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Microsoft Online Services - In-person seminar booking  

Please select your seminar and date below for either our Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) in-person seminar, or our Windows Azure Platform in-person seminar.

If you have any questions regarding these seminars or are unable to submit a booking form please contact us here.


Windows Azure: the next big thing in Cloud computing from Microsoft - 3 Hour Seminar
The Windows Azure Platform (Azure) is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft datacenters, which provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. Azure’s flexible and interoperable platform can be used to build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities.

Azure aligns with the Microsoft vision of Software-plus-Services by offering customers, developers, and businesses a transformation in connecting devices, business, productivity, and software. Azure provides developers with a quick on-ramp to authoring and running applications in the Cloud and has been marked as the next biggest thing in Cloud computing.

Register for one of ICS Solutions Azure seminars to be amongst the first people in the world to see how easy it is to build, deploy and manage applications in the Cloud and gain insight into the hottest platform currently available from Microsoft.

What a previous delegate had to say - ‘I found the seminar very useful and it gave a great thought provoking introduction to Microsoft Azure’ – Rob Weston, ITV Plc.  
17th March, 9.30am to 1.00pm, ICS Basingstoke
30th March, 1.30pm to 5.00pm, ICS Basingstoke
21st April, 1.30pm to 5.00pm, Microsoft Reading
5th May, 1.30pm to 5.00pm, ICS Basingstoke


Windows Azure - Seminar Agenda

The seminar will help you to evaluate the Azure Platform and take the first step to Cloud computing, providing you with a base knowledge of Azure, providing information on Azure adoption, Proof of concepts and detailing your next steps.

  • Introduction to Windows Azure
  • Understanding Windows Azure and the Azure platform
  • Windows Azure demonstration
  • Partner presentation - Real world Azure solutions (Dot Net Solutions)
  • Azure pricing and Proof of Concept offerings
  • Next steps in your Azure adoption
  • Azure resources available to you
  • Q&A session

Start your Cloud journey with Microsoft online - 2 Hour Interactive Workshop
Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) delivers hosted communication and collaboration tools designed to give your business streamlined communications with high availability, comprehensive security and simplified IT management. If you have not already signed up for a free BPOS Trial do so here.

At these free interactive workshops you will hear speakers from ICS Solutions demonstrate the business benefits of BPOS for your organisation; discussing the overwhelming cost savings, increased productivity, and security assurance that Microsoft BPOS provides. 

These new interactive workshops will ensure you have a clear understanding of the BPOS and Cloud Computing revolution. The workshop is a starting point to offering guidance and support to progress your experience within BPOS. By attending the interactive workshop, you will be guided through each component of the Microsoft BPOS Platform and led towards implementation where you gain first-hand insight into its business value.
7th April, 1.30pm to 4.30pm, Basingstoke
21st April, 9.30 am to 12.30pm, Microsoft Reading
6th May, 1.30pm to 4.30pm, Basingstoke
18th May, 9.30am to 12.30pm, Basingstoke


Workshop agenda

Positioned as small and interactive events, the workshops are 2 hour sessions which include:


  • Introduction to Microsoft and ICS Solutions Cloud investments
  • Why wouldn't you move from the fog to the Cloud?
  • Dispelling the myths and risks around Cloud computing
  • Real world scenarios for Cloud Computing and associated costs
  • Live demonstrations for each BPOS component
  • How to quickly move from a free Trial to a functional Cloud Platform - ICS Solutions Quickstart

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