This group focuses on Office 365 and spectrum of services it provides including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lync Online. Each month we will pick a topic area that suits (IT Pro / Dev / Power User) and help better understand and utilize Office 365.  You feedback and suggestions are always welcome. Cheers, Razi Microsoft SharePoint Server MVP http://www.linkedin.com/in/razirais

The NYC Lync User Group is targeted at IT Pros and Developers interested in Microsoft Unified Communications. Our goal is to provide the NYC area with a vast amount of valuable information as it relates to all forms of Microsoft Unified Communications. Our meetings will include both Technical and Business information relating to Lync 2010, and other components of the Microsoft UC product group.   Our First Meeting will be happening in January 2012!

This group is designed to bring together the Microsoft Windows Azure development community in the NYC Metro area to talk about challenges, roadmap, what we'd like to see in future releases, and overall user experience.

Discuss formulas, functions and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Currently I have rare/useful formulas posted at ExcelJedi.blogspot.com Also discuss small databases here, like Google Fusion Tables, Microsoft Access, FileMaker for Mac, Alpha Five which specializes in internet ready imports/exports. Also discuss Comma Separated Value problems here. Sometimes these files are opened and interpreted poorly due to the General Format setting in most spreadsheets. Please click on Discussions at the …

Usergroup for developers, designers and enthusiasts of Microsoft's XAML technologies in the New York Tri-State area, including Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Windows Phone, and the new Metro interface being introduced in Windows 8. While our meetings focus on Microsoft technology, we welcome all who are interested in RIA technology, including Adobe Flash and Flex.

A meetup dedicated to the value and functions for lotus notes clients and lotus domino servers. Winfows, MAC, Linux platforms. Symphony built-in to the notes client to help minimize user thrashing. Comparisons to Access, exchanage, SQL, OWA will demonstrate how you can run your whole business without any microsoft products.

Microsoft's BizSpark is "A program that provides Software, Support and Visibility for Software Startups." This group is about learning how your startup can benefit from Microsoft technology, and the BizSpark program, while generally being involved in the startup community. We plan on holding monthly presentations, labs and instructional events. Please use our poll to vote on the type of event you prefer, and we'll schedule our next event shortly.

Looking for people interested in developing Metro Apps for Windows 8. Looking forward to hearing / sharing development experiences on Windows 8. Microsoft Techies currently developing Windows 8 Metro Apps/Desktop Applications that can share their expertise, or if you're simply want to be part of Windows 8 awesomeness are the target audience.  Meetup locations typically would be in NYC/NJ.

… As we grow, lets expand our horizons and include other technologies and vendors like Microsoft, vmware, Linux, SQL, etc and delve into topics like STP, OSPF, BGP, and setup labs and see what happens if we "press that button!"        

The New York Windows Phone User Group is devoted to bringing information to users, developers, and those interested in Windows Phone 7 about Microsoft's latest phone platform. Topics at our meetings include new development tools, new platform improvements, demos of software written by our members, and more. All are welcome to attend these small group meetings with any questions or thoughts they have on the subject - especially if they haven't had the chance to explore Windows Phone yet on their …

NYC Women in SharePoint is dedicated to helping women build their careers through networking, training and mentoring. Besides helping ourselves, we're interested in heightening the visibility of women in SharePoint and IT in general (how many IT conferences have you been to where there where only one or two women speakers!). For the past year we have been holding meetings at Microsoft but given the two other very active SharePoint user Groups in NYC, we have decided to stop monthly meetings and …

What are SPUDDs? SPUDDs are SharePoint Users, Designers, and Developers. Microsoft SharePoint has evolved into a robust business development platform.  The latest version, SharePoint 2010, leverages the latest technologies such as the Cloud. We are a group of people who meet to discuss all aspects of SharePoint and related technologies. Our meetings include a guest speaker and/or an open discussion forum. Members are encouraged to bring issues that they are working on for feedback and assistance …

This group invites the developer community and technology enthusiasts in and around NJ to come together on every 1st Wed. of the month to discuss Microsoft Azure -its roadmap, experiences, challenges and future release wishlists!

The Enterprise Search User Group is a SharePoint based community with a focus on Enterprise Search aimed to provide valuable and timely information to its members. Its primary goal is to provide a forum that encourages disparate practices and business groups to come together and share thoughts, ideas, successes and failures, to cultivate a borderless body of knowledge.

A group for both learning functional programming and exploring the limits of the F# programming language. Programmers of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

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