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Microsoft helps you Thrive in a down market
Welcome to Thrive from Microsoft!
If you recall past posts about Microsoft and Social Responsibility, this is just another measure of ensuring that our technical future is secure, or if you’re looking for a career change that the resources are available to ensure you have a future in technology.
They have this broken up into several core areas
- Advance your career
- Career Development
- Get Started
- Explore Microsoft’s training overview
- Get your training with Microsoft Learning Plans
- Keep track of your learning plan with My Learning Tool
- Get Certified
- You may be a tech whiz…but ‘Are You Certifiable?!?’
- Find out the facts about certification
- Earn your Microsoft Certification!
- Hear what others have to say about Microsoft Learning and certifications
- Why Get Certified?
- Learn more about the value of certification
- Value of Certification: Team Certification and Organization Performance
- What are the industry’s 10 best IT certifications?
- Get a second chance to pass your Microsoft Certification exam—free offer!
- Career Guidance (Networking & Community)
- Career Change Management
- Industry Related
- Top 10 Jobs in Information Technology
- How to Job Search in 2009
- Unconventional Places to Expand your Network
- Stalled Career? 10 Tips
- Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Ways to Stay Employed
- Job Search Related
- Tools & Resources
- Enhance your technical skills
- Virtualization
- Get Started
- Technical Competency Introduction Video With Tony Scott
- Windows Server Virtualization: Overview Video
- TechNet Radio: Managing a Virtualized Environment today and in the future
- Videos (5 – 15 min)
- Microsoft Virtualization
- Intro to Windows Server 2008 Virtualization
- Server Core Hyper-V Prerequisites
- Green IT and Virtualization
- Webcasts (30 – 90 min)
- TechNet Webcast: High Availability with Hyper-V (Level 200)
- TechNet Webcast: Presentation Virtualization with Terminal Services RemoteApp (Level 200)
- TechNet Webcast: Assess Your Server IT Infrastructure for Windows Server 2008 Migration and Virtualization (Level 300)
- Tools & Resources
- Virtualization TCO Calculator
- Hyper-Green Calculator
- Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization
- Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
- Windows Server Virtualization and Licensing Calculator
- White Papers
- How Customers Are Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization
- Virtualization for Windows – A Technology Overview
- Microsoft.com Operations Virtualizes MSDN and TechNet on Hyper-V
- Case Studies
- Atlanta Journal Constitution: With Virtualization, Newspaper Reduces Costs, Gains Infrastructure Flexibility
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Medical Center Reduces Costs, Increases Application Availability with Virtualization
- Jackson Energy Authority: Public Utility Boosts Application Availability and Simplifies IT with Virtualization
- Continental Airlines: Leading Airline Moves to Virtual Environment, Sets Stage for Growth While Cutting Costs
- Desktop Optimization
- Get Started
- Technical Competency Introduction Video With Tony Scott
- TechNet Webcast: Agility Now: What Is Infrastructure Optimization, and Why Should You Care?
- National Aquarium in Baltimore: Aquarium Enhances Data Access, Security, and Productivity with New Operating System
- Video (5 – 15 min)
- Continental Airlines Bets on Operating System Upgrade for Reduced IT and Energy Costs
- Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
- Webcasts (30 – 90 min)
- TechNet Webcast: Agile Desktops: Microsoft Application Virtualization and Intel vPro Technology (Level 200)
- TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Uses the Automated Service Agent System to Deliver a Low-Cost, High-Value Service
- TechNet Webcast: Optimizing Desktop Management with System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization
- Tools & Resources
- White Papers
- Reducing TCO with Windows Vista: Quantified Savings for Mobile PCs
- The Road to Desktop Optimization: Five Best practices for Optimizing the Desktop Infrastructure
- The Enterprise PC Lifecycle: Seeing the big picture for PC fleet management
- Case Studies
- Align IT with Business
- Cost Savings
- Get Started
- Business and IT Alignment Introduction Video With Tony Scott
- IT Manager Webcast: Introduction to Platform Solution Blueprints (Level 200)
- Videos & Webcasts (30 – 90 min)
- Windows Server Virtualization: Overview Video
- IT Manager Webcast: Platform Solution Blueprints: Virtualization and Infrastructure Management (Level 200)
- IT Manager Webcast: Protecting Legacy Assets Through Automated Conversion Reduces Licensing Costs and Increases Agility (Level 200)
- IT Manager Webcast: Infrastructure Optimization: Shifting Development from a Cost Center to a Strategic Business Asset
- Podcasts (30 – 90 min)
- IT Manager Dialog Series- Virtualization
- IT Manager Podcast: Introduction to Platform Solution Blueprints (Level 200)
- IT Manager Podcast: Platform Solution Blueprints: Virtualization and Infrastructure Management (Level 200)
- Analytics Reports / Whitepapers
- Information Week: Analytics Report – Unlocking Virtualization: Facing IT, Business Realities
- How Customers Are Cutting Costs and Building Value with Microsoft Virtualization
- Virtualization Strategy Provides Tools, Processes, and Compliance Capabilities to Enhance Business Support and Drive Adoption
- Tools & Resources
- Simple to Save: ROI Calculator
- Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization – ROI Tool
- You Already Own It!
- IT Manager: Platform Solution Blueprint by Advaiya
- IT Manager: Platform Solution Blueprint – Virtualization
- Connect with your peers on the TechNet IT Management Community Hub!
- Case Studies
- Compliance & Governance
- Get Started
- Webcasts (30 – 90 min)
- Microsoft Webcast: Better IT Management Through IT Governance (part 1)
- Microsoft Webcast: Better IT Management Through IT Governance (part 2)
- Tools & Resources
- Security Compliance Management Toolkit
- Security Intelligence Report
- Learning Path for Security
- FORUM: Configuration Manager – Desired Configuration Management
- Compliance Management Forum
- Connect with your peers on the TechNet IT Management Community Hub!
- White Papers
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