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You’re Invited: Microsoft IT Architect Forum Building Strategies, Building Value        Vancouver December 6, 2011 REGISTER     > Save The Date Calgary December 8, 2011 REGISTER       > Save The Date   On-Line December 8, 2011 REGISTER     > Save The Date

Learn about IT architectural best practises and business value of Microsoft-related products and technologies.   This complimentary event will fuel your thinking as an IT Leader and IT architect, support networking with peers and industry leaders, and help you learn and share best practices and experiences in an informal environment.   We will have two separate training tracks which will cover infrastructure architecture and solution/application architecture. The sessions will be presented by Microsoft and Industry experts in each respective area. We know you will get great value from the discussions.   We look forward to seeing you at the IT Architect Forum in Vancouver, Calgary or at our online session!

INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTS TRACK       APPLICATION ARCHITECTS TRACK        8:00 - 8:30 am   Breakfast     8:30 - 9:00 am     Keynote: Transform/Grow/Run – the Business Value of IT IT Executives are being asked, daily, to exhibit real VALUE to the Business and help the Business RUN, GROW and TRANSFORM more successfully and provocatively. We will share this new perspective on what to look for in a Platform - any Platform to satisfy these paradigms and to show organizations how they can help to drive more value to the Business through IT.   Susan Romeo-Gilbert Principal Platform Strategist, Microsoft Canada        9:00 - 9:15 am     BREAK         9:15 - 10:45 am   Optimizing Data Centre Management with System Center 2012   Christoffer Mors, Data Center Core Architect, Microsoft Denmark       Application Modernization with Agile Business Practices   Aaron Kowall, Senior Architect and Application Lifecycle Lead, Imaginet       10:45 - 11:00 am   BREAK           11:00 - 12:30 pm   Architecting Tier 1 Applications: leveraging SQL Denali   Nick Nastic, Solution Specialist, Application Platform, Microsoft Canada       Building Business Applications in the Cloud   Jean Lozano, CTO, VRX Studios Bruce Johnston, Director, Application Infrastructure, Ideaca     12:30 - 1:30 pm   LUNCH          1:30 - 2:45 pm   Federation and Hybrid Scenarios in Office365   Jason Hinds, Microsoft Online - Principle Solutions Architect, Microsoft US       Leveraging SharePoint 2010 as a Development Platform to Rapidly Meet Business Needs   Jason Kaczor, Microsoft SharePoint MVP     2:45 - 3:00 pm     BREAK       3:00 - 4:15 pm     Identity and Security   Jasbir Gill, Technology Strategist, Security, Microsoft Canada       CRM as a Development Platform Shan McArthur, Microsoft Dynamics CRM MVP, VP Technology, Adxstudio Inc.     4:15 - 4:30 pm     Summary and wrap up     4:30 - 5:30 pm      Cocktails/networking   Note: On December 8th, the on-Line event is a simulcast of the Calgary event, so this agenda is on Standard Mountain Time. Please Save the Date and RSVP now, number of seats is limited!     Vancouver   December 6, 2011       > Save The Date Calgary   December 8, 2011       > Save The Date On-Line   December 8, 2011       > Save The Date

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