The Countdown To SharePoint & Office 2010 Has Begun!
Microsoft has just announced that retail version of SharePoint and Office 2010 will be released on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST! SharePoint and Office 2010 software will be sent to manufactures during the month of April. On May 12, Microsoft intends to have a live keynote celebration showing the features of SharePoint 2010, how business are already leveraging SharePoint 2010 to increase productivity, and answering your questions. For more information about SharePoint 2010 visit http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/.
Align IT Canadian Tour Feautring SharePoint & Office 2010
For those of you in Canada who could not make it out to the SharePoint 2009 conference in Las Vegas the fine folks at Microsoft will soon be coming to a city near you. In the month of March Align IT will be holding events in Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Mississauga, and Markham to give you are sneak peak of all the wonderful new features in SharePoint and Office 2010 to help your business productivity. If you are an IT manager, consultant, architect, development manager, or project manager you will want to check out the sessions on "Creating a Strategic Business Productivity Infrastructure", "Effective Information Management", and "Uncovering Business insights to Drive Business Value". To register of this free event or to find out more information go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/cc891499.aspx.
SharePointPro Summit & Expo 2010
It looks like Microsoft is planning another SharePoint 2010 event on March 16 to 19 at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The SharePointPro Summit & Expo is intended for SharePoint developers, administrators, and IT professionals to learn in-depth technical training on solution development and customization of Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Thomas Rizzo, Andrew Connell, Ted Pattison, and other SharePoint gurus will be speaking at this event.
For more information about the SharePointPro Summit & Expo visit http://www.sharepointprosummit.com/. For a listing of sessions visit http://www.devconnections.com/shows/sp2010sp/default.asp?c=1&s=147. To attend pre-conference workshops visit http://www.devconnections.com/shows/sp2010sp/default.asp?c=3&s=147.
Meet Me At TechDays In Montreal
It looks like I will be in Montreal next Wednesday for TechDays! I am super excited to be presenting "Upgrading and Versioning SharePoint 2007 Solutions" session. If you are attending the sold out event please drop by and say hi. I have no problem discussing SharePoint 2010 with you. Hope to see you there.
SharePoint 2010 Beta Has Been Released!
SharePoint 2010 Beta is now released! If you have not signed up already go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/evalcenter/ee388573.aspx to get an e-mail on where to download the software and to receive your software keys. Look forward to new and exciting posts coming your way soon!
