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Xpertise extends highly successful run of Microsoft Windows Vista, Longhorn and Exchange 2007 seminars

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Leading IT training company Xpertise is to extend its recent popular series of seminars on new major Microsoft technologies, including Microsoft Windows Vista, Longhorn server, Live Communications Server, SharePoint and Microsoft Office 2007.

Xpertise has been running its ‘new Microsoft technologies’ seminars since October 2006, and, according to commercial director Bill Walker, demand for the seminars has been unprecedented. “Interest in these new products has gone through the roof – and the demand continues to grow,” says Walker, “We have filled almost all of our seminars and have had to schedule many more 2007 sessions – customers seem very keen to evaluate and adopt these new technologies.”

Walker believes that the demand for Windows Vista training, Exchange 2007 training – and training on other new Microsoft products – will be very strong indeed in 2007. “Xpertise is always ahead of the curve when it comes to providing training on new Microsoft products – we’re usually the first to market with new courses, so we have a lot of experience in predicting product take-up trends. The demand for Windows Vista training and Exchange 2007 training is already growing – we think that, next year, it will really, really take off. We’ve been providing Microsoft Vista training for a while – we always provide training before products launch – and it’s been interesting to see the demand grow. Organisations are very excited about the security and manageability aspects of Windows Vista.”

Walker concludes "What has become clear from the seminars so far is that technologies such as Unified Messaging, PowerShell and Windows Workflow Foundation take IT departments places they have never been before. Going forward, to maximise investment will require a much more integrated and architected approach when it comes to Microsoft Technology. People attending the seminars come to realise the true potential these new products bring and how the new and forthcoming certifications better align to their needs."