The Boston BizSpark Meetup group brings fellow Microsoft® BizSpark™startups and other startups interested in the BizSpark™program together to connect, share ideas, and grow together. We also invite and welcome startup investors to join us, make contacts, and share ideas a well. Microsoft® BizSpark™ is a global program designed to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources when they need it the most. Learn more at http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark

Hey, thank you so much for joining and/or considering to join UX Book Club, Boston! I'm Jason Robb, the organizer of the group. I started this group because I love design and I think other people do too, whether they know it or not. I want to share that passion with others, encourage discussion, and build a healthy long-lasting community. ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB The UX Book Club (www.uxbookclub.org) is a world-wide initiative to get people talking about UX design. We're the Boston "chapter." The fir …

Mission: Give IT Pro Community Leaders a mechanism to network and brainstorm. Improve our technical community and assist our community leaders. Always act and encourage others to act in a positive, giving and caring way. Objectives: · Build Process and Strategy for promoting influencer published works. (Books, Articles, Blogs, Upcoming Meetings, Etc) · Brainstorm ideas on how “we (community leaders)” can work closer together or better · Build North East IT Pro Technical Community Twitter …

We love scalable architectures, performance optimizations, sound architectures, defensive-performance minded coding, quality documentation. This group is for people working in or interested in web ( including mobile web) technologies like HTML5, Rails, Django, Java/JEE, JavaScript, jQuery/Ext JS/Dojo, PHP, ASP, Flex, Actionscript etc. We advocate Agile Processes and Scrum.

The Boston Mobile C# Developers' Group focuses on the use of C# in the exciting area of mobile development. The group's main topics are Xamarin's MonoTouch and Mono for Android, as well as Windows Phone. We meet in Cambridge, MA at the Microsoft NERD Center. Membership is free. People interested in learning more about developing for mobile platforms with C# are encouraged to join.

The Boston Windows Game Developers Group is a community of developers in the Boston, MA area. It's purpose is to gather together individuals interested in developing games for the Windows platforms. No experience is necessary, beginners and experts are all welcome. The group meets monthly in the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center at 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA on the fourth (4th) Wednesday of the month at 6:00pm.

Boston's ALT.NET group

Are you a coder who works with Microsoft development technologies? You know...stuff like Visual Studio, SQL Server, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Team Foundation Server, and Windows Azure. This is the group for you. (BTW, you might remember us from when we were called Beantown .NET). We are now holding meetings in Cambridge, MA and Waltham, MA after the Boston .NET User Group has become part of Microsoft DevBoston.

Are you interested in accessibility? Join passionate developers, media specialists, designers, usability professionals, and accessibility experts to share knowledge and learn at the Boston Accessibility Roundtable. The Boston A11Y Roundtable meets monthly to discuss online accessibility, including trends in regulations and guidelines, barriers that people with disabilities face online, and techniques for achieving equal access by all for websites, applications, and documents. The format of the m …

The Boston Orchard CMS group will aim to start a following for Orchard developers and everyone interested in using Orchard CMS in their projects. We will begin by finding out what people want to learn about and then each month have speaking engagements and HOWTO labs. Also we will contribute to the Boston Orchard CMS website and build various open source modules for the site and the community.

This group brings together Kinect users and developers in the Boston metro area. We'll share experiences, cool demos, and learn about developing with Microsoft's Kinect sensor and related products.

The New England Lync User Group is targeted at IT Pros and Developers interested in Microsoft Unified Communications. Our goal is to provide New England 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.

The Rhode Island SharePoint User Group (RISPUG) is a community based organization focused on driving awareness and support for the Sharepoint Community in Rhode Island and its surrounding areas.

This group has monthly meetings which include timely topics and technical presentations from industry experts.  The topics covered include a wide range of  subjects such as SQL Server database, cubes, big data, non structured data, and reporting.  We want to hear from you and share our knowledge and experience too.  The group is free, dedicated to networking, sharing knowledge, and spreading BI best practices.  We are a SQL Pass Chpater. Also, - Please RSVP to the our meetings - we would love to …

New London SSUG is a FREE group dedicated to everything about Microsoft SQL Server. This group was specifically created to help people learn, improve and share their SQL Server knowledge. New London SSUG is open DBAs of any level of experience and knowledge.

