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Ascent Technology is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of this event that will provide technical training for Microsoft Partners and Customers, and we look forward to seeing you there.
Naturally, we will also be available afterwards and look forward to continuing the discussion around the covered subjects with you, as well as answering any other questions you may have.
The Microsoft Boot Camps are the premier education and networking events and are for anybody interested in learning, connecting, and exploring a broad set of current and new Microsoft technologies, platforms and services.
Due to demand, this year’s Boot Camps will also be run in Cape Town.
The boot camp will comprise of two tracks, namely the Modern Datacenter track covering a wave of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Azure technologies, to help enterprises progress toward the benefits of Systems Management, Virtualization and Cloud Computing in The Modern Datacenter.
The second track, Data Platforms, will cover a wave of data insight technologies encompassing of core SQL 2014 capabilities, the Analytics Platform System, and cloud technologies including Azure and Power BI, to help enterprises progress toward the benefits of Business Analytics, The Modern Data Warehouse, Big Data and Hybrid Cloud.
| Date: | Tuesday 12 – Wednesday 13 May 2015 |
| Venue: | Crystal Towers Hotel, Century City |
| Cost: | R4 150.00 excl VAT Delegate Registration Fee Package |
The boot camp will cover a wave of Data insight technologies encompassing of core SQL 2014 capabilities, the Analytics Platform System and cloud technologies including Azure and Power BI, to help enterprises progress toward the benefits of Business Analytics, The Modern Data Warehouse, Big Data and Hybrid Cloud.
The boot camps will not only cover product updates but also provide opportunities for Hands On Labs experience with various solutions.
| Date: | Tuesday 26 – Wednesday 27 May 2015 |
| Venue: | Riverstone Lodge, Muldersdrift |
| Cost: | R4 150.00 excl VAT Delegate Registration Fee Includes conference materials and one nights shared accommodation |
This boot camp will cover a wave of Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Azure technologies, to help enterprises progress toward the benefits of Systems Management, Virtualization and Cloud Computing in The Modern Datacenter.
The boot camps will not only cover product updates but also provide opportunities for Hands On Labs experience with various solutions.
| Date: | Thursday 28 – Friday 29 May 2015 |
| Venue: | Riverstone Lodge, Muldersdrift |
| Cost: | R4 150.00 excl VAT Delegate Registration Fee Includes conference materials and one nights shared accommodation |
