Getting ready to head home from sunny Orlando after having been at Avectra’s AUDC 2011 Conference. Overall, this was a really good experience. It seems that Avectra is maturing as a software company more every year. This year there was a lot of focus on the partner environment, the product(s) roadmap, and community involvement (the User Group had a huge representation). Frankly, I was pretty amazed to see so many people and organizations already working with SharePoint 2010 (which is a good thing). While there were a lot of attendees that I spoke with that are using SharePoint in a variety of projects, there were also a lot of vendors that now implement SharePoint as well. That really speaks to the adoption of the new platform and the demand that is clearly out there. I got to see a lot of friends, colleagues, and clients, and I look forward to working with all of them this year.
Now I’m preparing for SharePointConference.org next week in Baltimore, MD. I still have a lot of work to do to prepare fot his conference, since I’m co-presenting the keynote on Tuesday morning, moderating a Business Intelligence roundtable, and also presenting two sessions. I look forward to seeing you all there.

I will be presenting a SharePoint 2010 session on Tuesday morning, July 13, at the Hotel Allegro in Chicago, IL.  SharePoint 2010 is poised to completely revolutionize how organizations connect people, processes, and information.  SharePoint 2010 has arrived and there are three big questions on everyone’s mind:

1. What are the key functional improvements in SharePoint 2010?
2. What are the immediate and practical benefits of upgrading to 2010?
3. What are the strategies, costs, and risks of upgrading?

Join me for a FREE workshop to find out everything you need to know about SharePoint 2010.  This is not a SharePoint marketing presentation – I don’t work for Microsoft.  This is a SharePoint overview with a detailed demo of SharePoint 2010′s new features.  I’ll also be providing critical insights learned since we have already been implementing and launched solutions on SharePoint 2010.  Breakfast will be served (did I mention that this is FREE?), questions will be answered, and I will help you find out exactly what you need to know to make an informed decision about whether SharePoint 2010 is right for you.

Please note that space is limited and registrations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.

I will be presenting a SharePoint 2010 overview this Friday in Washington, DC. 

Now that SharePoint 2010 has arrived, there are three big questions on everyone’s mind:

1. What are the key functional improvements in SharePoint 2010?
2. What are the practical benefits of upgrading to 2010
3. What are the costs and risks of upgrading?

Many industry analysts are convinced that SharePoint 2010 is poised to completely revolutionize how organizations connect people, processes, and information.

Join us at a free Workshop to find out everything you need to know about SharePoint 2010.  This is not a SharePoint Marketing presentation. This is a detailed demo of SharePoint 2010’s new features — accompanied by critical insights from a SharePoint architect who have already been implementing SharePoint 2010 for real clients to address real business requirements.  Breakfast will be served, questions will be answered, and I will be on hand to tell you what you need to know to make an informed decision about whether SharePoint 2010 is right for you.

There are two scheduled locations and dates:

• Friday, June 11th at the Dupont Hotel in Washington DC at 1500 New Hampshire Ave., NW, 8:30am-11:00am
• Friday, June 18 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Old Town Alexandria, 1900 Diagonal Road, 8:30am-11:00am

Please note that space is limited and registrations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.

To register, see http://www.susqtech.com/sharepointacademy/Newsletters/may2010/Pages/2010-Demo-Breakfast-Tour.aspx

Thanks to Bamboo Solutions for sponsoring SharePointConference.org.  Also appreciate the kind review by Wes Bryan at Bamboo.  See http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/bambooteamblog/archive/2010/04/20/doesn-t-anyone-talk-about-anything-other-than-sharepoint-2010-anymore-more-notes-from-the-sharepoint-conference-org-in-baltimore-md.aspx