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There were two buses: one Orange and one Blue. The Orange one was maneuvered by Microsoft and a great team from MSL. The Blue bus was maneuvered by MCT Sweden and the community. Team Orange had links to the internet, blogged away and was tracked on the net - the world watching! So what ever happened...

Couldn t make it to a Bus Tour stop? Saw a presentation you liked during the tour? Couldn t leave your home country to get to Europe (like yours truly :( )? Then fret no more. The decks are now available on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/MicrosoftLearning GOTB Europe - Introducing Exchange Server...

TechEd Europe Show Special: Onsite Exams only 42 Euro - Thursday and Friday ONLY! You’ve been to all the sessions, you’ve taken all the labs. You’re ready for this, it’s time to take an exam. And why not, when onsite tests have been discounted by 70%? Register to take an exam...

Today TechEd started, and we were excited to see a video of the Bus Tour. Stephen Rose from Springboard Series and Ken Rosen from Microsoft Learning got in front of a camera to talk to why we got on the bus. Later on, Tony Krijnen and Daniel van Soest walked into the audience and threw T-Shirts and hats...

For those of you reading our newsletter , following our Twitter feed or blogs, you are aware that I the Springboard Series partnered with Microsoft Learning for the “ Get On The Bus Tour ” The goal was to bring information on Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and Certification. So, I agreed to...

After the event at BRG, we drove through Vienna to Microsoft Austria. On the way, we saw some beautiful sights, but sadly, we didn’t have a chance to visit any; I’ll definitely make a point of returning to this beautiful city when I have more time to explore! Once we arrived at the Microsoft...

After a weekend in Amsterdam, where most of us took some time for some sightseeing, we had to get back to work on the bus tour. Over the weekend we said goodbye to David Elfassy and hello to Ian Hameroff, who will be presenting Exchange Server 2010, and Stephen Rose, who will be presenting Windows 7...

As Barney from “How I Met Your Mother” would say “Legen…wait for it…dary!” Andrew Bettany put together a legendary event for us in York. Professionally organized with a keen eye for detail and perfection. All attendees had name tags with the Get On The Bus logo on them. The University of York found sponsors...

Tjeerd and I took the train from Kings Cross Station (no, there is no Platform 9¾, I checked) to York. We had to get from the event with MS Employ in London to the University of York in 2 hours in order to participate in an early bird session that Andrew Bettany, one of Microsoft Learning’s...

At lunch learners and presenters were treated to some authentic American fayre in the form of a real hot dog stand, mini burger type sandwiches adorned with the stars and stripes. These were polished off with some sumptuous cup cakes! Well done Digicomp. After lunch David Elfassy & I took to the...

It is great to experience that many of you, every now and then, take a Glympse to see where we are. The Live Tracking technology is fun, especially when we received a text message asking if we were enjoying the view of Lake Como while we just drove by it:-) At times, you may have seen our signal disappear...

One of our contest winners Chris Maneu joined the Bus in Milan and travelled with us to Zurich overnight. I caught up with Chris during the event at DigiComp Academy for a quick interview. Chris is a Microsoft Student Partner and has the following blog: http://www.christophermaneu.fr/

Today, we find ourselves in Switzerland. It’s amazing to wake up to snow on the ground after a day of sunny and, surprisingly, warm weather in Milan (don’t worry…by the time, we got to our hotel the snow was gone). We also welcomed David Elfassy to our cadre of speakers while Ken fell victim to a 24...

Hello, Andrew Bettany here on the Bus Tour. O ur second event in Milan took us to Pipeline IT . The attendees at this event spent the morning hearing technical presentations on Windows Server and Exchange. We arrived shortly after lunch, and Tjeerd opened with his presentation on the cool new features...

9:00 – Milan. It’s Monday morning, the sun is shining and Milan is beautiful. We’re all excited as we make our way to our first event at OverNet . The double-decker bus looks fantastic, our driver is giving it its last wash.     So let’s begin! 9:10 We meet our hosts and I’m immediately impressed...

Over 20 7 registrations have been recorded for the Microsoft Get on the Bus tour in the North of England, UK. Hosted by the University of York, the event has already attracted 35% more registrations than initially anticipated. Yorkshire is the largest county in the British Isles, however many IT events...

Today we finished packing the last boxes for our tour locations; all the coffee, presentation equipment, giveaways and lots of other stuff have been put in the right boxes and made ready to be brought on the bus. Feels really good to be this far on the way, so I thought to share our shedule with you...

Ian Hameroff will talk Exchange Server 2010 during the bus tour. Listen to what he ll cover in his presentation. Oh, he s also a big Seattle Sounders fan. For you Europeans, that s Major League Soccer - our top football division here - and we made the playoffs in our first year :). If you get a chance...

Brad McCabe is one cool dude and will join Stephen Rose in the Windows 7 presentation covering MDOP - that s Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. Don t know what it is? Join us on the bus tour! Are you ready for Windows 7? This is a common question now that Windows 7 is released to manufacturing. What...

You all know Liberty Munson right? She s been giving you a lot of behind the scenes action into what goes into our exam development process. Well, she s going to be talking about this a lot more on the bus tour. The Truth about Certification Exams Curious about how Microsoft determines what questions...