Microsoft Connections

Recently attended the free Microsoft Connections Event in Orlando. I was first impressed by the fact that it was free, not something we normally think of when talking about Microsoft. Unfortunetly did not find the event overly useful. What was described as being a seminar covering work essentials including, Outlook, Excel, and Publisher. Though Outlook was covered thouroughly especially with Business Contact Manager I found little of the information useful for anyone other than the most basic users. Excel wasn’t covered at all, and Publisher and Powerpoint were both covered in little over 5 to 7 minutes and basically it was to use the Microsoft templates.
I am looking forward to another free event from Microsoft, the Launch Tour 2005, which not only is free they give you a free SQL server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. I’m scheduled for the data platform tract which hopefully be useful in integrating with Shelby to allow us to better use our information.