Winners of January and February giveaways

Microsoft Subnet is pleased to announce the winners of our giveaways from sponsors New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Global Knowledge Training and book publishers Pearson Education.

Jesse Hoffman, a network solutions engineer won the February grand prize of a Microsoft training course worth up to $2,995 from Global Knowledge by successfully answering the following question: In the January 29 blog post made by Windows Server 2008 blogger Glenn Weadock, Weadock asked the question will Windows 7 be another _______? Answer: Will Windows 7 be another Vista.

Hoffman says that he plans to use his Global Knowledge training to take a course on one of the hottest new Microsoft technologies such as OCS, Exchange 2007 or Windows Server 2008. Hoffman says he likes Microsoft products and thinks that the company often gets an undeserved bad rap. He says he’s looking forward to how Windows 7 changes the general perception of Microsoft products, and is highly interested in the new unified communications technologies in OCS and Exchange 2007.

In addition, the following 15 people won a copy of the book Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators by J. Peter Bruzzese, published by Sams (a $29.99 value), courtesy of Microsoft Subnet partner Pearson Education. (We have a free sample chapter of the book for your enjoyment. Check it out here.)

Mark Jones

Jim Williamson

Marc Facella

Robert Peacock

Craig Borowski

Chris DeRusseau

Michael Ezell

Paul Trygar

Avid Gough

Martin Sanchez

Susan Boros

Karen Breach

Tim Gasho

Scott Frasier

Kurt Keys

But wait, there’s more winners

We have the long-awaited results of our January giveaways too. (All we can say in our defense about the delay in announcing the winners is … yeesh, it’s been busy around here … )

Tracie O’Connell (pictured right), IT training coordinator for St. Mary’s/St. Vincent Hospital is the winner of the grand price, a New Horizons Microsoft training course worth up to $2,495. Tracie is considering taking a Microsoft Office 2007 course so she can turn around and better train and assist her users. She successfully answered the trivia question Please name three bloggers who write for Microsoft Subnet. She answered: Mitchell Ashley, Ron Barrett, Glenn Weadock.

In addition, the following 15 readers won a copy of the hot Microsoft title Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed by Ross Mistry, a $39.99 value. (We have a sample chapter of the book available for you to enjoy. Check it out here.) Each of the winners correctly answered this trivia question:

According to Table 1.1 of Chapter 1 of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration book name, the recommended memory requirement for SQL Server 2008 is what? Answer: 2.048GB or above

Janet L Mahurin

Amanda Vicary

Heather Brown-Smith

Russ McIntire

Laura Pruett

Anna Titanic

Craig Sonntag

Nick Lambertz

Doyle Hunter

Debbie Folks-Huber

Vincent Costello

Anne Marie Tobias

Jose Moreno

Rob Bradford

Ted Cramer

You, too, can be a winner of a Microsoft training course. Check out the details on the Microsoft Subnet home page.

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