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I’m not sure if anybody noticed it during TechNet Live. Steve was wearing two microphones. At first I didn’t noticed it, but when I was sorting the pictures i saw that Steve was the only presenter wearing two mic’s.

Maybe one of the mic’s was connected to the another room so the people that wouldn’t fit in the main theater could also follow his speech? Or maybe the batteries of the first mic were almost empty and just as a precaution they gave him two mics…..

Of course this isn’t a real incident…it’s not even an issue, but I was just wondering : Why was Steve wearing two mic’s? If anybody knows the answer (Tony maybe?) please leave a comment…

I can tell you how great TechNet Live has been, or I could tell you all about the technical sessions….but I won’t. That’s just because there was nothing much new to tell. They only session (I attended) which brought me some new stuff was the session by Paul Thurrott. He had a promotional talk about his new book Windows 7 Secrets. I only can show you pictures of the sessions I attended and if you count right you can see that I skipped one session (the one after the lunch break) because I had a nice talk with the MVP’s at the Ask the Experts booth.

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  Update : If you still didn’t receive your ticket/badge for the event. I just contacted Microsoft Event Services and they told me that the badges were shipped last Thursday. They are sending out an e-mail with a barcode, so if you didn’t receive your badge yet…just print the e-mail (with barcode) and take it with you to the event!

I already told you guys that I will attend the upcoming TechNet Live event in The Hague (The Neterlands), but what I didn’t tell you guys is that I will be blogging Live from the event.

So if you’re unable to attend the event (there are no tickets available anymore), there is a way to receive the latest news and see the best pictures from the official Dutch Windows 7 Launch Event!!

Steve Ballmer Microsoft’s own CEO, Steve Ballmer, will open the event with a 45 minutes session with Q&A (9:45 – 10:30). If it’s possible I will blog live during his speech.

Tony and Daniel Just after Steve’s session, Tony and Daniel will show us some interesting stuff in their demo session ‘Seeing is Believing’.

LoadFest and Lunch During the lunch session there will be a Windows 7 Loadfest. At this loadfest you can deploy your laptop with the Windows 7 Demo Toolkit. If you want to say hi, just come to the Loadfest booth…I will be there too!

IT Pro Tracks After the lunch break it’s time attend several break-out sessions. To see the full list, just visit the planning at Microsoft.nl.

Expert Plaza If you have technical questions about Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Mobile or Exchange Server 2010…the Expert Plaza is the place to be! At the Community Area will be experts available to answer all your questions. You can also pick up a free edition of TechNet Magazine at the TechNet booth.

A few days ago I blogged in Dutch about the upcoming Microsoft TechNet Live event which will be held in the Netherlands on October 8th. In this blogpost I told that Steve Ballmer will be one of the major speakers at the event, but what I didn’t told you (I didn’t know it at that point) is that the attendees will receive a ‘bijzonder cadeau’ (‘special present’ in English) at the end of the event.

At several Dutch websites the speculation had already started. Will we, just like the attendees who attend the US Windows 7 launch events, receive a copy of Windows 7 Professional…or will it just be a Windows 7 Sweater or T-Shirt.

This morning i received a newsletter which exactly tells you what the ‘bijzonder cadeau’ will be : Windows 7 Ultimate and a evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 R2. (Below you see a small part of the newsletter in Dutch).

So if you still didn’t sign up for the event and you are interested in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Exchange Server 2010 you still can! Just click here.

I’m leaving for Geek Night ‘09 in a moment. I’m curious what Tony and Daniel (two Dutch MS IT Pro Evangelists) are going to show us tonight in their Living the connected life keynote!

I’m sure it’s gonna be a fun evening. If I understood Sander Berkouwer correctly it’s going to be a tough night…hehe. I brought a photo camera with me, so maybe (if their will be any good pictures!) I’ll post some pictures tomorrow…