Introducing a new concept in Atlanta User Groups – SharePoint123! (website coming soon!)

I’m pleased to be the first to introduce a new concept in User Groups here in Atlanta – SharePoint123!  Organized like one of those expensive training classes, complete with syllabus and hands on labs, SharePoint123! is designed to rapidly introduce developers to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and the intricacies of developing for this relatively new groupware product.

Windows SharePoint Services is a free product that integrates with Microsoft Office XP and 2003 to give users an excellent team-based approach to work.  Have you ever had to work with someone further away than the next cube, and wanted to let that person or group of people know when you make changes to task lists, documents, slide shows, and spreadsheets?  Sometimes storing these documents in a public location like Outlook’s Public Folders or VSS isn’t enough.  Sometimes you need more.  What if you want to ask someone who previously worked on a document a question – wouldn’t it be nice to be able to do that directly from Word?  Windows SharePoint Services addresses these needs and many more!  SharePoint technologies encompass the highly scalable and extensible Windows SharePoint Services and the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server to offer web-based portals ranging from individual sites and team sites to entire corporate intranets and even extranets.

Come to the sessions to learn more about using and developing for SharePoint!

-- Matt Ranlett