Watch Live: Microsoft Tech Ed North America

Microsoft’s TechEd 2013 North America(Opens in a new window) kicks off from New Orleans this morning. The conference, aimed at IT professionals and enterprise developers, begins with a keynote address(Opens in a new window) starting at 9:30 a.m. Eastern; check it out live in the video below.

This morning’s keynote will feature an update from Brad Anderson, corporate vice-president of Windows Server and System Center at Microsoft, followed by a live press conference at 10:30 a.m.

Later, Redmond will also have sessions on Microsoft datacenter technologies, a live demonstration of the tools and techniques used by cybercriminals and cyber warriors today, and Windows server virtualization.

The conference runs until Thursday, June 4. Catch the main sessions on Microsoft’s Channel 9(Opens in a new window).

Microsoft recently promised to reveal(Opens in a new window) more details at TechEd about how “Windows 8.1 will also include big bets for business in areas such as management and security.”