Upcoming User Group appearances

I'll be at the Toronto .Net User Group on Thursday to talk about Web Deployment Projects and MSBuild. It should be a fun one, but perhaps in protest against Microsoft Canada's oppressive requirement to use in-house catering, you'll want to grab a sandwich at Tim's on your way in. There's actually a great set of fast food places next to the MS Canada building (south of Derry Road). But back to the topic, I'll be showing you how to automate your builds to generate different web.configs from development through testing and production, so you can be hooked into different data sources, or even use different resource files along the way. It may be the best kept secret in v2, come check it out.

Then the Toronto SharePoint Users Group meets next week, and I'll be there to do a walkthrough of the new features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). As always, these events are catered through the generous support of Polar Bear and ei. Here's the rundown:

Join us as we take a hands-on tour of MOSS 2007 Beta 2. See firsthand what's different, what's new, how it all fits together with the Office smart clients (Word, Excel, etc.), and how to get your hands on a copy. There are some big changes coming next year, this meeting will give you a head start on effectively preparing for them. As a bonus, we'll have the TechEd 2006 DVD available for attendees, which includes a MOSS 2007 VPC and some great resources! . [Get the Beta]