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System Center Universe 2012 is a one-day globally available technical event which will focus on the System Center 2012 products and new capabilities resulting from these releases. The conference begins at 8:00 am CST on Thursday, January 19th, 2012.

Jason Buffington will be presenting about Data Protection Manager 2012. Here is a link to the full agenda:

http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/Agenda

Many System Center User Groups will have remote viewings of the sessions. You can find out if your local SCUG is participating at this link:

http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/UserGroupViewings

Microsoft DPM MVP Robert Hedblom will be hosting a free webcast covering what the new features are in DPM 2012.

Here is the information from his blog:

Interested in DPM? Want to know the new features in DPM2012?

At the 13/10 1PM GMT+1 I will host a webcast (Live meeting) that addresses the new features and will also show the new GUI.

Please email me @ robert.hedblom[at]gmail.com and I will provide you the link and information you need.

This is free , you don’t have to pay to attend

Date:13/10 2011
Time:1 PM GMT +1

Today I became Backup Academy Certified in VMware & Hyper-V backup.

Backup Academy is an online training and certification resource created and powered by Veeam. Veeam is a virtualization backup software company. Backup Academy has an online certification test that you can take it is much like other certifications requiring 70% or higher score to pass.

Backup Academy has 8 training videos by IT industry experts. These videos cover the basics of backup, backup of virtualized environments, VSS, Windows Server Backup, VMware backup tools, best practices for backing up VMware and Hyper-V environments, and more. It does not cover DPM but Backup Academy will have more content when they update in the future. Maybe they will add Data Protection Manager to the training and certification at some point!

Here are the experts that have contributed to the training and certification on Backup Academy:

Greg Shields: Greg holds both Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert status and is a senior partner at Concentrated Technology.

David Davis: David holds VMware vExpert status as well as Cisco CCIE and VMware VCAP credentials. David is a popular blogger, author and expert in the virtualization community.

Elias Khnaser: Elias holds VMware vExpert status and is the CTO at Sigma Solutions. Elias has authored a number of books on IT certifications and is a popular blogger on a number of websites.

Eric Siebert: Eric holds VMware vExpert status and a number of IT certifications. Eric has authored several books and is a popular blogger.

Rick Vanover: Rick holds VMware vExpert status and a number of IT certifications. Rick is a popular blogger and podcaster.

This certification is a good indication that you as an IT Professional understand the basics of backup. I recommend this training and certification for anyone that works with data protection. It is good for the beginner and a good refresher for experienced backup admins.

Here is the Backup Academy  website: http://www.backupacademy.com

Here is a blog post with more information on the academy and certification: VEEAM Post on Backup Academy

I will be attending the September 2011 MN System Center User Group. They will be giving away 2 free copies of a TechNet subscription and a copy of my Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010 book.

Paul Thomsen, Solution Engineer for 1E will be speaking and they will also have free food.

Visit the user groups website for more info: http://mnscug.org/meetings/173-september-2011-meeting.html

Micro Center puts on free technology clinics. Here is a good one on Virtualization that is coming up. This one is in Minnesota located at 3710 Highway 100 South, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 on

Saturday, July 24 and Sunday, July 25

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Check out this free SharePoint event in Minnesota.

Twin Cities SharePoint Saturday IV on March 20, 2010

The 4th Biannual Twin Cities SharePoint Saturday! (Formerly known as the Twin Cities SharePoint Camp.)  Spend a day with other SharePoint Administrators, Developers and End Users and come away with tips, tricks and a richer understanding of how you can leverage SharePoint to meet your needs.

Audience
SharePoint Saturdays are about the SharePoint community at large.  It’s a free forum for SharePoint Architects, Administrators, Business Users, Developers, and other SharePoint users to come and learn from their peers.  Topics are always based on community interest.

Date: March 20, 2010
Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Location: University of Minnesota’s Computer Science Building, Minneapolis
Cost: Free

http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/twincities/default.aspx

I will be attending two FREE webinars one on SharePoint 2010 and one on the basics of CRM.
They are both on the same day February 11th.

• Back to the Basics of CRM (Salesforce.com and Microsoft CRM) – 1:15 – 2:30 pm EST
• SharePoint 2010: World Premiere – 3:30 – 5:00 pm EST

Sign up here

I will be attending a FREE half-day Windows 7 Deployment technical seminar in Minnesota. It will be presented by Jarvis Davis a Senior ConfigMgr Consultant. Here are the topics that will be covered in the technical seminar:

In this session, Virteva will share their desktop deployment processes and methodologies as well as lessons learned, covering best practices and lessons learned performing OS deployments. We will use real world experiences, resolutions, and best practices to highlight the “best” process for implementing an automated deployment system. We will touch on the process for building and deploying your “gold” image including OS installation, driver management, updates management, managing user state, and dynamic application deployment.

To sign up go here: IT Care