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Indiblogger is organizing a bloggers meet this coming weekend on various agenda and offers a platform for bloggers to meet, discuss and interact. To be there just register by visiting the following link:

http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=98

Venue: Fortune Park JP Celestial, No.5/43, Race Course Road, Bangalore.

Date and time: Sunday, 3rd October 2010 from 2 PM to 6 PM

For more information, call Anwin at +919620023555 or Anoop at +919900001655.

It is a free event. Just be there and have fun!!

Microsoft brings to you a series of webcasts on SharePoint 2010 from September 22 – 28, 2010. Be a part of this event and get exclusive insights from industry veterans on leveraging this Microsoft technology. Get ready to add that expert touch to your development projects!

22nd Sept., 2010
(2:30 pm – 3:45 pm)
What’s new in SharePoint 2010
By Harish Ranganathan

Learn what’s new in the next version of Microsoft’s collaboration platform. Huge additions and enhancements have been made to SharePoint, which includes rich UI, ribbon support, OBA tooling, Silverlight support, SharePoint workspaces, cross browser support, asset libraries , tagging, social community, and many more. This session will give a whirlwind tour of some of the key capabilities on SharePoint 2010 and some cool out-of-the-box demos.

Click here on the day of the event to join the session!

23rd Sept., 2010
(2:30 pm – 3:45 pm)
Introduction to SharePoint 2010 Designer
By Saranya Sriram

SharePoint Designer 2010 – a free application, is “the Preferred” tool to design powerful no-code solutions and applications in SharePoint 2010. In this session, you will get a broad overview of the capabilities of the tool: from site customizations such as modifying Site Metadata, managing Site Security, or creating Site Content to building List or Site based Workflows and connecting to a variety of Data Sources.

Click here on the day of the event to join the session!

24th Sept., 2010
(2:30 pm-3:45 pm)
SharePoint 2010 and custom workflows
By Joy Ratnayake

SharePoint Server 2010 includes new workflow features that can run without a SharePoint list item. SharePoint Designer 2010 has a new designer for building workflows and these workflows can be exported directly to Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studio 2010 also has workflow tools improvements with a new workflow form designer, feature designer and packaging designer. This session describes the new workflow features and demonstrates these tools.

Click here on the day of the event to join the session!

27th Sept., 2010
(2:30 pm – 3:45 pm)
BI enhancements in SharePoint 2010
By Jojo Koshy

SharePoint 2010 provides a flexible platform to expose business intelligence (BI) functionalities for end users by using platform capabilities, all through a familiar user interface. In this session, we cover capabilities that are available for exposing information to end users, including Charting capabilities, Access Services, Visio Services, Excel Services, PowerPivot and Performance Point Services. We will also discuss development options and possibilities to further extend the available capabilities.

Click here on the day of the event to join the session!

28th Sept., 2010
(2:30 pm – 3:45 pm)
SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight
By Saranya Sriram

Learn how SharePoint offers various ways to build rich and personalized interactions using its user interface framework and how rich experiences can be created by extending SharePoint using technologies like Microsoft Silverlight for the presentation layer. Let’s explore the process by which an interactive user interface is created on SharePoint , starting with the initial design specification through developing the site.

Click here on the day of the event to join the session!

Right from ‘key capabilities’ to ‘Top 10 great things to know’ to ‘supporting custom workflow’, these sessions have been specially tailored to cover the cool new features of SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Designer and SharePoint Development tools. We hope that this series adds value to your projects and helps you scale new heights in your career. Do join us to get in-depth insights.

To register for the webcast series, click here.