Microsoft TechEd 2014: My Top 25 Picks from Barcelona
Nov 5, 2014
At the end of October, just before Halloween, I visited the Spanish city of Barcelona to enjoy a holiday break with my wife and attend the vibrant Microsoft TechEd 2014 conference. In this post, I am happy to share with you my personal top picks. Below you find the direct links to the 25 selected sessions. Of course you want to start with the opening keynote. At exactly 9 minutes, Joe Belfiore (on the right), Corporate Vice President PC, Tablet and Phone, starts talking about Windows 10. You wouldn’t want to miss that!
Here are my personal TechEd Top 25 Picks from Barca, a little bit clustered but in no particular order, since they all are equally interesting:
- Windows 10 Client Goodness with Joe Belfiore
- Microsoft Azure and Its Competitors: The Big Picture
- A Game of Clouds: Black Belt Security for the Microsoft Cloud
- Managing Cybersecurity Threat: Protect, Detect, and Respond
- Why a Hacker Can Own Your Web Servers in a Day
- Hacker’s Perspective on Your Windows Infrastructure: Mandatory Check List
- CSI: Windows – Techniques for Finding the Cause of Unexpected System Takeovers
- The Dark Web Rises: A Journey through the Looking Glass
- The Ultimate Hardening Guide: What to Do to Make Hackers Pick Someone Else
- Advanced Windows Defense
- Sneak Peek into the Next Release of Windows Server Hyper-V
- Power BI for Office 365 Overview
- Microsoft Analytics Platform System Overview
- Microsoft Analytics Platform System Deep Dive
- Introduction to NoSQL on Azure
- Introducing Data Factory: Orchestration on Big Data
- Jumpstarting Big Data Projects: Stories from the Field
- Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 App Model
- Deep Dive into New App Capabilities in Office 365
- Three-Way Data Binding in Universal Apps: View, View Model, and Cloud
- Kinect in Your Apps – Build to Amaze!
- The New Cocktail: 1 Tablet + 1 PC + 1 Phone + 1 Kinect + 1 Wall, Served Up on a Cloud
- Windows for Internet of Things Devices
- From Vanity to Value, Metrics That Matter: Improving Lean and Agile, Kanban, and Scrum
- CAREER DEVELOPMENT: Next Roles, Next Skills, and Staying Relevant in an Evolving IT World
Now you may feel that I overemphasized the security theme a little. But surely you must be triggered by the impressive and inspiring session list above. That’s why you probably can’t wait to explore the entire range of almost 400 Barcelona TechEd 2014 sessions yourself via the conference homepage. Have fun!