+1 I will be there next year if not this year. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are going live...
I want to go now. :-) On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > I have something posted somewhere, but can't find it right now. Too flustered > packing up for TechEd. > > This event has been going on for over 15 years. But, when I came on board > last year, I decided to change things up because it had become stale, and > geared primarily toward dev. With MMS dead, IT/Dev offered the perfect time > to reboot and the Penton folks were kind enough to let me have the reins. > Last year is what I call year 1, or the "Computing Edge/Swynk" year. Great > event. Smaller and highly technical. No sales or marketing. We brought on > many of the familiar speakers and redirected content to be more applicable. > Last year was awesome, and really did feel like MMS year 1. Sessions were > like User Group meetings. A few more notable sessions were actually led > (unintentionally) by audience questions. It has a very comfortable feel, > allowing attendees to get exactly what they need out of it. If an attendee > doesn't leave with pages full of solutions, they did it wrong. :) > > This year, you'll see we're expanding a bit more. More sessions, more > familiar faces. I expect 2014 to be along the lines of the Naples year, > except, of course, in Vegas. We're also working to pull in some very > identifiable support, sponsorship, and keynote speakers this year. We're in > the final stages of negotiations, but once revealed, there'll be very little > difference between the early years of MMS (when it was still a technical > community event) and IT/Dev Connections. I'm spending time next week (with > some Microsoft folks) on how we work together better in the future for > IT/Dev, particularly on how we expand the "Windows" track. If you look at it > today, all Cloud/System Center/Etc falls under a "Windows" umbrella. That > will change for 2015. Who knows...? Maybe a "MMS" type track all by itself > (it's been discussed). :) > > But, the real goal here is to bring back a true technical, community-based > event. Sure, we'll have our RockStar speakers, but then we'll also be able to > help those future RockStars get their start (like we did in the old days). > There are no 101 type sessions. When Day 1 starts, it's deep dive technical > info. We do host an online pre-event that does provide the 101 (or overview) > sessions, so those interested (but not experienced) in a specific topic can > get a good overview prior to attending. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell > Sent: Friday, May 9, 2014 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are going > live... > > Do you have a synopsis of what this event is? we have some folks that could > not go to TechED. I would like to send them here instead. > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://windowsitpro.com/connections/itdev-connections-sessions-catalog >> -ready-public-consumption >> >> > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.
