Sydney Windows User Group

This month’s meeting of the Sydney Windows User Group is coming up this Wednesday 11th August 2010 and will be covering the latest Microsoft and related news, Windows Home Server Codename Vail (no time last month) and a consumer backup smackdown! For those who can’t make it on the night, we’ll make the presentations and demos available online after the event

Date: Wednesday 11th August 2010

Time: 6pm – 9pm

Venue: Microsoft Australia – 1 Epping Road, North Ryde

6:00pm – Windows News and Q&A

Nicholas will talk about the latest news including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 2010, Windows Phone 7 Series, Windows Azure and more. (Do you have news? Tag it with #SWUG on twitter or comment below!)

6:30pm – Windows Home Server Codename Vail 

Microsoft recently made available an early beta of the next version of Windows Home Server, codenamed Vail. Windows Home Server is a server product for your home (well obviously!) that allows easy backup, media sharing and remote access. Nicholas will take you through the features of Windows Home Server codename Vail and show you some live demos of the Remote Access, Media Sharing and Configuration.

Speaker: Nicholas Rayner – http://nicholasrayner.com

7:20pm – Pizza and soft drink (please donate $5-10 to help cover the cost of Pizza)

7:40– Consumer Backup Software SMACKDOWN!

10 minutes for each presenter to cover the best features in their chosen backup solution and convince you that it’s the best!

Products include:

• Windows Home Server (backup)
• Windows 7 built-in backup
• Acronis
• Carbonite
• Jungle Disk – using Amazon S3
• Windows Live Sync
• Data Protection Manager 2010 (for the uber-geek in you)

More details soon

8:40 – Close

To RSVP for the event, please goto our Facebook Events page or email windowsusergroup@live.com

This month’s meeting of the Sydney Windows User Group is coming up this Wednesday 14th July 2010 and will be covering the latest Microsoft and related news, Windows 7 Features Smackdown! and Windows Home Server Codename Vail. For those who can’t make it on the night, we’ll make the presentations and demos available online after the event

Date: Wednesday 14th July 2010

Time: 6pm – 9pm

Venue: Microsoft Australia – 1 Epping Road, North Ryde

6:00pm – Windows News and Q&A

Nicholas will talk about the latest news including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Office 2010, Windows Phone 7 Series, Windows Azure and more. (Do you have news? Tag it with #SWUG on twitter or comment below!)

6:30pm – Windows 7 Feature Smackdown! 

Dean Corcoran will take us through some of the amazing features in Windows 7 showing off his favourite features, features he is still discovering and even some you havent found yourself!

Dean has been a longtime supporter of the Sydney Windows User Group and has been involved in some of our best demos so far, so make sure you come along and see what Dean has instore for us this month

Speaker: Dean Corcoran http://www.pokeystuff.com/

7:20pm – Pizza and soft drink (please donate $5-10 to help cover the cost of Pizza)

7:40pm – Office Web Apps vs Google Docs

With the recent Beta availability of Office Web Apps (for consumers), it’s time we take Office Web Apps and Google Docs through their paces showing off the good, the bad and the awesome! Jodie Miners and Nicholas Rayner will demonstrate Office Web Apps and Google Docs focussing on collaboration and usability

Speaker: Jodie Miners & Nicholas Rayner

8:10– Windows Home Server Codename Vail

Microsoft recently made available an early beta of the next version of Windows Home Server, codenamed Vail. Windows Home Server is a server product for your home (well obviously!) that allows easy backup, media sharing and remote access. Nicholas will take you through the features of Windows Home Server codename Vail and show you some live demos of the Remote Access, Media Sharing and Configuration.

8:40 – Close

To RSVP for the event, please goto our Facebook Events page or email windowsusergroup@live.com

Hi all,

I had planned a great SWUG for this month, but unfortunately due to the embargo on Office 2010 presentations (that provide a heap of detail) until after the official launch in New York this Wednesday, I haven’t been able to get a good meeting together, BUT I have come up with an alternative! (along with some help from others). With the launch of Office 2010 in New York on Wednesday, there are a number of events happening in Australia to replicate this. Once of these events in the Office 2010 launch in Sydney, this Thursday 13^th May. As they are covering a lot of the information I wanted covered for SWUG I am encouraging you all to come along to the Sydney SharePoint User Group on Thursday 13^th May to learn about Office 2010. The details for the User Group is:

Date: Thursday 13^th May 2010

Time: 5:30pm

Venue: Microsoft Australia – 1 Epping Road, Sydney

Website

Registration site

PS. They’ll be giving away an Xbox 360 and I want to see one of you win it!

The guys at Dimension Data are running a Windows 7 seminar next week providing a high level  overview of the new features in Windows 7 and how you can benefit from them.

When:

Wednesday 15 July 2009 starting at 5:15pm

Where:

Dimension Data Learning Solutions NSW (Sydney)
Level 10, Thakral House
301 George St Sydney 2000
Phone : 13 12 01
Fax : 02 9292 7585

To Register:

http://www.ddls.com.au/seminar_details.asp?id=838&loc=10