“We are ultimately the buffer between the hype of
Microsoft and the reality of our clients”
Strategy & Innovation
Tech·Ed New Zealand 2008
A Monday 1st September to Wednesday 3rd September
whistle-stop tour
8:30 am to 5:30 pm each day

What would make you come to TechED?
More Free Stuff
Better Food
Deeper Technical Content
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
What will you do most during TechED while you're online?
Using social networking sites
Reading the latest news
Catching up on email
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

What would be your top priority at TechED this year?
Meet new people
Technical Education
A new job
0 20 40 60 80 100
What will you be doing at TechFest?
Drinking
Dancing
Looking for a potential partner
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

What does it cost?
Individual Registrations
Single delegate $1,860
Over 2000 tickets in
Corporate Registration Packages
Up to 5 delegates
Up to 10 delegates
less than$6,000
3 weeks!!!
$10,200
Up to 20 delegates $18,600
Up to 40 delegates $34,800
Up to 75 delegates $55,200
Up to 120 delegates $72,000

Ticket to the conference………………………………….......$2000
Flights and accommodation……………………………….....$1200
11 tracks, 140 sessions,100+ national and
international speakers, Hands on labs……………………...PRICELESS

TechEd Agenda
Sunday – Free Code Camp
Monday – Day One Tuesday – Day Two
Keynote Sessions
Sessions TechFest
Ask the Experts
Girl Geek Dinner Wednesday – Day Three
Bloggers Dinner Sessions

Key Themes
Virtualization
Just released Windows Hyper-V
Cloud Services
Microsoft will make major announcements in late October
Currently Shipping Bits
.NET 3.5, Vista, SQL 2008

Day One Big Sessions
Overview of SQL Server 2008 – new features
Jeremy Boyd
ADO.NET Data Services – The zen of RESTfulness and
the art of “Astoria”
Scott Hanselman
Virtualisation and Security: What does it mean for me?
Steve Riley
Extending the application development platform with
cloud services
Chris Auld

Ask the Experts

Girl Geek Dinner

Bloggers Dinner

Day Two Big Sessions
21st Century networking
Steve Riley
How IT will change in the next 10 years and why should
you care?
Miha Kralj
Web futures – the next 18 months
Expert Panel chaired by Chris Auld
Creating content centric publishing sites with MOSS 2007
Mark Orange + Zac Smith

TechFest

Day Three Big Sessions
Silverlight 2 for Developers
Jonas Folleso
Do these 10 things or get 0wn3d
Steve Riley
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE tips and tricks
Kirk Jackson
C# tips and tricks
Jeremy Boyd + John Daniel Trask

Hands On Labs

Market Place

Getting Involved
Attendee
Speaker
Voice of the Customer
Technical session
Sponsor/Exhibitor

Other Key Events
Microsoft PDC
Every 2-3 years
Future roadmap looking out up to 36 months
Generally in Los Angeles
Broad Microsoft platform coverage
Microsoft Mix
Yearly in Las Vegas
Focus on Web technologies and rich applications
Microsoft platform plus more general sessions

Other Key Events
Microsoft Convergence
Over 4000 attendees
Annual Microsoft Dynamics Conference
CRM
NAV
AX
Office
Copenhagen
and Orlando