Date: Feb 02/03/14 10:20 AM Subject: WSBUG: Windows Boston - February meeting and more! From: "Gene" Our next meeting Tell us what you think! Upcoming LoadFest Helpful links Membership benefits Social Media Our next meeting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows Boston Meeting - Exchange Crossover When: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Where: Microsoft @ 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge What: Lee Benjamin will be presenting Hybrid, cloud and on-prem., environments. How: Please sign up at http://www.meetup.com/WindowsBoston Know anyone who may be interested? Please invite them, all are welcome and we LOVE to see new faces! Bring a friend! Remember, there will be free pizza and drinks and as usual we’ll be giving away some great swag! Tell us what you think! Take a couple of minutes and let us know what you'd like to see by filling out our polls at http://www.meetup.com/WindowsBoston/polls/ Upcoming LoadFest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows 2012 R2 / System Center /Azure The event is sponsored by Microsoft Corporation and Bluefin Technical Services. 3/14/2014 Join the experts of Windows Boston for an all day, hands-on training session focusing on Windows Server 2012 R2, Azure and System Center with a heavy dose of virtualization. Premium mebers can signup early to ensure you get a spot, so signup soon! All attendee's get lab manuals. Also a light breakfast and pizza for lunch will be provided. Sign up now at www.meetup.com. You can download your copy of Windows Server 2012 R2 from http://aka.ms/WB-win2012r2 to get ready for the event. Helpful Links -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links to download lots of Microsoft evaluation software. Every download helps BAWSUG with credits we can use to get more swag, so if you need to try out any of the software below, please use these links. Thanks! Evaluation software Windows Server 2012: http://aka.ms/WB-WS Windows Server 2012 R2: http://aka.ms/WB-win2012r2 System Center : http://aka.ms/WB-SC2012 System Center R2 : http://aka.ms/WB-SC2012r2 Free Cloud Resources Windows Azure : http://aka.ms/WB-Cloud For startups/small businesses Microsoft BizSpark : http://aka.ms/WB-BizSpark Great blogs ITProGuru (Dan Stolts) Blog : http://ITProGuru.com Steve Maier Blog : http://42Base13.net Free Training Microsoft Virtual Academy : http://aka.ms/WB-MVA Watch Past Meetings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch past meetings on our Vimeo channel! http://vimeo.com/channels/WindowsBoston Subjects include: Office 365 PowerShell How to survive an IT audit Migrating to Exchange 2013 And more... Membership Benefits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows IT Pro Penton Press has generously offered members of our group a 30% discount on an annual subscription to Windows IT Pro Magazine. http://bit.ly/1a81pJe New Horizons Our good friends at New Horizons are also offering a 15-25% discount to our members on any Microsoft training. http://bit.ly/14mGAKW Social Media -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Windows Boston on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/WindowsBoston And Facebook http://www.Facebook.com/WindowsBoston