Top Reasons to Attend

1. TechMentor 2016 will NOT Return to Redmond!
You heard it here first. Don’t miss your chance to receive career-critical IT Pro training @ Microsoft Headquarters – this is a one of-a-kind event you should experience.

2. You’ll Experience Training at the Source
Attending a live conference STILL remains the best way to stay current in the ever-changing IT industry. TechMentor covers all the topics you want and need to hear about, plus it takes place at THE source– the idyllic Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, WA!

3. In-Depth, Relevant Training Engineered for You
TechMentor is an independent, real world training event. We’ll talk some about what’s coming, but mostly we’re concentrating on education you can use right NOW. Walk away with immediate, applicable solutions to your everyday IT problems that you can implement within your organization.

4. The Focus: Your Datacenter.
All the content in 2015 is focused on how to make your datacenter more modern, capable and manageable. That doesn’t mean we want you to update to the latest and greatest; we’ll have plenty of modernization tips for the solutions and operating systems you have right now, and we’ll help you prepare for the next generation of Microsoft technologies.

5. Get Your Hands-on Training Here.
We offer six (6) hands-on labs – laptops required – covering everything from Windows troubleshooting to Benchmarking UX to working with Big Data tools. Bring your laptop and get hands-on!

6. Address Your IT Issues with the Best
In sessions, workshops, keynotes and networking events, you’ll have access to the expertise of independent IT veterans and Microsoft insiders dedicated to not only providing the best training, but to helping you answer your most difficult IT questions.

7. We Give You the Chance to Dive Deep
Most of TechMentors sessions aren’t overviews. They’re 3 hour, content-rich deep dives, allowing amply time to dig into the details of today’s technology. We devote 3+ days to deep dives in August.

8. See What Life is Like on the Inside.
TechMentor is BACK at Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, WA. Get inside this technological mecca – you’ll have the chance to explore the campus, visit the employee-only area of the company store, lunch with Microsoft employees, and more!

9. Grow Your Network.
There’s plenty of time between sessions, during meals, and at any of the scheduled activities to get to know your fellow attendees, learn from their experiences, and share a few of your own.

10. Your Voice Will Be Heard.
TechMentor Redmond is a boutique IT conference, and it’s for a reason! The smaller conference size allows attendees to have one-on-one time with both speakers and fellow attendees. Take advantage of time between sessions, meals and networking events to mix and mingle – IT education doesn’t stop after sessions are over.

11. Your Career Deserves Nothing Less.
We only allow unbiased, technical training from today’s most renowned and experienced IT experts. Period.