We'll like to confirm some of the details about this Thursdays event.

Schedule

The schedule will be as follows:

1:30 – 2:00 Registration

2:00 – 2:05 Intro

2:05 – 3:05 Windows Server 2008 Highlights (Part 1) – Dave Northey

3.15 – 4:00 Windows Server 2008 Highlights (Part 2) – Dave Northey

4:00 – 4:15 Coffee Break

4:15 – 5:30 Business Intelligence Highlights of SQL Server 2008 – Bob Duffy

5:30 – 6:15 Coffee Break

6:15 – 7:30 Visual Studio 2008 Highlights – Ronan Geraghty

7:30 – 8:00 Highlights of SQL Server 2008 for developers – Ronan Geraghty

From 8:00  Reception

Launch Kit

The following products will be made available to all Community Launch attendees.

• Vista Ultimate Edition with SP1 + subscription to OneCare.
• Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition.
• SQL Server 2008 CTP 5.0 plus a voucher for the full release of SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition when available later in the year.
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (64 + 32bit) for internal testing & evaluation only.

Unfortunately, the kits won’t be available on the day of the community launch – however, they will be posted out as soon as they become available. We’ll be mailing attendees in order to get postal addresses after the event. So please be sure to use an email address that you check frequently!

Links

2008 is going to be a busy year! - Events

Community Launch of Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008