And we are back!!! :)

Well, it has been a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away since I have been starting to write this blog:)

And if you might be wondering what happened – after all it has been more than 10 years – the answer is – I never actually stopped writing:)

In the meantime I wrote content for more than 15 Microsoft Official Courses, books, and my own workshops and master classes. I travelled around the world to speak on many Microsoft and community conferences, worked as a consultant and a trainer for customers worldwide, and founded my own company Meloski Consulting. Still, for some reason – and this is not an excuse – none of these topics or experiences ever appeared on this blog:)

And here I am, glad to be back to my blog, and looking forward to share with you plenty of cool information about technology.

See you soon…

Microsoft Vizja 7, 7th and 8th of October, 2009

Microsoft Vizija is the biggest technology conference in Republic of Macedonia for IT Professionals, Developers and IT Managers.

Please welcome and learn about latest exciting technologies such as Microsoft Office 2010, Windows 7, Office SharePoint 2010, Exchange Server 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 and much more.

We are very excited to announce that Macedonian Exchange User Group will take part in Vizija at a cohosted community event. Visit the User Group sessions, meet MVPs, MCTs, community members and industry experts, discuss and share ideas about the new technologies.

For more info, visit www.msvizija.net

Microsoft Technology Update 2009

Traditionally every year in spring Microsoft organizes one-day event called TechUpdate, where the IT people are updated about the technologies that are soon to be released or planned for near future.

Last year as you remember, this event was organized with help of the user group communities (SQL PASS Macedonia, Macedonian Exchange User Group, and Macedonian .NET User Group) and extended to multiple events/road show named "Heroes Happen Here" announcing Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.

For this event, the agenda is as follows:

– Enterprise Product Roadmap

– Windows 7

– Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008

– Microsoft Azure

Looking forward for another great event this year.

Microsoft TechEd IT Professionals North America 2008 – Orlando, FL – My BOF session is accepted

 

 

I am very happy that my BOF session is accepted for this year’s conference Microsoft TechEd IT Professionals North America 2008 in Orlando, FL.

 

The session title is: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Have You Made a Transition Yet?

 

What will this session cover: Exchange Server 2007 has been released for more than a year, and SP1 is also here. A number of new features are available now. So, have you made a transition yet? We discuss different implementation strategies, server roles configuration and placement. How do you protect from spam, viruses, and other security threats? What is your favorite high availability feature, and have you implemented LCR, CCR, SCC, or SCR? Are you using Unified Communications? Has anyone deployed Exchange Server on Windows Server 2008? Of course, isn’t it cool to work with Exchange using PowerShell? Finally, it is all about users, so how do they like the new look and feel from client perspective, including Outlook 2007, OWA, OVA, and mobile devices? Share your experiences, discuss, and learn from others about implementing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

 

I want to thank everyone who voted for my session.

 

It is scheduled on Wednesday, June 11 7:45 PM – 8:45 PM, at the N310 E room – North Hall. The session code is BOF961.

 

Welcome:)

 

18th of April – Heroes {Community} Launch at Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje

 

Today we are at the Institute of Informatics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje.

 

I am always glad to talk about new technologies, especially with the students who will apply this knowledge in their future work.

 

The sessions as usual were followed by a lot of questions and discussions about the new cool features presented.

 

 

16th of April – Heroes {Community} Launch at European University in Skopje

 

The roadshow continues.

 

Today we are at the European University in Skopje, and again a lot of young people interested to learn about new technologies.

 

The students were able to attend the sessions from two locations, onsite in Skopje and online in Ohrid, using Microsoft Office Live Meeting.

 

As always I was very happy to answer all the questions from the students.

 

 

14th of April – Heroes {Community} Launch at Goce Delcev University in Stip

 

Today the Heroes {Community} Launch continued at Goce Delcev University in Stip.

 

The sessions were attended by a lot of students and IT people. It was amasing how the young people are interested in these great technologies.

 

A lot of questions were discussed during and after the sessions.

 

 

8th of April – Heroes {Community} Launch – 3,2,1, – Go!!!

 

 

So, finally it’s here.

 

Macedonia joins the worldwide launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008.

 

The sessions were presented at the anual TechUpdate event, on 8th of April at the Alexandar Palace Hotel.

 

This is the agenda:

 

09:00 – 10:50	Key note Joseph Landes, Microsoft Corp Marin Bezic, Microsoft UK Mile Grujovski, Macedonian .NET User Group Vladimir Meloski, Macedonian Exchange User Group
10:50 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:00	Windows Server 2008 – Overview Aleksandar Gelevski Vladimir Meloski Macedonian Exchange User Group
12:00 – 12:45	Break
13:00 – 14:00	SQL 2008 and VS 2008 – Next Generation Web Dejan Dimitrovski Ivan Acev Macedonian .NET User Group
14:00 – 14:15	Break
14:15 – 15:15	SQL 2008 Server Aleksandar Talev (MVP – SQL Server) Robert Lakinski PASS Macedonia

 

Overall, it was a great event and a lot of IT Professionals, DBAs and Developers attended the sessions.

 

Microsoft Windays 2008 in Opatija, Croatia

 

Opatija is a beautiful city and touristic destination on the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. It is also a place where IT Pros and Developers get together attending annual Microsoft Conference called WinDays. This year is 8th conference in a row, and even it is organized in a Croatia, a lot of attendees from South Eastern Europe also enjoy, sun, sea, and of course, great technical content.

 

The conference is schedlued from 22nd to 25th of April (21st Pre-Conference Day).

 

I have never attended WinDays, but everyone who did says it is a great experience.

 

Here is some information from the WinDays web site:

 

"Microsoft WinDays is the largest business and technology conference in Croatia, bringing this year once again knowledge and information on the latest Microsoft technologies. For the eighth time, the leading individuals from the worlds of technology and business will gather in Opatija."

 

And also:

 

"Over 160 lectures in 4 days will be held by the best domestic and foreign professionals, who will present an overview of products we can expect in the future. Along with the main content of the conference, we have prepared various technology workshops and demonstrations of the latest Microsoft and partner products."

 

You can find more information and register on following link: https://www.microsoft.com/croatia/windays/english/default.mspx

 

Have a great conference:)

 

TechNet Virtual Labs: Exchange Server

 

So you are interested what Exchange Server 2007 SP1 brings. Or even more excited, you heard that it can be installed on Windows Server 2008?

 

That’s great, so why don’t you give it a try?

 

Visit following link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/bb499043.aspx, where you can experience a lot more of Exchange Server 2007 scenarios about:

 

– security;

– disaster recovery;

– unified messaging;

– PowerShell;

 

 

Enjoy;)