Why I Am Attending the Microsoft SharePoint Conference
On October 19th, I am going to be attending Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference and the primary reason is to become more knowledgeable in the next version of SharePoint (aka. SharePoint 2010). As someone who worked with the previous versions of SharePoint, I thought this would be a different type of opportunity to get in on the ground-floor of the information that will become available at the conference and be able to start off as an early adopter of the technology versus waiting until the 2010 version becomes more mainstream.
Attending SharePoint Saturday events in Washington, DC and Charlotte also gave me a different perspective based on the highly-trained and knowledgeable people I met during the events. So what I would like to do is push myself to continue to train users and developers, as well as ensure my company is ready to consult companies on architecture, product integration with their other applications (or replace SharePoint with their current collaboration product).
What do I expect from the conference:
- Learn from Microsoft’s best SharePoint trainers and engineers and gain their first-hand knowledge with the latest product.
- Understand how the product has changed and how I can help my clients take advantage of those changes.
- Hopefully, learn the timelines for the public beta and release schedule. PointLogix is a registered Microsoft partner, but does not have access to the private beta, so I am hoping that could be a take-away from the conference.
- Meet other professionals in the industry (network) and learn how I can build a niche in the field.
So as October 19th approaches, I am excited about Microsoft’s SharePoint 2010 opportunity and look forward to meet other professionals in the field, and have some fun along the way.
If you are going to be at the conference, hope to see you there.
If you’d like to see what I am doing during the SharePoint Conference, follow me on twitter.com/kennethprice. I’ll try to post pictures and notes as soon as possible.
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