We have a ton of webcasts at Microsoft to help educate folks on our technologies. I’ve personally never seen a company that produces as much live and on-demand educational content as we do. But do you know how many types of webcasts there are?
Try 6!
- Technet
- Support
- MSDN
- Small Business
- Partner
- Tech-Ed
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TECHNET WEBCASTS
Most people know about the first: "Technet Webcasts". These are the topical webcasts that are usually focused on understanding how a product or technology works or is implemented. These are found at
- UPCOMING WEBCASTS: http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/upcoming.mspx
- ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS: http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/ondemand.mspx
SUPPORT WEBCASTS
The other type of webcasts that most commonly known are "Support Webcasts". These are usually focused on "break fix" issues or issues that concern the IT professional that’s responsible for assisting end users. There are 4 categories of Support Webcasts available:
- UPCOMING WEBCASTS:http://support.microsoft.com/webcasts
- ARCHIVED PAST WEBCASTS: http://support.microsoft.com/pwebcst
- DOWNLOADABLE WEBCASTS: http://support.microsoft.com/dwebcst
- DOWNLOADABLE PODCASTS: http://support.microsoft.com/podcasts
MSDN WEBCASTS
Application & web developers get their own section of educational content and it’s called MSDN Webcasts. MSDN webcasts show viewers sessions about tools and techniques for .NET developers in particular. View sessions covering topics such as architecture, mobility, security, and interoperability. Walk away from our webcasts ready to save time and effort by getting more out of your existing tools, and be better equipped to use new tools and technologies as they become available.
- .NET FRAMEWORK 3.0 LIVE WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnnetframework3.aspx?tab=webcasts - .NET FRAMEWORK 3.0 ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnnetframework3.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=odall - OFFICE DEVELOPERON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/officedeveloperlive.mspx - SQL SERVERON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnsqlserver2005.mspx - MOBILITY ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnmobility.mspx - WINDOWS VISTA ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvista.mspx - VISUAL C#ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdnvisualcsharp.mspx - MSDN ON-DEMAND ONLINE:
http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/msdneventsdcc.mspx
SMALL BUSINESS WEBCASTS
Small businesses have issues unto themselves when it comes to remaining competitive through the use of technology. Often times the business owner is also the IT department and the Help Desk all rolled into one. Consequently, the point of view is different and so are our webcasts:
- LIVE WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/events/primary.mspx - ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS:
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/connections/default.aspx#webcasts
PARTNER WEBCASTS
Partners, more often than not, are interested in not only understanding new technology but also how to grow their consulting & implementation businesses through the expansion and selling of new services. Approaching technology from this perspective is more than just getting an overview and learning how to deploy & maintain software: It’s about saving time for themselves and customers, adding on services to existing customers, and increasing the exposure they have as a technology expert to gain new customers. These webcasts focus on this perspective:
- VIRTUAL BRIEFINGS: http://www.ts2seminars.com/main.aspx?cat=events&p=vpBriefings
- MEDIACASTS: http://www.ts2seminars.com/main.aspx?cat=events&p=mediaCasts
- WEB SEMINARS: http://www.ts2seminars.com/main.aspx?cat=events&p=webSeminars
TECH-ED WEBCASTS
These are entirely archived events that are accessible as on-demand webcasts from our web site. The content is refreshed every year as Tech-Ed comes and goes. The current content is from last year’s event Tech-Ed 2006, however in a few months (after Tech-Ed 2007 comes and goes) you can anticipate a good part of the 2007 content to be posted. And most of them are also available for download as well.
(Incidentally, this is not a perfect replacement for Tech-Ed: A good amount of the content is not posted. For example, there are 250 sessions available online from Tech-Ed Webcasts – meanwhile there are 400 sessions given at Tech-Ed.)
- TECH-ED 2006 ON-DEMAND WEBCASTS: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/teched06.mspx
- TECH-ED 2007 ON-DEMAND PREPARATION WEBCASTS: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/teched07.aspx
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