SQL Server 2008 R2 delivers several breakthrough capabilities that will enable your organization to scale database operations with confidence, improve IT and developer efficiency, and enable highly scalable and well managed Business Intelligence on a self-service basis for your users. Sessions taking place in Toronto and Vancouver starting Sept. 20
This one day course examines the three main technologies that constitute the Windows Azure™ technology platform: Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and Azure AppFabric. The session begins with an overview of cloud-based computing and the Windows Azure Platform offerings. Then, the course details each technology with code samples and demonstrations. Sessions taking place in Calgary, Montreal, and Mississauga starting Sept 28
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This 30-minute, self-paced course explains how to articulate the overall value of SQL Server® 2008 R2. Information is included on the customer and partner value around SQL Server 2008 R2 and how to have effective discussions focused on SQL Server solutions, which provide important benefits that meet customer and partner needs.
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The Application Platform University series is for marketers and sellers who focus on the Microsoft Application Platform stack. It provides the best and most current content on the Microsoft Application Platform. This series is presented by experienced Microsoft marketers and sellers who will walk you through how to use this content to build awareness, generate leads and optimize opportunities for the Microsoft Application Platform.
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Attend this webcast to learn the tips and tricks of how to position and sell a Reporting and Analytics solution on the Microsoft Platform. The Microsoft Platform provides tools for Reporting and Analytics covering the complete spectrum from simple structured reports to self-service dynamic reports, from Dashboards and scorecards to What-If analysis and pulling data from a wide variety of data sources that are used to capture data. Having a conversation with the customer on a platform this deep and wide has it’s complexities. This webcast is intended to address those talking points and help prepare for a conversation on selling the solution to BDMs/TDMs.
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Microsoft Business Intelligence empowers people across an organization to gain real-time, comprehensive trustworthy insight into their business. Despite the recent budget cuts, IT is being asked to do more to deliver information to the business. The recent self-service capabilities of Microsoft BI tools in Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2 are extremely attractive to both IT and business users. But how can you engage an executive decision maker in a five-minute conversation and show them how Microsoft can help them gain better insight into their business? What’s the best way to sell Microsoft BI? Throughout this presentation, Microsoft sales field will share with you some of their learning in selling BI to technical and business decision makers. They will share their learning for effective preparation, presentation, and demonstrating of the new Microsoft BI platform.
What is the complete Microsoft product and technology stack that forms the platform for running any application - be it custom, packaged or web? How does this stack provide reliability, security and scalability for applications and help deliver them through any form factor - PC, phone or browser? What are the infrastructure, database and middleware components and what does it look like on premises and in the cloud? What is the consistent development and management experience offered? What is the single view that shows all of the above and what is the best way to position it to customers so that they can bet their businesses on it? Join us for the session that provides all the answers and has been generating considerable excitement among Microsoft field and partners.
Learn about the following new features of SQL Server 2008 R2:
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This session will discuss how to position and understand the opportunities for Large Account Resellers (LARs) with the upcoming SQL Server 2008 R2 release.
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Come and learn how to tell the Managed SSBI story with your customers. Managed Self Service BI is a unique solution from Microsoft that will help sell all our BI stack. This session intended to give you high level view of PowerPivot for Excel and PowerPivot for SharePoint.
These sessions help to explain why building custom cubes are very useful for most organizations no matter the vertical. We will discuss the need for OLAP and Business Intelligence and see how Microsoft’s BI stack will help you implement a solution within your organization.
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Sales and Pre-sales Launch Event for SQL Server® 2008 R2
Come out and join Stephen Giles, Microsoft Canada Partner Technology Advisor on the Application Platform for this half-day session as he outlines the new features and licensing changes for SQL Server 2008 R2. This is not meant to be feature function discussion. Stephen will be sharing strategies for your organization to leverage to help grow your practice.
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Technical Launch Training for SQL Server 2008® R2
SQL Server® 2008 R2 delivers several breakthrough capabilities that will enable your organization to scale database operations with confidence, improve IT and developer efficiency, and enable highly scalable and well managed Business Intelligence on a self-service basis for your users. Attend this full day session consisting of presentations and demos to get a technical overview of the new features delivered through SQL Server 2008 R2.
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Sales
How To Sell SQL 2008 R2
How to sell SQL Server Data Warehousing
How to sell SQL Server Business Intelligence
Selling Against Competition - Understanding Oracle’s Business Model, Strengths and Weaknesses (APU Course 4/4)
Implementer
What’s new in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight
What’s new in SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management
Web Seminars - Level 100 - 200
How To Sell SQL 2008 R2 - NEW
How to sell SQL Server Data Warehousing – NEW
How to sell SQL Server Business Intelligence - NEW
Selling Against Competition - Understanding Oracle’s Business Model, Strengths and Weaknesses (APU Course 4/4) – NEW
44WC086 course - Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2
BI74PAL: SQL Server Changes -- What it Means to Your BI Opportunity
SQL113PAL: Early Launch Briefing – SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL118PAL: SQL Server 2008 R2 – Partner Opportunity for ISVs
SQL119PAL: SQL Server 2008 R2 SI Partner Opportunity
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Web Seminar – Level 200
What’s new in SQL Server 2008 R2 StreamInsight - NEW
What’s new in SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management - NEW
What's new in SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse
What's new in SQL Server 2008 R2 Report Builder 3.0
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 Express: How do I upsize SQL Server Express 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2?
TAS Extended Web Seminar: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (Quick Look on BI Enhancements)
MSDN Webcast: SQL Server 2008 R2 Support for Up to 256 Logical Processors (Level 200)
Web Seminar – Level 300
TechNet Webcast: Application and Multi-Server Management with SQL Server 2008 R2 (Level 300)
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 R2 Preview for the Developer
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 R2: Building Your ISV Corporate Performance Management Application
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 R2: Building Your ISV ETL Application
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 R2: Building Your ISV Operational Applications
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 R2: Building Your ISV Strategic Applications
MSdev.com: SQL Server 2008 R2: Building Your ISV Tactical Applications
MSdev.com; SQL Server 2008 R2: What SQL Server 2008 R2 Edition is right for me?