Block your calendars for some Microsoft Green IT tip sessions

Got a few hours to kill in "learning mode"?

Microsoft is getting set to run a series of Green IT education TechNet Web seminars starting May 1, 2009. The first event, "Transforming the Data Center with Energy" (scheduled for May 1 at 11 a.m. Pacific time) will feature from-the-trenches lessons about how the software company has embraced energy-efficiency practices in its own data centers. Here's the sign-up link.

Future events include:

Hyper-Green Virtualization: Scaling Enterprise IT for Energy Efficiency (May 5, 2009, 10 a.m. Pacific) Cloud Computing Futures: Creating Greener Clouds with Microsoft Research (May 6, 2009, 9 a.m. Pacific) and Improving Energy Efficiency with Windows 7 Power Management (May 8, 2009, 10 a.m. Pacific)