Yes, I am really really really looking forward to see you all next week at SharePoint Conference 2012 in Las Vegas #SPC12! Why you may ask? Well it will be the first Microsoft public event where we will showcase the newly released ( The New Microsoft Project reaches RTM! ) version of Project Online, Project Server 2013, Project Professional 2013, SharePoint 2013, etc. With a new release there is a ton to learn and we have plenty of content for you; starting with a cannot miss pre-SPC free 1 day training on Sunday November 11th , announced by my colleague Jan Kalis on the partner blog: The Best of Project Ignite at SPC12 . Following this packed one day event we have 12 sessions to date on your favorite PPM products, delivered by product experts from Microsoft, MVPs and customers during SPC12: Microsoft Project Sessions at SharePoint Conference 2012 And yes we will have a Project booth staffed by product experts from Microsoft, MVPs and marketing (!) where you can ask all your questions and get some surprises… But wait there is more … SPC12 this year will also have ton of networking opportunities, community initiatives and last but not least, great activities at night to relax and have fun. I’m arriving in Las Vegas Saturday, November 10th and will return to sunny Seattle on Friday, November 16th and I look forward to meet all of you (please leverage MySPC Meetings feature to schedule one)! Trust me, you do not want to miss this historical event… REGISTER TODAY to The Best of the New Project Ignite and SharePoint Conference 2012!

With less than a few days away, it’s hard to share my personal excitement for next week’s Microsoft Project Conference 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s been a busy past few weeks and days preparing for this event, and it’s now almost showtime! It will be the best Project Conference ever, do not miss the two keynotes on Tuesday and Wednesday at 9am and obviously attend as many sessions as possible. I had the privilege of reviewing lots of them and the hardest decision you will have to make is which one to attend! The two sessions below summarizes well the breadth and depth of the event and our products hence my post title: 8 Billion Reasons why ARM chose Project Server 2010   Closing the Status Loop with Windows 8 Metro and Project Server’s Task Update Feature I’m looking forward to see you next week! Safe travel.

Following this post from my colleague Jan Kalis: Project 2010 at SharePoint Conference 2011 , I’m really looking forward to see you starting this Sunday in California. I visited recently Australia and Korea and it’s amazing to see the Project Server 2010 momentum and obviously the SharePoint 2010 rapid adoption by our customers and hence partners. When I look at the number of attendees we have for the pre-event this Sunday for instance, it’s again a solid case for the interest in this “strong-positive” release (see Gartner’s latest report on our stack: Microsoft is Rated in the Gartner Project and Portfolio Applications MarketScope ). I’ll be delivering the sessions below at SPC11 as well as one this Sunday on Project Server 2010 Architecture and Administration Overview . What I really love about great events like this beside talking about my favorite products, is to meet people, get feedback and learn how they are using our software; or another way to say it is I see this as a great networking opportunity so again I’m looking forward to see as many of you. Beside delivering sessions I’ll also be hanging in and out of the Project booth on the expo hall. I’ll arrive Saturday night and will return to sunny Seattle Wednesday night and staying at the Marriott so if you want to meet don’t be shy and would love to hear your Project 2010 story (email me via this blog)! PS: Talking about great event, and again for the same reason as above this is one event you do not want to miss: Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Registration Open! SPC273 – Monday at 2:00pm SharePoint Lifecycle Management Solution with Project Server Is SharePoint becoming an important part of your company’s overall IT offering? If so, it’s likely that you have a need to better manage SharePoint business requests. Join industry expert Scott Jamison as he discusses the importance of SharePoint Lifecycle Management from an IT governance perspective. In this session we’ll demonstrate how business users can make special project requests through a form in Project Web App, and how Project Managers can monitor and assign resources, evaluate priorities, and manage their overall project portfolio more efficiently. Christophe Fiessinger; Scott Jamison, SharePoint MVP SPC275 – Tuesday at 3:15pm Solving Agile and PMO Problems by Integrating Project Server 2010 with Team Foundation Server 2010 Do your Project Managers and Developers need to play nicer together? In this session, we’ll discuss how integrating Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 allows you to enable development and project management teams to collaborate and communicate more effectively by using tools that they are most familiar with. In addition, we will conduct demos and share real world stories and best practices from customers. SPC313 –Wednesday at 3:15pm Best Practices for Deploying Project Server 2010 on SharePoint Farm Are you interested in deploying Project Server 2010 but don’t know where to start? In this session we will provide you with an overview on how to deploy Microsoft Project Server 2010 in a SharePoint 2010 Farm. Specifically, we will discuss how to deploy Project Server in an existing or separate farm, asses the proper capacity planning, and how to tackle upgrading and migration.

For those of you that did not attend Tech.Ed last week in Atlanta (it was an awesome week!), please note the following two key dates next year: Tech.Ed North America 2012 : June 11-14, 2012 in Orlando, Florida Tech.Ed Europe 2012 : June 25-29, 2012, in Amsterdam Please see below two session that are publically available delivered last week: SharePoint Governance and Lifecycle Management with Microsoft Project Server 2010 Application Lifecycle Management: Microsoft Project Server 2010 and Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010, Better Together   PS: I really like the car above for some reason

The Project team will! It be be an awesome event with awesome content and plenty of cool Microsoft Project Server 2010 goodies as shown below, so register come to Atlanta for Tech.Ed North America 2011: Registration . For more information about content check out this post: Microsoft Project/Project Server Presence at Tech·Ed 2011 16GB Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 USB Key with key ALM links What’s New Study Guide Microsoft Project 2010 Implementing and Administering Microsoft Project Server 2010 PS: I will not be shipping the items above so don’t miss this event!

I received this info from a colleague a few days ago.