BizTalk 2013 Hand on days are a community event created by Australian BizTalk Community and are a follow on from the hugely successful BizTalk 2010 hands on event BizTalk Saturday . During the course of the day participants will have an opportunity to hear about the new upcoming features in the BizTalk 2013 platform and get hands on time with the product.

The training will be completed utilising BizTalk 2013 images deployed on the Windows Azure platform, all that is required is your laptop, a Windows Azure subscription and a SalesForce developer account (see participant requirements below).

Cost There will be a nominal charge of $100 (inc GST) per ticket to cover the costs of the training venue and Speaker travel costs from Melbourne for the event.

Participant Requirements IMPORTANT NOTICE PLEASE READ, these requirements must be prepared BEFORE the event on the 14th of March. Please ensure to bring all the details required on the day.

· This is a BYO laptop event and no machines will be supplied

· A Windows Azure subscription

o Can activate MSDN benefits http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/msdn-benefits/

o Or signup for a free trial account http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/

· A SalesForce developer account

o Can register for a free account here http://developer.force.com/

o Access to the email account used to register for the free developer account will also be required to activate the account on the BizTalk 2013 Virtual Machine.

Agenda The BizTalk 2013 Hand on days will cover the following topics and will be in the form of a short presentation providing a topic overview followed by a hands on lab of approximately 30-40 minutes.

Time

BizTalk 2013

9:00 AM
to
9:15 AM

Intro

9:15 AM
to
10:15 AM

What's New in BizTalk 2013

10:15 AM
to
10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM
to
11:30 AM

Creating Azure VM for BizTalk 2013 Beta

11:30 AM
to
1:00 PM

Rest Services in BizTalk 2013

1:00 PM
to
1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM
to
3:15 PM

Building a Cloud/On-Premise Hybrid Solution

3:15 PM
to
3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM
to
4:30 PM

Integrating with Windows Azure EAI/EDI

4:30 PM
to
5:00 PM

Q & A / Local Topic

5:00 PM
to
5:30 PM

Wrap-Up

BizTalk 2013

Speaker and Organiser A huge thanks to speakers and support staff who have assisted in making this event possible.

Bill Chesnut Principle Consultant Mexia

Bill Chesnut is a Principal Consultant for Mexia with 28 years of experience across multiple industries, including Government, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Logistics and Utilities. He has been involved in all aspects of BizTalk from architecture, solution design, implementation, solution development and environment support.
He is also a BizTalk Server Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) and a Microsoft Virtual Technology Solutions Professional (VTSP).
Bill has been involved with BizTalk and BizTalk Training since the BizTalk 2000 release and has designed, implemented and mentored on numerous BizTalk project throughout Australia and New Zealand. He has excellent communication and presentation skills and has presented at Microsoft’s TechEd conferences in Australia and New Zealand.

Martin Abbott Senior Architect, Fujitsu Australia

Martin Abbott is a Senior Architect for Fujitsu Australia with over 10 years of experience in and around Microsoft integration technologies, in particular BizTalk Server, WCF, Forefront Identity Manager, and more recently Windows Azure. He has worked on a diverse range of projects across retail, financila and government.

Food Coffee, tea and biscuits will be supplied on the day, lunch will not be supplied as part of the event.

Terms & Conditions

The event is being run by Bill Chesnut via his company Chesnut Consulting Services for the Australian BizTalk User Group Community, all tax invoice with be from the above company and questions can be addresses to bill@chesnutconsulting.com

Cancellations All cancellations must be received in writing by email to bill@chesnutconsulting.com . Cancellations received 3 or more working days prior to the start of this event or course will receive a full refund. Late cancellations can sometimes cause events to be abandoned. No refunds will therefore be given if a delegate withdraws, for whatever reason, within 3 working days of the start of the course. A substitute delegate however, is always acceptable.

Non Attendance No refunds will be given to delegates who fail to attend for whatever reason.

Cancellation by Organisers Where circumstances dictate, we reserves the right to alter published programmes, speakers or venues without prior notice and without liability. The organisers also reserve the right to cancel the event at any time without liability to delegates for their expenses that may have been incurred. In such circumstances delegates will be offered a full refund.