SPC11–Keynote overview and a few thoughts thrown in.(Via Paul.)

Extracted from the original post “I first attended a Microsoft Conference in Las Vegas 2 years ago. It was the launch of Office 14 and Steve Ballmer bounded out onto the stage to lots of whoops and hollers. That particular keynote was all about the whizz and bang that Office 14 was brining to the party.

This years keynote didn’t start with quite as much pomp and circumstance, After all, Office 14 is now a mature product with over 18 months release time under it’s belt and i think that Jared Spataro was going to have a hard time getting anywhere near the reaction from the crowd that Steve Ballmer did 2 years ago.

He did come out with some great information, especially some nice looking info graphics around the chosen theme of Productivity Delivered.

One interesting point for me is that SharePoint has now shipped over 125,000,00 licenses to over 65000 companies around the world. if SharePoint was a standalone software company, that would place it in the top 50 software companies in the world.

The social side of the conference got a good mention, especially the phenomenon known as SharePint. An interesting X Factor style audition video featuring some well known actors such a Luke Perry and Carmen Electra added a light note of humour to the event.

Jared was followed by Jeff Teper, the Corporate vice president for the SharePoint product group to talk more about where the product team was focussing it’s attention at the present and the future. A short touch on vNext said we can expect it to grow on the good work done in 2010, but that no more details would be released this week!”

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Cross-Post: SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit–Summer Update(Via Himanshu_Singh)

Extracted from the original post “An updated version of the SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit is now available for developers who want to explore how SharePoint and Windows Azure come together. The blog post “SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Training Kit – Summer Update” by Windows Azure Evangelist Steve Fox, provides details to get started, plus additional information about how to get up and running with your development environment, your Windows Azure account, as well as additional guidance references.

You can interact with the developer kit online via the SharePoint and Windows Azure Developer Learning Center; this option also enables you to browse the labs online, review sample code and decks, and more. You can also download an offline version of the developer kit and run the EXE, which will install all of the files locally for you to work with.”

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SharePoint Saturday Conference (Via Girish Raja)

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“SharePoint Saturday - The Conference” is coming up next week in the DC area and I’ll be there presenting a few sessions and we’re also hosting an amazing workshop that you don’t want to miss. First off here are some details about the conference

When: Thursday, August 11 – Saturday, August 13, 2011 8 am – 6 pm
Where: Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus, Annandale, VA
Website: http://www.spstc.org

SharePoint & Windows Azure Workshop

As part of the conference, we’ll be holding a one-day workshop on August 11th covering one of my favorite topic - SharePoint & Windows Azure Integration. You can register for the workshop here: http://calendar.activedatax.com/spsdc/EventRegistration.aspx?Rid=2778&Iid=9535&Frm and there is no additional cost for the workshop.

This action packed workshop will include presentations, demos and hands-on lab content walking through various aspects of integrating SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure together. Please bring your laptop for this workshop to run through various hands-on lab materials. We’ll provide you credentials for a remote virtual machine to run thru the labs. You’ll also receive a free Windows Azure account (no credit card required) to help you develop Windows Azure applications while at the workshop.”

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SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Kit–July 2011(Via Girish Raja )

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“This week we released the July version of the SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Training Kit. If you haven’t looked at this kit before, it is a training course for developers to ramp up on different ways to integrate SharePoint and Windows Azure.

You can view the online MSDN version of the training course here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/SPAzureTrainingCourse
You can also download an offline version of the kit which allows you to store the hands-on labs and presentations on your local computer:
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9762346

SharePoint 2010 provides many ways to integrate with Windows Azure. From simple SQL Azure data-centric applications to complex workflow that leverages custom Azure services, there is great potential to integrate these two growing technologies. The kit contains twelve modules that include PowerPoint decks, hands-on labs and source code that shows how the SharePoint 2010 platform and Windows Azure platform can work together.

This course is intended for developers and architects who are interested in understanding how SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure can leverage each other. Knowledge of SharePoint 2010 development or Windows Azure is helpful but not required. Familiarity with general .NET development along with web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript and Web Services is recommended.

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