Microsoft SMB Community Event - Brisbane 

Please join the Home and Small Business Server team for a special SMB Community event.  Nick King and Adrian Maziak from the Home and Small Business Server team will be in Australia to participate in several user group meetings.  Nick and Adrian will be discussing Windows Home Server Code Name "Vail", SBS2008 + Windows 7 and other SMB focused topics.

In addition, the King of Swing, Jeff Middleton will explain the opportunity to provide predictable and profitable SBS 2008 migration deployments. You will come away with an understanding of infrastructure transition with SBS 2008, or any NT/200x historical platform to adopt Windows 2003/2008 (R2) platforms, as well as any combination of Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 or 2010. Jeff embraces methodology designed for you to prepared a completed server in advance, maintain the domain, and yet your original domain and server is not modified, the production is not down for construction, and the IT Pro can take your weekends off!

Nick King

Nick King is a Senior Product Manager in the Windows Server Business Group.  His responsibilities include developing WW strategy for Windows Server in SMB, and executing WW campaigns and marketing activity for Windows Server in Mid-Market.   Previously within Microsoft, Nick has held roles in Technical Product Management, and as a Solution Specialist focusing on Core Infrastructure and Security.  Prior to Microsoft, Nick worked in FMCG, as an infrastructure architect, and has run his own SMB training and support company focusing on first server deployments and managed services.  Outside of work, Nick spends his time snowboarding or practicing Krav Maga.

Adrian Maziak

Adrian Maziak is a Senior Program Manager in the Home and Small Business Server team. He joined the team in 2006 and worked on the System Health feature within SBS 2008. Adrian joined Microsoft in 2000 and worked as a Managing Consultant out of the UK subsidiary, where he provided consulting services around Windows Active Directory, Systems Management Server and Microsoft Operations Manager. In 2003 Adrian transferred to Redmond joining the Systems Management Server engineering team.  In total Adrian has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, both as a customer, consultant and now in software engineering.  Outside of Microsoft Adrian enjoys spending time with his family and pursuing his hobbies which include Sailing, Motorcycling and travel.

Jeff Middleton

Jeff Middleton, Founder of SBSmigration.com and for 10-years awarded as SBS-MVP, is recognized worldwide in Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) community. Jeff is known as a speaker, author, advisor, and technical community leader. He has presented internationally at conferences including the Microsoft Partner Program, Tech Ed, SMBTN, ITA and SMB Nation. In support of local IT Pro groups of all sizes, Jeff has visited over 60 different groups in North America, Australia and Europe.  Jeff's name is now synonymous with "Swing Migration", his standardized procedure to make transparent migrations with any domain, work offline with nothing to undo and across any set of platforms. Over the last six years of adoption by SMB consultants in over 80 countries, SBSmigration.com has expanded beyond SBS-specific practices, now becoming a source for universal migration strategies.

You will also be able to find out more about your local SMB IT Professionals group and understand the benefits of being involved in the growing SMB IT Professionals community here in Australia.

 This special event is being hosted by Microsoft. Attendance is free, but registration is a must.  Don't miss this fantastic opportunity.