My colleagues often ask me how to get hands-on experience when a sandbox environment is not available. Fortunately, Microsoft has thought about this and made the Virtual Lab series available FREE on TechNet.

TechNet Virtual Labs: SharePoint Products and Technologies

TechNet Virtual Labs: Microsoft Office 2007 System

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SharePoint Saturday DC is hosting a charity food drive that will benefit local charities like the Salvation Army. The top 20 donors will get to spend an hour with a SPS DC speaker to discuss any SharePoint topic!

You can bring your donations to SharePoint Saturday DC on May 2, 2009. Or you can send [...]

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Wow! In 26 hours, 200 people registered for the upcoming SharePoint Saturday DC! If you are interested to register and be part of the waiting list, please email the following information to spsdc@spgur.us. SPS will contact you should there be any slots that open up.

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There are a lot of sessions lined up for SharePoint Saturday DC. It will be a jam packed day covering various SharePoint tracks: Administration, Development, End-User and Special Interest. In addition, we will have a Webcast track! These will be pre-recorded sessions delivered via the SharePoint Saturday DC web site starting on April 28, Tuesday.

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I am extremely pleased to have been picked as one of those speakers at the upcoming SharePoint Saturday DC in the Microsoft Reston office. 

Join SharePoint architects, developers, and other professionals that work with Microsoft SharePoint Technologies for ‘SharePoint Saturday’, on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at the Microsoft Technology Center on Sunset Hills [...]

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