Tech Ed 2008 - IT Professionals 06/10/08 Recap
This being my first trip down to Orlando for Tech Ed (or any official Microsoft conference for that fact), I had to come down here with a plan to make sure I hit everything I wanted to. That all began today with the keynote from Bob Mugila and ran through the rest of the day. One of the main announcements from the keynote was that MS SQL 2008 has now officially hit RC0. For those of you that want to start to play with this, the download can be found here.
My main focus for the day was to hit sessions on technologies that touch SharePoint to "get my feet wet". Some technologies that were highlighted included PowerShell, Virtualization (Hyper-V), SSRS, SSAS, Excel Services and so on.
Other than hitting various sessions I also took advantage of the Tech Ed Learning Center. A wonderful place to get advice and prepare for some of the exams I want to complete during this week.
Of course, SWAG was everywhere once they opened up the Partner Expo, and I loved to see they had a decidated corner of the Partner Expo for SharePoint. Everyone loves a one-stop shop
["Brian"]