Microsoft Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 IT Professionals is the Microsoft premier technical education conference just for IT professionals. For five days, 5,000 IT professionals are learning how to architect, plan, deploy, manage and secure a connected enterprise from Microsoft experts and industry leaders.
Several folks from Exchange will be there presenting breakout sessions, interactive sessions and staffing the Ask the Experts area. Here's a quick rundown of the Unified Communications sessions:
| Date | Timeslot | Room | Code | Title | Session Type | Speaker(s) |
| 11/3/2008 | 16:00 - 17:15 | Room 116 | UNC202 | What's New in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Breakout | Eric Swift |
| 11/3/2008 | 16:00 - 17:15 | Room 111 | UNC205 | Exchange Online Administration and Management | Breakout | Rob Nichols |
| 11/3/2008 | 17:45 - 19:00 | Room 134 | UNC08-IS | Q&A: E-Mail Retention with Exchange Hosted Archive | Interactive | Joel Soderberg |
| 11/3/2008 | 17:45 - 19:00 | Room 111 | UNC201 | What's New in mobility and web access with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Breakout | Brett Johnson |
| 11/4/2008 | 09:00 - 10:15 | Room 134 | UNC06-IS | Q&A: Exchange Performance Demystified | Interactive | John Rodriguez |
| 11/4/2008 | 09:00 - 10:15 | Room 114 | UNC301 | Story so far...or what we've learnt from Office Communications Server Customers | Breakout | Sasa Juratovic |
| 11/4/2008 | 10:45 - 12:00 | Room 112 | UNC303 | Advanced Troubleshooting Strategies for Exchange Server 2007 | Breakout | John Rodriguez |
| 11/4/2008 | 12:20 - 13:10 | Room 115 | UNC01-PD | What's New in Office Communicator and Devices with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Demo | Anton Krantz; Avronil Bhattacharjee |
| 11/4/2008 | 13:30 - 14:45 | Room 123 | UNC01-ILL | Data Protection Manager 2007 - Protecting Exchange Server | I.L. | Jason Buffington |
| 11/4/2008 | 13:30 - 14:45 | Room 134 | UNC01-IS | Q&A : How do I deploy mobility and web access in OCS 2007 R2 ? | Interactive | Brett Johnson |
| 11/4/2008 | 13:30 - 14:45 | Room 117 | UNC310 | Make Outlook 2007 happy with Exchange 2007 Web Services | Breakout | Kevin Laahs |
| 11/4/2008 | 15:15 - 16:30 | Room 113 | UNC311 | Going Big! A Discussion on Deploying Large Mailboxes with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 without Breaking the Bank | Breakout | Ross Smith IV |
| 11/4/2008 | 17:00 - 18:15 | Room 134 | UNC02-IS | Q&A: Troubleshooting Server Issues in Office Communications Server 2007 | Interactive | Peter Schmatz |
| 11/4/2008 | 17:00 - 18:15 | Room 112 | UNC304 | Migrating to Exchange Server 2007 | Breakout | Andrew Ehrensing |
| 11/5/2008 | 09:00 - 10:15 | Room 117 | UNC305 | Deploying and Migrating Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Breakout | Anand Lakshminarayanan; Peter Schmatz |
| 11/5/2008 | 10:45 - 12:00 | Room 133 | UNC05-IS | Q&A: Migrating Domino and Groupwise to Exchange 2007 | Interactive | Andrew Ehrensing |
| 11/5/2008 | 10:45 - 12:00 | Room 113 | UNC204 | Microsoft Voice Interoperability Strategy and what's new in R2 | Breakout | Francois Doremieux; Jingyu Qiu |
| 11/5/2008 | 12:20 - 13:10 | Room 125 | UNC02-PD | Protecting Exchange Data with Data Protection Manager | Demo | Ilse Van Criekinge |
| 11/5/2008 | 13:30 - 14:45 | Room 133 | UNC10-IS | Q&A : Deploying and Migrating Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Interactive | Anand Lakshminarayanan; Peter Schmatz |
| 11/5/2008 | 13:30 - 14:45 | Auditorium | UNC306 | High Availability in Exchange 2007 SP1, Part 1: Continuous Replication and Failover Clusters | Breakout | Scott Schnoll |
| 11/5/2008 | 15:45 - 17:00 | Room 123 | UNC01-ILL | Data Protection Manager 2007 - Protecting Exchange Server | I.L. | Jason Buffington |
| 11/5/2008 | 15:45 - 17:00 | Room 113 | UNC316 | Microsoft OCS Direct SIP Interoperability with IP-PBX | Breakout | Francois Doremieux |
| 11/5/2008 | 17:30 - 18:45 | Room 113 | UNC401 | ESE Internals | Breakout | Ross Smith IV |
| 11/6/2008 | 08:30 - 09:45 | Room 132 | UNC03-IS | Q&A: Exchange Server 2007 Continuous Replication Deep Dive | Interactive | Ross Smith IV |
| 11/6/2008 | 08:30 - 09:45 | Room 111 | UNC203 | What's New in Conferencing with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Breakout | Avronil Bhattacharjee; Renee Lo |
| 11/6/2008 | 10:15 - 11:30 | Room 132 | UNC07-IS | Q&A : How do I connect my OCS with other voice and video systems ? | Interactive | Francois Doremieux; Jingyu Qiu |
| 11/6/2008 | 10:15 - 11:30 | Room 121 | UNC302 | Coexistence and Migration with Exchange Online | Breakout | Erik Ashby |
| 11/6/2008 | 13:00 - 14:15 | Room 132 | UNC09-IS | Q&A: Migrating to Exchange Online | Interactive | Erik Ashby |
| 11/6/2008 | 13:00 - 14:15 | Room 112 | UNC308 | Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Component Description and Conceptual Overview | Breakout | Martin Sherred |
| 11/6/2008 | 14:40 - 15:55 | Auditorium | UNC312 | What's New in Voice with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Breakout | Mahendra Sekaran |
| 11/6/2008 | 16:20 - 17:35 | Room 117 | UNC307 | High Availability in Exchange 2007 SP1, Part 2: Disaster Recovery and Site Resilience (SCR deep dive) | Breakout | Scott Schnoll |
| 11/6/2008 | 18:00 - 19:15 | Room 121 | UNC318 | Dell Global Services - Reducing Complexity and Cost of Exchange Storage | Breakout | Dee Chury; Dustin Johnson |
| 11/7/2008 | 09:00 - 10:15 | Room 115 | UNC309 | Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging Scaling and Performance Considerations | Breakout | Martin Sherred |
| 11/7/2008 | 09:00 - 10:15 | Room 112 | UNC315 | Certificates and Exchange 2007: Best Practices and Lessons Learned | Breakout | Ilse Van Criekinge |
| 11/7/2008 | 10:45 - 12:00 | Room 112 | UNC317 | Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Hyper-V | Breakout | Scott Schnoll |
| 11/7/2008 | 12:20 - 13:10 | Room 111 | UNC03-PD | Benefits of Office Communications Server 2007 R2 in the daily business | Demo | Damien Caro |
| 11/7/2008 | 13:30 - 14:45 | Room 113 | UNC313 | Exchange Server 2007 CAS\HUB Deployment Scaling and Testing | Breakout | Bill Thompson |
| 11/7/2008 | 15:15 - 16:30 | Room 113 | UNC314 | Planning and Deploying Group Chat with Office Communications Server 2007 R2 | Breakout | Ken Ewert |
If you happen to be attending Tech·Ed EMEA 2008, drop by the Ask the Experts area and say Hello!
-The Exchange Team
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