Snif snif A little nostalga -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rod Trent Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] OT: IT/Dev Connections sessions catalogs are going live...
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 > >
