This online seminar is an event conducted by Convergent Computing President, Rand Morimoto, provides a full roadmap of the current and future (3-5 year) line-up of Microsoft’s server and desktop products.

Covered in this seminar includes topics such as:

• what’s New in Windows Server 2003 and how will SP1 improve security and server management

• what’s the roadmap for Windows Server including Windows Server 2003 “R2” and Longhorn Server that might be important for an organization to plan or anticipate
• how does Exchange 2003 with SP1 fit into an organization’s communication strategy
• what’s anticipated in future Exchange releases including feature packs and future service packs
• how does Office Systems 2003 (Word, Excel, Project, Visio, InfoPath, etc) fit in to the overall desktop and mobile user application access needs and requirements
• what’s involved in upgrading to SQL/2005 and is it significantly better than SQL/2000 or SQL 7
• how are organizations using Live Communication Server for instant messaging and “presence”, and is there a benefit in employee functionality and productivity
• how System Center 2005 integrates SMS/2003 and MOM/2005 for a complete management platform
• where Windows Storage Server 2003 fits in for a fully integrated SAN / NAS solution with data and storage management
• how organizations are leveraging BizTalk Server for enterprise application integration
• what Information Bridge Framework (IBF) does and how organizations are leveraging the technology into making truly dynamic smart docs and smart tags to improve employee communications and productivity
• and lastly to answer the question “if I migrate to all these /2003, /2004, and /2005 products, will I have to upgrade again soon” (Rand will provide a roadmap of the product lines so you know when future releases are anticipated to be released (and what’s in the future releases that may or may not interest you))

Rand’s company, Convergent Computing (CCO), works with Microsoft technologies 2-3 years before the products are released, and the consultants at CCO write books on the technologies based on real world implementations in beta and production implementations.

You should download and print the slide deck that will be used throughout this session

Video #1 (71-minutes): Covers Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Office 2003 current and futures

Video #2 (62-minutes): Covers Exchange 2003, SQL 2005, SMS 2003, MOM 2005, BizTalk, Information Business Framework current and futures

If you have questions on this online seminar, please contact our organization mailto:sales@cco.com