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Media Center Training at CEDIA

New to Media Center? Take an intro class, with three times to choose from.

Aug
25

By Julie Jacobson
Filed in: News, Media Center, Training, CEDIA
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08.25.2007 — We get a lot of press releases about manufacturer training at CEDIA, along with PR pleas to post them on CEDIAnews.com. Except for those of our sponsors, those pleas generally get ignored.

But here's a plug for Media Center training for Microsoft -- great prep, by the way, for more extensive full-day Media Center training at the Electronic House Expo in November.

Microsoft tells us there will be "sweet giveaways."

Microsoft Media Center Training

Introduction to Windows Media Center in Custom Installations

The purpose of this 90 minute course is to introduce installers to Media Center for Windows Vista. The course will outline the basics of Media Center as a great customer entertainment experience and robust media platform for residential entertainment systems.

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• Windows Media Center feature summary and demonstration
• How to articulate Windows Media Center value to customers
• Uses of Windows Media Center in residential installation
• Next steps to incorporating Windows Media Center into a business

Schedule

Friday, Sept. 7: Hyatt Agate A - 10:00 am and 4:00pm
Saturda, Sept. 8: Convention Center BR-1D - 10:00am and 4:00pm

Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro

As a co-founder of EH Publishing in 1994, Julie has edited and contributed to all of the company's publications at one time or another. An authority on home automation, networking, integration, digital convergence and the CE pro channel, Julie speaks often about these subjects at industry events. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, and received an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player.