Are you going to be on the East Coast? Get on the Bus!

Microsoft’s “Get on the Bus” Tour is coming back to North America in late May for a 10-day tour down the east coast from Montreal, Canada ending in New Orleans just in time for TechEd.

Take a deep dive into Windows 7 and Office 2010, plus learn about the path to getting certified on those technologies. Check out some best practices for deploying Windows 7, review the features of Office 2010 and learn how to optimize your desktops for ease of management.

Visit the bus tour crew in the following cities:

• Montreal – May 21st
• Boston – May 24th
• New York – May 25th
• Philadelphia – May 26th
• Washington DC – May 27th and 28th
• Richmond – June 1st
• Raleigh – June 2nd
• Charlotte – June 3rd
• Atlanta – June 4th
• New Orleans – June 6th

Learn more and register, and don’t forget to follow the tour on Twitter @thebustour.

Even More Windows Events!

It must be conference season again, because I keep running across a variety of technical events that look valuable. Here are a couple more:

Windows Summit 2010 runs May 25-27 at the Microsoft Conference Center on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, WA and is designed for people who engineer and test Windows 7 PCs, devices, and software. Three technical tracks (System, Device and Software) will to help you create the best systems, devices, and software using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer. For more information visit the website, registration is $399.

Also, the Launch 2010: Technical Readiness Series kicks off in late April. The event in San Francisco is on May 20th at the Embarcadero Hyatt, but check out the full city listings for other locations. The event will cover Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and other products including Exchange 2010 and SQL Server. There are both IT Professional and Developer tracks available and this event is free, so register soon – these types of events fill up fast.

Finally, don’t forget the Pacific IT Pros regular monthly meeting tomorrow and the special TechDays Forensics session next week.