This week another major Microsoft conference is taking place. Yes it is time for IT Forum. IT Forum is the TechEd for the IT professionals and this is year it is held in Barcelona. You will not find any real development sessions, labs and talk next week. I could not make it unfortunately, I will be in Sweden this week. But if you are attending and you are interested in the upcoming new version of Office '12' and SharePoint 'v3', make sure you go to these sessions:
OFF201 Introduction to Office 12
Mike Fitzmaurice
In this session we will walk you through the new Office 12 desktop applications explaining and demonstrating the new functionality and features along the way. Expect to gain an overview of how the Office 12 applications will enable the New World of Work – get better results faster, work across boundaries, find who & what you need, and control content and processes – in order to help people drive business success. This session will leave you with a broad understanding of the capabilities of the Office 12 desktop applications, including how they integrate with the new Office 12 Servers.
OFF205 Introduction to Office 12 Servers
Sanjay Manchanda , Justin Chandoo , Richard Riley
As part of the next release of the Microsoft Office System, Microsoft will be introducing Office "12" Servers that will enhance and enable capabilties such as Enterprise Content Management, Portals, Search, Forms, Business Intelligence and Collaboration within your organization. In this session we will give you an overview of the new capabilities and demonstrate solutions which highlight some of the key features of this upcoming release using the latest build of Office "12". Come discover what Office "12" Servers can do for you!
OFF302 Get Ready for Windows SharePoint Services v3
Mike Fitzmaurice
Windows SharePoint Services "v3" is a collaboration workspace solution in its own right, and it's also the foundation on which the next generation of Office "12" SharePoint Servers are built. This session will take you through the features of the improved workspace platform and collaboration functionality, including infrastructure and architectural considerations.
OFF304 Get Ready for SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) / Content Management Server (CMS) vNext
Arpan Shah , Mark Harrison
The goal of this session is to provide you with a look into CMS and SPS functionality in the future and ways in which you can plan for it. Familiarity with SPS and CMS is required and it will be assumed that you attended the Office 12 Servers Introduction session (OFF205)