And don’t forget the user groups. PASS for SQL Server, etc. I did Oracle for a lot of years in a past incarnation, and I’ve come to the conclusion that 5-7K attendees at anything is just about max. I went to OpenWorld once, just to see what it was like, and there were just too many people, and too much marketing. Beyond about 5K people it gets too big and unwieldy. Unless you’re looking to buy products. Vendors love the mega-conferences, and you’ll find all of them at bigger events.
But user conferences like PASS events (PASS Summit, SQL Saturdays, SharePoint Saturdays) and 3rd party tech conferences like Connections and TechMentor (I’ve gone to several, highly recommend) are great for technical content. Frank Ress From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... It connections, dev connections, exchange connections, SharePoint connections, etc. :-) Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Maglinger, Paul<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 7/22/2014 6:04 PM To: '[email protected]'<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... Are you referring to IT/Dev Connections? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 4:58 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... Connections is a good event. I spoke at it for many years and may start doing so again next year. Good technical information at a variety of levels. That doesn’t mean we don’t get bombed though. ☺ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 5:50 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... Reminds me of HP. They started out with the HP Technology Forum, which was an excellent place to meet and talk with engineers, get training, and actually learn something. This mutated into HP Discover, which is an IT Executive schmooz-fest consisting of sales sessions on how you can replace your IT staff with HP services and move all your data into the cloud. Held twice a year, one in Vegas the other in Barcelona, tells you immediately how big the party is. I’ve been looking for a good replacement for it ever since. Hearing some of you talk about Tech-Ed I was optimistic but now it seems it going the same direction. Anyone have any suggestions for a technical-based forum for people who want to learn about the technology rather than go to Paul McCartney concerts and drink free booze? (Yeah, I know. Call me silly but for some reason I’d prefer to get educated rather than bombed. I guess I’m making up for my college days). From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 3:57 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... It’s been yelled about, cursed, discussed, and hammered to death in various private forums, before it was ever announced publicly. The MVPs (Lync, Exchange, SharePoint, Office, I can’t speak for any of the rest) hate it. Rod can tell us for certain, but I’m pretty sure the System Center folks hate it too (they had MMS). From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 4:50 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already... I'm kind of surprised this topic has laid here quietly this long. I've never been able to go to any of the (now cancelled) conferences for one reason or the other, but I always had the impression they were considered a rather big deal by IT folk that attended. - WJR 🙈🙉🙊 On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: …but, TechEd, MEC, and all other events are being replaced. http://windowsitpro.com/cloud/teched-dead-long-live ________________________________ This communication is for the use of the intended recipient only. It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, the disclosure, copying, distribution or use hereof is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please advise me by return e-mail or by telephone and then delete it immediately.
