0) — will help do more for your customers, scale as you grow, and offer unprecedented levels of security. For IT professionals, architects, and technologists who maintain and deploy Web servers or services in the hosting industry, this event will demonstrate how Microsoft’s most advanced Web server to date will help you:

• Reduce total cost of ownership
• Improve manageability
• Create new business opportunities

The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow is not your typical seminar. Instead, it is a series of hands-on, technical labs designed to teach you how to bring this paradigm-shifting technology to market as quickly as possible. It includes a wealth of information and resources that will empower you to:

Scale Your Infrastructure:

• Easily sandbox thousands of Web sites on a single server.
• Streamline administration through "Xcopy" deployment of Web sites.

Reduce Costs:

• Remote Web server administration tool allows site owners and developers to control delegated Web site features.
• Runtime Status and Control API provides rapid access to detailed diagnostic information.

Go to Market Faster:

• Extensible, modular architecture allows you to quickly bring new features to market. Deeply integrate IIS into your environment using public configuration and control APIs.
• World-class performance and reliability hosting of ASP, ASP.NET, and PHP applications.
• New, extensible FTP Server providing secure connections, improved site isolation and more.

Register Now for the Event Near You:
For the Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow event location near you, course agendas and online registration visit http://ws08hostingroadshow.msregistration.com/.