Mike Watson (MCSE, MCSA) is a senior product manager at Quest specializing in SharePoint manageability, scalability and availability. Before moving to Quest Software, Mike was instrumental in planning and deploying Microsoft Managed Services and Microsoft Online, as well as Microsoft Services efforts such as MOSSRAP (MOSS Risk Assessment Program) and SLM (Service Level Manager). Mike is a top-rated speaker at technical conferences, an instructor for Microsoft's Certified Master program, and a frequent contributor to whitepapers, articles, and books.

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Deploying SharePoint Globally

Do you have users all over the world? Do you want to know how Microsoft deployed their corporate intranet, extranet, and Microsoft Online? Come learn how the biggest companies in the world deploy SharePoint and how to plan and improve your global deployment. You'll learn about multi-farm management, search coordination and federation, global navigation, and WAN acceleration.