I just arrived home yesterday from a two-day stay at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Berlin. It was a long but more than worthwhile two days with many, many great opportunities and contacts.
Unsurprisingly, there were lots of Microsoft people on site who were more than willing to answer questions on SharePoint, Office or other Microsoft products. However, there were also many, many partners providing great solutions surrounding SharePoint. I had many very insightful discussions with some of those people (too many to cover all of them in just two days!) and hope new opportunities will arise from this.
On a similar level, there was great contact with people interested in SharePoint, providing many great business opportunities. It was pretty obvious that there’s a huge amount of interest in the new 2007 SharePoint platform along with Office 2007. I was happy to see that our collection of showcases as part of the “process house” or “Prozesshaus” on our SharePoint-Berater (i.e. SharePoint Advisor/Consultant) went down extremely well with people. I think it gave them a great opportunity to understand what SharePoint is about and how they can benefit.
Speaking of which: SharePoint-Berater is currently mostly in German. However, I think it probably still gives a very good idea of what’s possible with SharePoint (I showed this to many English speakers as well). Also, we’re currently looking into adding some English contents so just keep a look here to get updates on what’s new. At the moment, there’s a section on project management that’s in English.
Also, we’re looking to add more contents based on partner solutions if possible. Again, keep an eye on our blog if you’re curious to learn more.