The Windows Server Group is a volunteer run, professional association, which exists in order to encourage an exchange of knowledge about all aspects of Windows Server Technology between IT Professionals. We help IT Managers and Administrators deploy Windows Server Technologies within the enterprise, on the internet and in the Cloud.

@Windows8Boston   #Windows8Boston Welcome! Why Join? Everything and everyone you need to know about Windows 8 style apps. Take advantage of the need for Windows 8 app developers, designers, user experience experts and solution architects. Take your existing skills and create Windows 8 apps. Find the Windows 8 app experts and mentors you need in the Boston area. Please DO join the group, even if you don't plan attending the meetings. Use the group as a resource to keep updated on what happening i …

Are you looking for other gamers to play with? It's time that there was a group in Boston for everyone to get together and play everything Xbox and also some great PC games! Whether Halo is your game, StarCraft, Street Fighter, Fifa, Call of Duty, or maybe Madden, our Meetup Group is here to bring people together to play their favorite games. Please Join us during our open registration next week (October 27th - November 4th)  Please come by and register in order to receive a friends and family …

Our Community Theater is hosts all kinds of groups; ranging from book clubs, tech groups, small business groups, gaming teams and tournaments, PC gaming, and many more. We also provide private group training sessions, workshops, guest speakers to concerts and organization meetings. We are proud members of the local community and welcome opportunities to host events for our friends and neighbors

Join the Microsoft Store for workshops and classes on relevant business topics and technology. Also events featuring Windows 8, Office 2010, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and more along with great networking opportunities. Each month we will offer different workshops on how technology can improve your small business, professional organization, company, or non-profit. Committed to community and business development The Microsoft Stores features a fully equipped theater with a 103” touch screen present …

The New England Microsoft Developers meet monthly to discus software development with the Microsoft tools and products. We discuss .Net and Web and SQL topics. This group was formerly know as The New England Visual Basic Professionals. We've broadened the focus beyond VB to include other languages and technologies. The group meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month at 201 Jones Rd. in Waltham, MA at 6:30-8:30. Meetings are free and open to all with or without reservations.

This group is for anyone interested in the F# programming language. We'll discuss a wide variety of topics related to programming with F#, and developers of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

A group of techies getting together to view Pluralsight training and discuss topics of interest. This group will concentrate on furthering the technical skills of its members while having a good time networking and hanging out. Most of our meetings will be held at the Microsoft N.E.R.D. center in Cambridge MA with some other available locations in the Boston Area. The format of the group will be an hour or so of viewing a Pluralsight video with a group discussion after. The scheduling for each m …

MPUG is recognized as the official Industry Association for Microsoft® Project. MPUG and MPA User Group Chapters is a non-profit association of local groups each led by community advocates. These groups provide local community meeting opportunities to share Microsoft Project and related technology experience, training resources and networking. Peer collaboration in local chapter meetings will help you make the most out of your Microsoft® Project experience.

This is a group for Intuit QuickBase customers, partners and those interested in solving their business and workplace data problems themselves. QuickBase provides one platform from which workgroups can easily create unlimited applications to automate business processes and improve communication and collaboration online. QuickBase applications solve critical business problems and help improve productivity and efficiency because they are tailored by the user to match the exact workflow and unique …

Welcome, Boston-Area App Developers! This Meetup is a way for all app builders, from new to experienced, to learn, share, and create apps with the help of Microsoft and the area's community of developers and designers. Already have apps or games on Android, iOS, or other platforms?  We absolutely welcome you to join in to share your experiences and connect about opportunities for your app and cross-platform development for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. There's normally a variety of upcoming event …

Information Technology Professionals (IT Pro's) in the North East United States come together on a very regular schedule to learn about the latest and greatest technologies. We will discuss Windows Server, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Windows Client, Systems Management, System Center and any number of other topics relevant to those working in small, medium or large enterprises as Information Technology Professionals.  The group is based in Lakeville but our meetings will be all over the Nort …

The National Information Security Group (NAISG) is a non-profit organization that promotes awareness and education of information security through the support of local and regional chapters. The Boston, founding chapter meets monthly at the Microsoft office in Cambridge, MA. Our members come primarily from the metropolitan Boston area, but we have a number that also travel from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Membership is always free to the general public, and is op …