Atlanta SharePoint User Group – May 2009 Meeting
In case you didn’t know, there is a new SharePoint User Group in Atlanta. It was announced during the Atlanta SharePoint Saturday event held on April 18th and we had our very first meeting the following Monday, April 20th. The most amazing thing was that we had almost 30 attendees to the very first meeting (after less than 2 days of publicity). This was very exciting as it clearly demonstrates that there is a void to be filled in the greater Atlanta area with respect to a SharePoint User Group. The first meeting was a huge success. As a group we all discussed how we wanted the group to evolve, what is involved in having a successful user group as well as some ad-hoc question and answer sessions.
Our next meeting is next Monday, May 20th. I will be discussing building a development environment for SharePoint using virtualization. The talk is meant to be interactive, meaning everyone will be sharing their experiences, but more importantly, we will be discussing ways to make our development experiences more productive. Whether this be by the use of 3rd party open source tools like WSP Builder, or simple scripting, or anything else that comes up.
Come check it out, the registration link is on the site. I am very excited to hear what everyone else is doing as well as sharing my experience with the group.