Jan 7th Meeting, Town Hall

The first 2011 SMCKC meeting is scheduled for Friday, Jan 7th from 7:30am till 9:00am at Kansas City Cafe. Instead of a presentation, the meeting will be held as a Town Hall. Currently on the agenda is reviewing survey results, outlining the 2011 strategic plans, discuss the coming elections and awards. There will also be opportunities to form new initiatives and committees, and to speak with other members we haven’t been able to chat with.
RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184144658264751

Time: January 11, 2011 from 11am to 1pm
Location: Microsoft Corporation
Organized By: Dennis Chepurnov
Event Description:
Microsoft and Valorem Consulting invite you to attend and participate in Kansas City’s Cloud Computing User Group Community. This month's meeting will be a discussion of Office 365.

What is Office 365? Microsoft Office 365 delivers the power of cloud productivity to businesses of all sizes, helping to save time, money and free up valued resources. Office 365 combines the familiar Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of our next-generation communications and collaboration services: Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Lync Online.
Join us to network and learn how local businesses are making the move to the cloud.

RSVP online: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=152768

It’s been a tremendous year for KC IT Professionals – various events, creating partnerships and community building. We just surpassed 4300 members last week! On that note, it’s time to celebrate with the last KC IT happy hour of the year: Thursday , December 16th @ The Well in Waldo (74th and Wornall).

For more info & registration, see: http://www.kcitp.com/?p=937

A big thanks to our sponsors: Groundlevel Studio & StartKC !!!

I want to thank everyone in KC IT for your continued support & involvement! Ive got many things in store for 2011 so stay tuned!

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Additional Announcements:

- Sponsorship opportunities are open for this event as well as future ones , please contact me for more details!

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Event Overview
Web and cloud may be all the rage, but many developers are still doing hardcore client development. If you are among them, this Boot Camp is for you!

In this full-day event, we will explore how to maximize your impact on the Windows client. Our interactive sessions will include topics from throughout the Windows development platform. We will look at application compatibility and transitioning your applications to Windows 7, integrating with the Windows taskbar, developing for IE9, utilizing the cool functionality in the Sensors and Location Platform so that your application better responds to its current environment, leveraging the multitouch capabilities (especially in kiosk scenarios), and creating Silverlight 4 out of browser applications.

This event is a unique opportunity, partnering classroom learning with hands-on-labs and leveraging experts to advise you so we can help you “win” with Windows 7.

Please bring a laptop with the following software installed:

• Windows 7
• Visual Studio 2008 or 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
• Windows API Code Pack: http://bit.ly/bGKULt
• Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers: http://bit.ly/cXaJ1u
• IE9 (note that this is a pre-release build): http://bit.ly/b9HBZu
• Silverlight 4 (optional): http://bit.ly/dvR7Hb

Register at https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032472064&culture=en-US