However, every cloud (pun intended) has a silver lining  and this one comes in the shape of Dave McMahon who will be stepping in for me to give a great presentation on SharePoint:

SharePoint Starting Point

SharePoint is one of Microsoft’s biggest success stories. It’s grown from a Document Management system into an Enterprise Platform capable of being scaled out to serve thousands of users, provide a platform for BI, CMS, EDM and a whole bunch of other stuff. But how exactly does it work?

I would like to say a big thank you to Dave for doing this at such short notice.

That’s not all we still have Ben Nunney presenting on “The Power of PowerShell” which promises to be a great talk, showing how developers can really get the most out of PowerShell.

Finally, if anyone is around Leeds and fancies a cheeky pint, let me know

Along with my talk, Ben Nunney will be giving a presentation on Powershell for developers. Showing how developers can make PowerShell work for them, whilst proving that the command line is still cool.

Here is a breakdown of the event with overviews of each talk:

Cloud Coffee – Dominic Green

Cloud Coffee is the latest in a wide range of coffee shops on the high-street. What makes Cloud Coffee different is that they use latest “cloud” principles, keeping costs low by using utility based staffing, maintaining a decoupled working environment and ensuring good scalability to meet customer demand. Cloud Coffee has very quickly risen to high street fame.
This analogy will help you understand how things work in the cloud, specifically Windows Azure. During this talk Dominic will elaborate and expand upon on the concept of ‘Cloud Coffee’, sharing some of the lessons he learned whilst developing one of the first production applications for the Windows Azure Platform.

The Power of PowerShell – Ben Nunney

It’s a long time since DOS ruled the world, and the classic command shell was in serious need of an upgrade. Enter PowerShell – focusing on accuracy, extensibility, and congruent syntax, it is one of the most powerful and misunderstood things to come out of Microsoft in recent years. Who says a command shell can’t be interesting? By the time the session is over you’ll have seen what PowerShell can do for you as a developer, know exactly how to get there, and who knows – you may have even fallen in love with the command line all over again.

You can find out more information and register for the event here.