SharePoint User Group UK

Happy new year everyone and what a year it promises to be in SharePoint land!

With major new versions of SharePoint and all the Office clients on the horizon not to mention Visual Studio, we all have our work cut out keeping our skill sets relevant. This is exactly why the user group was formed and I think we have two great sessions to get us started in 2010.

Session 1 - An Introduction to SharePoint Designer 2010: Top Ten Great Things to Know - Ben Robb (SharePoint MVP)

SharePoint Designer 2010 is the tool to design powerful no-code solutions and applications in SharePoint 2010. In this session get a broad overview of some of the new capabilities of the tool, from site customisations such as modifying Site Metadata, managing Site Security, or creating Site Content, to building List or Site-based Workflows and connecting to a variety of Data Sources.

Session 2 - Ask the Experts: How and Why Should I Migrate to 2010?

The early signs are that Microsoft have put even more thought and planning into migrating and upgrading to SharePoint 2010 but the reality is it's an enterprise level platform and a non-trivial undertaking. So what are the benefits to the business? Why would you upgrade (or why wouldn't you)? What can you be doing now to minimise the impact? We have assembled a panel of technical and non-technical SharePoint experts who have all had good exposure to the beta products and are all looking forward to discussing and debating your questions.

The meeting will be at Microsoft's offices at Cardinal Place, Victoria on Thursday 28th January. Microsoft will very kindly be providing refreshments and half time pizza.

Microsoft London (Cardinal Place)
100 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL
Tel: 0844 800 2400

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/about/map-london.mspx

To attend please reply to this post leaving your FULL NAME and plan to arrive from 18:00 for a 18:30 sharp start. SharePint at a local watering hole from 21:00.

See you there

Matt

 I will try to be there - Andy Ginn

Matt

Sounds great. See you there.

Roger Morris

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Roger

See you then

Steve Dalby

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Steve Dalby
SteveDalby@sei-is.be

Will be there :)

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www.21apps.com

I'll be there - James fisk

I would like to come.  The sessions are invaluable.

Deborah McPherson

Look forward to it :)


Chris O'Brien.
http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com

Count me in,

Ari Bakker

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http://www.sharepointconfig.com/
@aribakker

Hope to be there if the snow and ice have gone by then

I would like to attend please.

Regards,
James

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James Callaghan

Hoping to be there.

Kapila Munaweera

Pizza? I'll be there, sign me up

Andrew Burns

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http://www.novolocus.com
@andrewwburns

I will be there.

Matthew Brumpton

Weather permitting,, yes.