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Energize IT Action Plan
Your #1 online training source
http://channel9.msdn.com
http://edge.technet.com
ALM Action Plan
Visit the Visual Studio 2010 Product Site
http://www.microsoft.com/vstudio ... Or Bing it!
The first step towards Visual Studio
2010 and ALM enlightenment, with:
• An overview of Visual Studio
versions
• Videos covering Visual Studio and
TFS features and benefits that
matter to:
• Developers
• IT Pros
• End users/decision-makers
• Partners
• Downloads of trial versions of
Visual Studio 2010
ALM Action Plan
Visit the Visual Studio Developer Centers
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/teamsystem ... Or Bing it!
Dive deeper into development with:
• Training: From “getting started”
video tutorials and advanced virtual
labs to courses offered by Microsoft
Learning
• Knowledge: In the form of
documentation, articles and
webcasts
• Community links: Find who’s
talking about VSTS on blogs,
forums, and social networking sites
• Code: See other people’s code
and learn by example
ALM Action Plan
Get Guidance and Training Content
These are a good start, and remember: Bing is your friend!
• Team Development with Team
System
http://www.codeplex.com/tfsguide
• ALM Assessment
http://www.microsoft.com/almassessment
• Team System Rocks
http://www.teamsystemrocks.net
• Upgrade Guidance
http://vs2010upgradeguide.codeplex.com/
• Channel 9
http://channel9.msdn.com
Azure Action Plan
Visit the Azure Product Site
http://azure.net ... Or Bing it!
The first step towards a cloud
experience on Azure:
• An overview of Azure, SQL Azure,
App fabric, Dallas and more
• Resources :
• Case Study
• Whitepapers
• TCO Calculator
• Creation of an account
• Downloads of SDK and tools
Azure Action Plan
Visit the Azure Developer Centers
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/azure/default.aspx... Or Bing it!
Dive deeper into development with:
• Training: From “getting started”
video tutorials and advanced virtual
labs to courses offered by Microsoft
Learning
• Knowledge: In the form of
documentation, articles and
webcasts
• Community links: Find who’s
talking about VSTS on blogs,
forums, and social networking sites
• Code: See other people’s code
and learn by example
Virtualization Action Plan
Visit the Virtualization Product Site
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization... Or Bing it!
The first step towards a virtualized
infrastructure
• An overview of Microsoft’s
virtualization offerings
• News covering virtualization
scenarios features and benefits
that matter to:
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Developers
IT Pros
End users/decision-makers
Partners
Virtualization Action Plan
Visit the System Center TechNet Library
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/cc507089.aspx or Bing It!
Dive deeper into development with:
• Training: From “getting started”
video tutorials and advanced
virtual labs to courses offered by
Microsoft Learning
• Knowledge: In the form of
documentation, articles and
webcasts
• Community links: Find who’s
talking about SharePoint on blogs,
forums, and social networking sites
SharePoint 2010 Action Plan
Visit the SharePoint 2010 Product Site
http://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com... Or Bing it!
The first step towards SharePoint
2010 enlightenment, with:
• An overview of SharePoint 2010’s
features and capabilities
• Videos covering SharePoint
features and benefits that matter
to:
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Developers
IT Pros
End users/decision-makers
Partners
• Downloads of trial versions of
SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint
Designer 2010
SharePoint 2010 Action Plan
Visit the SharePoint Developer Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/sharepoint ... Or Bing it!
Dive deeper into development with:
• Training: From “getting started”
video tutorials and advanced
virtual labs to courses offered by
Microsoft Learning
• Knowledge: In the form of
documentation, articles and
webcasts
• Community links: Find who’s
talking about SharePoint on blogs,
forums, and social networking sites
• Code: See other people’s
SharePoint code and learn by
SharePoint 2010 Action Plan
Visit Other SharePoint Sites
These are a good start, and remember: Bing is your friend!
• SharePoint Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint
• Alltop’s list of SharePoint blogs
http://sharepoint.alltop.com/
• CMS Wire’s Sharepoint news feed
http://www.cmswire.com/news/topic/sharepoint
• Get the Point
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/
• SharePointDevWiki
http://sharepointdevwiki.com/
• SharePoint MVP blog feed
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/mvps/default.as
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• SharePoint videos on YouTube
http://youtube.com/profile?user=GetStartedSharePoint
Action Plan
Read Some Books
In paper or ebook format
These publishers produce books on
SharePoint:
• Addison-Wesley Professional
http://awprofessional.com
• Apress
http://apress.com/
(@Apress on Twitter)
• Manning Publications
http://manning.com
(@ManningBooks on Twitter)
• Microsoft Press
http://mspress.microsoft.com
• Sams Publishing
http://samspublishing.com/
• Wrox Press
http://wrox.com
Action Plan
Update to Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-ca/products/2010/default.mspx and
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-ca/products/msdn/default.mspx
... Or Bing it!
Visual Studio 2010:
• The all-in-one work environment for
coding, modelling, testing, debugging
and deploying
• Ready to build and debug SharePoint
2010 applications with a click of “New
Project…”
MSDN:
• The ultimate developer resource with
downloads and documentation,
software and support, and Azure
compute time too!
Action Plan
Join a User Group
Learn, share your knowledge, make friends and business contacts
http://msdn.microsoft.ca/community
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/bb428818.aspx
No user group in your area? We can help you start one!
Action Plan
Take a Course
Remember that Bing is your friend!
Microsoft Certified Partners that offer
SharePoint training in Canada
include:
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Compulite
http://www.compulite.ca/
CMS Consulting
http://cmsconsultinginc.com/
CTC Computer Training Centres
http://www.traincanada.com/
CTE Solutions
http://www.ctesolutions.com/
Dell Canada
http://dell.ca/
HiTech Institute
http://hitechnetwork.com/
LearnQuest
http://learnquest.com/
Action Plan
Take a Course, continued
Yes, a lot of places offer SharePoint courses!
Microsoft Certified Partners that offer
SharePoint training in Canada
include:
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Metafore
http://www.metafore.ca/
New Horizons
http://www.newhorizons.com/
Nexient Learning / Global Knowledge
http://www.nexientlearning.com/NexientLearning/enCA
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ObjectSharp
http://www.objectsharp.com/
SharePointHQ
http://www.sharepointhq.com/
Strophe
http://www.strophe.com/
Web Age Solutions
http://www.webagesolutions.com/
Action Plan
Go to TechDays
http://techdays.ca/
• It’s our big cross-Canada training
conference held in the fall
(covering 8 cities this year)
• Big conference content,
but with local speakers and
a down-home price of admission
(especially if you register early!)
• Deep dives into Microsoft tools and
technology, including SharePoint
• Access to content from the TechDays
and TechEd North America
conferences
• Great giveaways
• An excellent networking opportunity
Action Plan
Go to Other Conferences
To find them, remember that Bing is your friend!
• Dedicated SharePoint
Conferences
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Microsoft SharePoint Conference
SharePoint Summit (Montreal)
Best Practices Conference
SharePoint Saturdays
• Microsoft Developer
Conferences
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DevTeach
PDC
MIX
• Code Camps
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Local developer conferences held
by user groups and local heroes
Action Plan
Get to Know the Tech Evangelism Team
http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/ and http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/
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A crack team of Developer and IT Pro
evangelists who support you
We organize events like EnergizeIT,
TechDays and more
Our blogs:
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Our webcasts:
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Canadian Developer Connection
Canadian IT Pro Connection
Canadian IT Manager Connection
Canadian IT Architecture Connection
Ignite Your Coding
Ignite Your Career
Ignite Your Venture
We’re here for you!